Our celebration continues as we roll toward the 100th birthday of WHAS Radio, Louisville's 50,000 watt blowtorch. Each week, I profile a former personality or station leader to reflect of the incredible history of Kentucky's first licensed radio station. Visit this link for my interviews with Gary Burbank, Liz Curtis, Doug McElvein, Cindi Sullivan, and Mark Levin. Now on to more great conversations with WHAS Radio legends! We will continue these visits every Friday at 4:35 PM until the 100th birthday of WHAS on July 18, 2022. 🎧 #WHAS100 🎙 The brainiest of all @840WHAS colleagues is likely Barry Bernson. We chatted about his media career as a master storyteller, anchor, reporter, actor, narrator, and happy dad + grandfather. LISTEN https://t.co/xqH3Fuv48H #WHAS100years #radio #TV
Bric-a-Brac
🎢WHAS🎡Day🌭at🍕the🍔Kentucky🍗State🍦Fair🎪is🥇always🎸a🐖hoot🐓
There's nothing quite like broadcasting at the Kentucky State Fair. Fun people, great food, sweet farm animals, and constant noise. Plus, you get to meet namesakes who sell knives and stun guns...always good to have on standby! Our broadcast teams are terrific. We love getting out of the usual studio environment and interacting with listeners. The pandemic limits up close conversations but a friendly wave is better than nothing. Conversations with some vendors are downright hilarious. Meet Dave Taylor from Sivori foods. Listen to "A taste of the Kentucky State Fair" on Spreaker. Fully vaccinated peeps like Miss America Heather French Henry are always welcome for up close and personal interaction! Our crew is not shy about wolfing down Kentucky Pork Producers pork chop
#tbt ❤️ country crooner Ange Humphrey, a Louisville media legend and abuse survivor
It's already been 6 years since I sat down for a reunion with my first TV wife on WHAS11's Great Day Live! I was lucky enough to work alongside Ange (pronounced Angie but, yes, that's how she spells it) Humphrey on my first regular TV show in the fall of 1987. It was a locally packaged version of PM Magazine called PM Louisville. By that time, Ange was an established media personality from her 1973 launch as the WLKY-TV "weather girl." She was also a country singer, emcee, interviewer, and storyteller. I was a TV novice but Ange was patient, kind, and thoughtful as my learning curve sharpened. Her positivity elevated the entire studio. Total pro. Prior to our stint at WHAS-TV, Ange had
🎧 A parade of WHAS personalities leads to the radio station’s 100th birthday 🎙
#WHAS100years #WHAS100 #LouisvilleMedia #loumedia With the 100th anniversary of WHAS Radio arriving in July 2022, Terry Meiners is featuring chats with former WHAS personalities, news anchors, and regular contributors. Most of the weekly interviews air Fridays at 4:35 PM. Here's the series so far, beginning with the best radio personality Louisville has ever heard. 🎙 Louisville's greatest all-time radio entertainer Gary Burbank is about to turn 80. We had some big laughs on @840WHAS Radio today! LISTEN 🎧 https://t.co/xF2GRtheIK#Louisville #media #radio #airpersonalities #deejays #WHAS #WAKY #WLW #CKLW pic.twitter.com/mL9MTsmOdb — Terry Meiners (@terrymeiners) July 16, 2021 🎧 #WHAS100years 🎙 Liz Curtis Higgs ruled the midday airwaves on @840WHAS in the 80s. She is happy, healthy, and doing God's work today. It was a delight having her back on
⛳️ Bipartisan Charity Golf Match ⛳️ Yarmuth & Meiners prevail as $15,000 goes to charities
