WBKI, WDRB, WAVE, WHAS and WBNA are available now in ATSC 3.0. They will be joined by WKMJ next week.
The station group promotes Lisa Columbia from sales director to oversee all aspects of the Kentucky ABC affiliate.
Exclusives
TVN Monday Memo | Louisville’s WHAS Highlights ‘Moments That Matter’ For Black History Month
WHAS in Louisville, Ky., is celebrating Black History Month with Moments That Matter, a series of interviews with 28 people in the area revealing the city’s problematic history.
TVN Executive Session | For Tegna, A Proactive Take On Hiring, Onboarding During The Pademic
Julie Wolfe, news director at Tegna’s WHAS Louisville, Ky., has tackled hiring and training new personnel during COVID by leaning on pre-pandemic habits. Those include constantly networking even before newsroom positions open, lots of one-on-one communication with new personnel and building a newsroom culture with a ready embrace of digital tools.
WDRB Wins Social By A Nose In Louisville
WDRB, Block Communications’ Fox affiliate in Louisville, Ky., comes out ahead of the market’s other TV stations in a competitive race in social media actions over the last six months according to data from audience insight firm Shareablee.
WHAS Adds Local Symbolism To New Set
Anchor Melissa Swan Retiring From WHAS
Tegna Closes On Sander TV Stations Purchase
Tegna Media announced today it has completed its acquisition of three Sander Media TV stations — KGW Portland, Ore. (DMA 24); WHAS Louisville, Ky. (DMA 49); and KMSB Tucson, Ariz. (DMA 70) — following approval from the FCC last week. Tegna has serviced these stations under shared services and similar arrangements since December 2013. With the addition of these three stations, Tegna said it owns the largest independent station group of major network affiliates in the top 25 markets, reaching approximately one-third of all television households nationwide.
Wrongful Death Suit Filed Against WHAS, Reporter
WHAS’ Jeff Woods Indicted In Fatal Hit-And-Run
WHAS News Car Involved In Fatal Accident
WHAS Names David Seals News Director
The assistant ND at WZTV Nashville will take over top news duties at the Louisville, Ky., ABC affiliate beginning June 2.
Eure Out As WHAS ND Before He Started
Josh Eure, who was scheduled to start Monday as news director for Gannett operated WHAS will not be coming to the Louisville ABC affiliate after all.
WHAS Names Josh Eure News Director
Gannett picks the former assistant news director and senior content manager at KTNX Phoenix to be executive newsdirector of the Louisville ABC affiliate.
Former WHAS GM Neil Kuvin Dies At 75
WHAS News Director Mark Neerman Resigns
The Louisville, Ky., ABC affiliate’s news director resigned Tuesday. Neerman joined WHAS in 2009 from KNTV San Francisco, where he was the assistant news director.
Louisville TV News Focuses On Crime
Is Louisville more or less safe than it used to be? If you watch local television news, you’re more likely to think that Louisville is less safe. This is partially because the local TV outlets— WAVE, WHAS, WLKY, and WDRB — spend an extraordinary amount of time covering crime stories despite the preponderance of other, more newsworthy topics.
Belo Chooses Linda Danna To Lead WHAS
The former GM of KGPE Fresno, Calif., will succeed Mark Pimentel as president-GM of the Louisville ABC affiliate beginning next month.
Paper’s Paywall Fires Up Louisville Stations
In a sports-crazy town that can’t get enough of its annual horse race or the exploits of its local college teams, the Courier-Journal‘s recent paywall launch has the market’s TV stations looking for ways to steal its readers away, including WDRB’s hiring away two of the paper’s top sports columnists.
WHAS Reschedules Shows After Blackout
Belo’s Louisville, Ky., ABC affiliate experienced a power outage Thursday night that took it off the air for most of the evening’s primetime lineup. It said today it will air Grey’s Anatomy on Sunday at 1 p.m. and Private Practice at 1:35 a.m. Monday.
