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Good News: Fat Can Be Healthy

August 12th, 2008 · No Comments

OK, the headline kind of got my attention on the WHAS-TV website. Who knew you could be overweight and still healthy?
Turns out that WHAS-TV anchor Renee Murphy and assignment editor Brooke Couch have been going to a boot camp for women and writing about it on blogs. Couch is especially descriptive in telling the tale, […]

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Tags: Anchor · TV · WHAS

Boel Gets a Star Turn in C-J

August 5th, 2008 · 6 Comments

At an age (46) when some of us find our bodies wearing out, John Boel is running marathons and training every day. OK, I’m jealous.
We’re not sure why Tom Dorsey thought it was time to write a puff piece on the WLKY anchor, but he really pours on the praise of the 20-year veteran in […]

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Tags: Anchor · Awards · WLKY

A New Week and Baby You Can Drive My New Car

August 4th, 2008 · 2 Comments

Escaping Critics: He ain’t riding a bike to work yet, but the Mayor is giving up his gas hog Lincoln for a Ford Escape, a small SUV, for his driver to take him back and forth to work. Is Clay Foreman paying attention?
And down at Fancy Farm: We weren’t compelled to make the four-hour haul […]

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Tags: Anchor · CW · Criticism · Festival · Green · Jeffersontown · Jerry Abramson · TARC

WHAS Jumping On Blog Train

July 7th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Maybe the “management” at WHAS wasn’t asking for this much honesty when it began encouraging its anchors to start blogging more. Andy Treinen’s latest entry on the station’s main news blog site is kind of funny — he answers plenty of questions about Rachel Platt — but admits he’s writing in part to “kiss […]

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Tags: Anchor · Blogging · WHAS

Sorry, Carrie, This is SOOO TMZ of Us

July 3rd, 2008 · 5 Comments

OK, so we noticed something different about WAVE Sunrise anchor Carrie Weil this morning. The flowing blonde hair was perfect, as usual. Pleasant smile and everything. But wait — what’s that on her left hand?
We’ve now confirmed that Weil married Dr. Doug Sharp last week in a private ceremony in Jamaica. The event took […]

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Tags: Anchor · WAVE

Other Media “Bests” in Louisville

July 2nd, 2008 · 5 Comments

We weren’t the only media types recognized in the Best of Louisville edition of Louisville Magazine. So it’s kind of our duty to report and make snarky comments. They’re fun awards, but the media voting shouldn’t be taken too seriously. Here goes:
TV Anchorman: This category is really all about appearance, and WAVE’s Scott Reynolds is […]

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Tags: Anchor · Awards · Blogging · City Guides · Discrimination · Dixie Highway · Full Signal · Jerry Abramson · John Yarmuth · Journalism · Louisville Magazine · Media · Morning Shows · Politics

How West Was Won Over for CW

June 26th, 2008 · 4 Comments

It’s no coincidence that a year after Jean West’s controversial departure from WHAS-TV, she’s starting a daily segment on the CW Morning Show Louisville Live. But it’s surprising to learn more about why she left the station where she a fixture for 22 years.
West has spent the past year preparing to launch her own […]

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Tags: Anchor · CW

Guess Who’s Back on Local TV?

June 26th, 2008 · 3 Comments

We’ve got an interview a little later today with a former local news anchor making a return to local TV.
This news anchor was once voted “the hardest working journalist” in Louisville. Do you know who it is?

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Tags: Anchor · Fired · TV