⛳️ The Bipartisan Charity Golf Match at Valhalla generated $15,000, split evenly between the WHAS Crusade for Children and Louisville's West End School. Thanks to Senator Rand Paul and Representative John Yarmuth for illustrating that those with nearly polar opposite political views can work together for charity. Businessman/philanthropist Junior Bridgeman leveled the donations so that each charity picked up $7,500. Congratulations to Team Yarmuth/Meiners for closing out the match on #16 with a Yarmuth birdie. 🏆 Peace is possible! 💯 #BipartisanCharityGolf FINAL ⛳️ After a @RepJohnYarmuth birdie on 16, Team Yarmuth/Meiners closes out Team Paul/Bridgeman ⛳️‼️ $7,500 to @CrusadeChildren $2,500 to West End School@RepJohnYarmuth @RandPaul @840WHAS @WHAS11 pic.twitter.com/HaECQL4FKb — Terry Meiners (@terrymeiners) July 23, 2021 #Kentucky #charities #Republican #Democrat #bipartisanship If you asked the average person, would a Republican and
Joanne from Vail offers CRT, Clumsy Race Theory 🙄
The liberal white savior always knows what's best for Black people. You don't even need to ask. They'll just tell you without prompting. 😖 Change your name to DeShawn or Jamal, take off the suit, tie and handkerchief, put on a hoodie, and drive through a gated community of rich white folk and see what happens. — Joanne Yankovich (@joanneyankovich) June 6, 2021 Barrington Martin II is a great follow on Twitter. He confounds Liberals who constantly tell him that he is not the Black man that he should be! How dare he conduct his life on his own terms! Barrington's poignant responses to challengers are Twitter gold. Some of his like-minded supporters deliver top notch insights, too. "Munchausen by proxy" is a brilliant
Two-fer Tuesday – media is getting torched
Today's not Tuesday but when do facts matter? Here are a few Poynter tweets to amplify the fade of American traditional media. Reports on crime must first be weighed through a racial equity prism before a decision is made whether to publish. Because...optics over facts! "We don’t need to publicize the crime blotter simply because it fills airtime or generates clicks... Every decision we make about the details we include — and what we exclude — sends a message to our audience."https://t.co/WWaZAAl8qM — Poynter (@Poynter) June 23, 2021 Newspapers? Yep. Some people still read them until they wind up on the overpriced obituary page(s). Almost 40 journalists at the Chicago Tribune are taking buyouts and leaving the paper. That number includes some of the
My girl Gracie and teammate Ellie Hammond win the 7th Region, state tournament ahead
So happy for my girl Gracie! She and her regular tennis doubles teammate Ellie Hammond won the 7th Region championship this week. They'll compete in the Kentucky state tournament next weekend. Way to go, girls! We love all of these hard working student athletes at Sacred Heart, many of whom are dear family friends. Avery Voss, Willow Renton, Clare & Katherine Hudson, Reagan Mangen, Ellie Eades, and many more girls from Assumption, North Oldham, and Collegiate are great friends of our family.
These hockey pucks today would kill Rickles
Legendary comedian Don Rickles died in 2017 at age 90. If he were still alive in today's woke society, he would be burned at the stake. Watch his Saturday Night Live monologue from 1984 and prepare for self-righteous heads to explode. Part of the Rickles SNL monologue included this line: "I make jokes about Black people cuz I'm not one." The crowd roared with laughter as Rickles went on to imitate Blacks, Italians, Puerto Ricans, Chinese, and other races and ethnicities. Huge audience laughter. This week, the woke castmates on SNL are upset that business tycoon Elon Musk is the guest host. Why? Because he's a rich white guy. That's his crime. Some SNL "comedians" are hesitant to appear on stage with Musk. When did
❤️ When grandma sees her family after a year of pandemic seclusion ❤️
My mom has been really sick and hasn’t seen her grandchildren in over a year. On Wednesday my daughter and I flew to surprise her for her 75th birthday . . . sound on. pic.twitter.com/jfL1GqiIHT— David Gelles (@dgelles) April 23, 2021 Franny and my Mom got to talk with @chriscuomo about the big surprise. Thanks for having us on to share the love. #VaccinesWork https://t.co/m96SvJU0Kk— David Gelles (@dgelles) April 24, 2021