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When Will Barbara Start Yelling At TV Reporters?

June 26th, 2012 · 4 Comments

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is calling for a new study of a Louisville landfill because of new reports of waste found during routine monitoring. [H-L] Surely everybody else is about to gouge their eyes out over the non-stop obsession of teevee newsers with the MIlton-Madison bridge. [WAVE3] Even more weird: The new owner of [...]

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Tags: Bad Behavior · Cordish · CW · Dining · Downtown · Gays · Guns · Hype · Indiana · Metro Council · Possibility City · Race · Radio · TV · WDRB

Weird: Lexington Company Just Bought WBKI

June 14th, 2012 · 6 Comments

Some Lexington company, LM Communications, just bought WBKI. Remember that station and how it failed like 85 times because jesus? They sent out a fancy Word doc (that is still a thing? the new owner sent it from an AOL address) about it: “I am very excited to purchase my first television station,” said Martin, [...]

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Tags: CW · TV

My, How WBKI Has Completely Fallen Apart

April 12th, 2012 · No Comments

Remember when we promptly hauled ass away from WBKI/CW Louisville a few years ago? And how I always refused to waste my time dealing with the buttcramps sinking that station? It wasn’t just because the joint was turning into a hot damn mess. It was because the new folks taking over were running it into [...]

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Tags: CW · TV

Remembering The Big Stories From The Past Year

December 31st, 2010 · 3 Comments

2010′s been a crazy year here at The ‘Ville Voice & Page One. Thought it’d be a good idea to take a look back at the most-read stories of from the past 12 months. Dear John Boel: Please Let Us Get You Help & John Boel Is Finally Out At WLKY [November 8 & November [...]

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Tags: Alcohol · Anchor · Bad Behavior · Business · Charity · Chris Thieneman · Criticism · CW · Derby Festival · Francene · Mayor's Race 2010 · Metro Government · Newspaper · Radio · Rumors · Scandal · TV · University of Louisville · WLKY

Veteran TV Guy Craig Hoffman Out At WBKI

December 21st, 2010 · 3 Comments

News came nearly a year ago that former WBKI host and VP Dan Spangler was suing the station for discrimination. I hear there’s something in the works on that front but no one wants to talk on-the-record about it. Now, via the WBKI website, we learn that Craig Hoffman (many remember him from his days [...]

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Tags: CW · Media · Rumors · TV

Dan Spangler Sues Station for Discrimination

January 21st, 2010 · 11 Comments

Remember Dan Spangler, former host of Louisville Live on WBKI? (We were a part of that fancy teevee program for a while – Julie Smith of Southern Belles fame is now the host) Spangler was oddly canned from the station in June after helping to lead the station through a number of successes. Then the [...]

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Tags: Bad Behavior · CW · Discrimination · Morning Shows · TV

If a Station Went Off The Air and Nobody Was Watching…

July 30th, 2009 · 10 Comments

We heard a funny story this morning. The “big” storm that hit the East End last night apparently did some damage to the signal emanating from WBKI, the CW station. Around 7:30 last night, viewers were treated to dead air instead of TMZ. A message came on the screen from Insight saying, “One moment please. [...]

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Tags: CW · TV · Weather · WHAS

No Screaming Allowed

July 14th, 2009 · 15 Comments

Louisville Loves Lawyers: U of L has spent $360,000 attempting to shield donations from public scrutiny. It lost. And now that the list is public, there’s no harm to the school. Anybody want to explain who was in charge of the decision to fight the C-J’s open records request? [Courier] There’s Crazy, and Then There’s [...]

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Tags: Cordish · CW · Dan Mongiardo · High School · Jack Conway · Jerry Abramson · Metro Council · Possibility City · Senate Race · Sports · University of Louisville

Dave and Freak Shows Canceled on CW

June 26th, 2009 · 6 Comments

The local sports programming airing on WBKI-TV, the CW affiliate here, has been canceled. The last show of “Dave and Sports” with Dave Ragone aired this morning. Dugan Ryan, the executive producer of the program, will host the final edition of what’s been known as “The Freak Show” tonight. Even though former host John Renshaw [...]

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Tags: CW · Morning Shows · Radio · Sports · TV

Of Long Shots and Slots

June 22nd, 2009 · 9 Comments

West Wings It: Jean West hosted the CW Louisville Live morning show today. A good move. She’s just filling in until Craig Hoffman returns, she says. A Conspiracy Theory: Let’s connect the dots between Jerry Abramson, the downtown arena, the Water Company site, Cordish, gaming, Steve Beshear, his old law firm. Can you find a [...]

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Tags: Advertising · Arena · Bad Behavior · Cordish · CW · Downtown · Gambling · Gays · High School · Indiana · Jerry Abramson · Legal · Metro Government · Sports · State Government · Steve Beshear · TARC

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