WDRB
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| WDRB | |
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| Louisville, Kentucky | |
| Branding | FOX41 |
| Slogan | Your First Choice for News |
| Channels | 41 (UHF) analog, 49 (UHF) digital |
| Affiliations | FOX |
| Owner | Block Communications, Inc. |
| Founded | February 28, 1971 |
| Call letters meaning | W DeRBy |
| Former affiliations | Independent |
| Transmitter Power | 5000 kW/391 m (analog) 1000 kW/374 m (digital) |
| 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.
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[edit] History
WDRB signed on as an independent 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.
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.
[edit] Newscasts
[edit] Weekdays
- Fox in the Morning - 5-9am
- Barry Bernson
- Candyce Clifft
- Marc Weinberg - Weather
- Fox First News @ 11:30 - 11:30am-12pm
- Stephan Johnson
- Laura Barron
- Marc Weinberg - Weather
- Fox News @ 4 - 4-5pm
- Bill Francis
- Elizabeth Woolsey
- Paul Emmick - Weather
- Gary Montgomery - Sports
- Fox News @ 10 - 10-11pm
- Don Schroeder
- Elizabeth Woolsey
- Bill Francis - Business
- Paul Emmick - Weather
- Gary Montgomery - Sports
[edit] Weekends
- Fox News @ 10 - 10-11pm
- Valerie Chinn
- Lori Farmer - Weather
- Tom Lane - Sports
[edit] Reporters
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- Jennifer Baileys
- Bennett Haeberle
- Dick Irby
- John Lewis (Sports)
- Derek Scott
- Julie Tam
- Chris Turner
- Jeneen Wiche (Garden)
[edit] Trivia
- When WDRB signed on in 1971, they were Louisville's only independent television station.
- WDRB's station IDs from 1976 featured fireworks in the background with an announcer saying "Channel 41 Louisville, where independence is fun".
[edit] Notable WDRB Alumni
- Jeremy Brilliant, reporter (now weekend morning anchor at WTHR Indianapolis)
[edit] External links
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WXIX 19 (Newport) - WBKO-DT 33.2 (Bowling Green) - WDRB 41 (Louisville) - WDKY 56 (Danville) |
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| See also: ABC, CBS, CW, MyNetworkTV, NBC, PBS and Other Stations in Kentucky | |
