Louisville Courier Journal features writer Kirby Adams crafted a reflective view on the radio and television career of Terry Meiners, set to cross the 50 years mark in a few months. Meiners launched his radio career in June 1976 at WKQQ in Lexington. The expansive retrospective on Meiners' career ran online on December 22, 2025 and appeared on the Courier Journal’s front page four days later. The feature included a photo gallery of 37 images, most of which were owned by the newspaper. Terry's mom Norma Jean Reasor Meiners was featured in 1980s newspaper articles about raising 14 children with husband Mel Meiners in a tight economy, and another profile after she graduated from college to obtain her teaching degree in
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WKQQ gave me a shot. Luckily it wasn’t in the face.
When I listen to my early air checks, I have no idea how I wound up making a living at radio/TV broadcasting for more than 40 years. Here's a sped up audio compilation from my first radio job in 1976. All I had to do was change tapes on an automated system. That was all well and good until they nudged me into doing a few station breaks. The accelerated audio actually improves my boring on air repartee. I would have flushed out of this business after the first year, but program director Dick Hungate saved my job into 1977 which gave me time to improve. Check the last paragraph of the memo posted below (with bad math, no less)! It's obvious that