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Pearson's career started in Louisville while working for Brown Forman Distiller in public relations and Louisville Times as a reporter before joining WHAS-TV as an anchor and reporter. [2] After moving to Atlanta in 1975, Pearson worked at WSB-TV for 37 years [ 1 ] and was the first female and first African-American to anchor the daily evening ...
It was the first television station in Kentucky to use newsreel film to gather footage for stories. From the late 1970s until 1991, as a CBS affiliate, the station's newscasts were titled Action 11 News. In 1991, its news branding was changed to Kentuckiana's News Channel, WHAS 11. In 1999, the station rebranded its newscasts as WHAS 11 News.
Pages in category "Television personalities from Louisville, Kentucky" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Melissa Forsythe, who worked as a television news anchor and reporter on Louisville stations for nearly two decades, has died at age 71, according to Doug Profitt, a former coworker who now ...
In March 2011, WAVE and WHAS-TV began sharing a news helicopter supplied by St. Louis-based Helicopters Inc., through a Local News Service agreement, allowing the two stations to share news video, especially during breaking news events, while also partitioning time for individual use of the chopper. The starboard side of the copter displays a ...
Meiners is known for broadcasting impersonations of prominent local citizens, and his satirical interviews of eclectic news figures, comedians, film and television stars, and politicians. [2] Meiners co-hosted Great Day Live (news, knowledge, and nonsense) for 8 years with news anchor Rachel Platt weekday mornings on WHAS-TV.
Martha Rofheart (née Jones), model, actress and author; born in Louisville 1917, moved to New York City in late 1930s; actress Lynn Fontanne's protege; appeared on Broadway; published six historical novels in 1970s and 1980s; Diane Sawyer, television journalist, anchor of ABC World News; former co-anchor of ABC's Good Morning America
This coverage was aired live in the Louisville market and sent to NBC as a kinescope newsreel recording for national broadcast. This broadcast was the first time Zoomar lenses were used on a broadcast TV sports show. On May 3, 1952, the first national television coverage of the Kentucky Derby took place, aired from then-CBS affiliate WHAS-TV. [36]