WDRB
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| WDRB | |
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| Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Branding | Fox 41 |
| Slogan | Your First Choice for News |
| Channels | Analog: 41 (UHF) |
| Affiliations | Fox |
| Owner | Block Communications, Inc. (Independence Television Company) |
| First air date | February 28, 1971 |
| Call letters’ meaning | DeRBy |
| Sister station(s) | WMYO |
| Former callsigns | WDRB-TV (1971-1997) |
| Former affiliations | independent (1971-1987) |
| Transmitter Power | 5000 kW (analog) 1000 kW (digital) |
| Height | 391 m (analog) 374 m (digital) |
| Facility ID | 28476 |
| Transmitter Coordinates | |
| Website | www.fox41.com |
WDRB is a television station in Louisville, Kentucky, broadcasting locally on channel 41 as a Fox affiliate. Currently owned by Block Communications, the station's transmitter is located in Floyds Knobs, Indiana alongside sister-station WMYO.
[edit] History
WDRB signed on as the first independent television station in Louisville on February 28, 1971. Airing low-budget afternoon children's programming and occasional news updates from anchor Wilson Hatcher, the station was best known for its shock-theater program Fright Night. Fright Night showed low-budget horror movies, similar to The Shroud on WFFT-TV. Fright Night was hosted by local theater actor Charlie Kissinger, and was unique in that it ran during Saturday-night prime time, directly competing against high-rated network programming. WDRB Also has One Meteorologist with the AMS/CBM seal. The CBM Seal is an upgrade that requires a test that Meteorologists have to take in order to get the new seal
On April 5, 1987, WDRB became a charter Fox affiliate. It remains a Fox affiliate to this day.
In 1990, WDRB debuted "Fox News at 10", a half-hour weeknight broadcast. Weekend news was added later. The weeknight news broadcast (and more recently the weekend newscast) was expanded to one-hour. WDRB debuted a one-hour 4 o'clock newscast in 2001.
For many years, WDRB held the broadcast rights to University of Louisville football and basketball.
WDRB now has a full line up newscast Monday Thru Friday 5AM to 9 am and 11:30 - 12:00PM M-F.
In 2007, WDRB Dropped the slogan "Your First Choice for News" Line up for each newscast is listed below
Anchors:
- Barry Berson, Fox in the Morning
- Candyce Clifft, Fox in the Morning
- Jennifer Baileys, Fox News at 11:30
- Valerie Chinn, Fox News at 11:30
- Elizabeth Woolsey, Fox News at 4 & 10
- Don Schroeder, Fox News at 4
- David Scott, Fox News at 10
- Bill Alexander, Fox News at 10 Weekends
- Julie Tam, Fox News at 10 Weekends
Weather:
- Marc Weinberg (AMS), Chief Meteorologist Fox in The Morning & 11:30
- Paul Emmick(AMS), Weekday Evening Meteorologist
- Lori Farmer(NWA), Weekend Meteorologist
- Scott Akin (CBM), Fill-in Meteorologist
Sports:
- Tom Lane, Sports Director
- John Lewis, Weekend Sports Anchor
- Mike Olmstead, Sports Reporter
Reporters:
- Bill Francis
- Bennett Haeberle
- Dick Irby
- Stephan Johnson
- Keith Kaiser
- Chris Turner
- Jeneen Wiche
[edit] Trivia
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- WDRB's station IDs from 1976 featured fireworks in the background with an announcer saying "Channel 41 Louisville, where independence is fun".
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Fright Night program info
- Query the FCC's TV station database for WDRB
- BIAfn's Media Web Database -- Information on WDRB-TV
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