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WDRB Gets Some Really Terrific Comments

February 12th, 2013 · 2 Comments

What kind of mouth-breathers live in the metro area? Here’s a sampling on a recent WDRB story about Gabby Giffords: CLICK TO ENLARGE Possibility City!

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Tags: Guns · WDRB

Seems Like Louisville Hates Its New Cable Provider

July 16th, 2012 · 6 Comments

If you missed it last week, Kentucky Retirement Systems is now running in circles over currency criticism. [Page One] Police say they’ve arrested a woman responsible for more than a dozen burglaries in the Highlands. Police say this suspect did bizarre things during the crimes, even showering in one of the homes. [WHAS11] This is [...]

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Tags: Art · Cable · Crime · Highlands · Insight Comm. · Ohio River Bridges · South End · State Government · Transparency · WDRB · WLKY · Zoning

This Is A Local Teevee Ruh Ro Moment

July 12th, 2012 · 3 Comments

This: Ruh ro. Seems like every stranger on the internet is mad at TimeWarner. Rightfully so.

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Tags: Insight Comm. · WDRB · WLKY

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

Newspaper Folks Melt Down Over Own Medicine

June 19th, 2012 · No Comments

What happens when WDRB/FOX41 says this in a story about the Southern Indiana serial killer? In a letter to the local newspaper, Gibson says he would plead guilty and accept the death penalty “just to save some more heartache.” His trial is scheduled for August. Employees of A Kentucky Newspaper go into full meltdown mode [...]

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Tags: Hype · Newspaper · WDRB

Another Fischer Effort Gets Bipartisan Opposition

June 6th, 2012 · 2 Comments

Here’s Eric Crawford’s first column for his fancy new non-newspaper employer. Probably not one that will make Gannett very happy. [FOX41] Republicans Kelly Downard and Jerry Miller, along with Democrat Mary Woolridge, said putting $500,000 of city tax dollars into the project is unacceptable to them, especially because the city has already committed to a [...]

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Tags: Bourbon · Downtown · Fox 41 · Gannett · Greg Fischer · Metro Council · Metro Government · Newspaper · Oops · Religion · Scandal · Sports · State Government · WDRB · West End · WHAS

What Eric Crawford Says About Leaving The Paper

June 5th, 2012 · 5 Comments

In his own words: WHY WDRB? The tool of choice in journalism today is the knife. Staffs are cut. Coverage areas are constricted. Employees are furloughed. Some of the most seasoned journalists are bought out. It is not just here. It is everywhere. Every sports staff in the city is smaller today than it was [...]

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Tags: Courier-Journal · Fox 41 · Sports · WDRB

Everybody Wants To Ignore The KRS Scandal(s)

June 5th, 2012 · 7 Comments

You’ll likely want to read this article about the cost of being number one in mountaintop removal. [The Hill] Nope, FOX41/WDRB still isn’t back on your teevee. Time Warner has way more money and power so you can bet the company will win. [FOX41] WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE OF THE GLOBAL WARMING!!!1! [WFPL] We hear [...]

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Tags: Arena · Death · Fox 41 · Metro Government · Newspaper · Parks · Rumors · Scandal · State Government · Travel · WDRB · Weather

Let’s Go Ahead And Talk About This Thing

June 4th, 2012 · 10 Comments

Because it is a good thing. Eric Crawford resigned from A Kentucky Newspaper to take a new job with WDRB (remember that FOX station that used to be on your teevee?). He’ll be writing columns and reporting for the station’s website – along with additional on-air work. Rick Bozich is also moving to WDRB. Let’s [...]

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Tags: Courier-Journal · Rumors · Sports · WDRB

Will The World End If Fox Isn’t On Your Cable?

June 1st, 2012 · 4 Comments

Ford Motor Co will pursue its boldest attempt yet to tackle a nearly $50 billion risk to its business when it begins offering lump-sum pension payout offers to 98,000 white-collar retirees and former employees this summer. [Reuters] Guess who got removed from Time Warner/Insight/Whatever Cable. Yep, WDRB/FOX41. [FOX41] The bonds issued to build the KFC [...]

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Tags: Arena · Bad Behavior · Cable · Death · Ford · Fox 41 · Greg Fischer · Indiana · Insight Comm. · Jeffersontown · Parks · Scandal · Sex · State Government · WDRB

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