Sitting Out a Non-Compete

If you think you're good enough at your job to earn a higher salary and better working conditions at a competitor's business, it's not that hard to do. However, if you're a TV reporter, check your contract. Non-competes are enforceable in Kentucky.


http://leoweekly.com/?q=node/6241

WLEX Catches Court Assault on Camera

http://video.msn.com/video.aspx?mkt=en-us

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WLEX-TV to Go Hi-Def

WLEX-TV, Central Kentucky's number one source for local television news, will become one of the first medium-sized market television stations in the nation to provide its viewers local news in high definition. An extensive high definition equipment and system integration is well underway, and a spring launch date is anticipated.

http://www.wlextv.com/global/story.asp?s=6109136

AutoTrader.com Partners With Cox Television

ATLANTA, Feb. 5 --AutoTrader.com, the ultimate automotive marketplace, will supply new and used online car listings to Cox Television's 15 stations across the country, increasing AutoTrader.com's unique monthly visitors and offering new and used car buyers and sellers even more opportunities to connect and make sales. The parent company of both AutoTrader.com and Cox Television is Atlanta-based Cox Enterprises.

http://www.sunherald.com/447/story/349039.html

WBKO Presents the Other Side of Chris Allen

Tonight we begin a series of interviews with people you know, or think you know.
You've seen some of them for more than 20 years, right here on WBKO.
But now you'll see . . .the other side.

http://www.wbko.com/news/headlines/15289861.html

DirecTV Switches Superbowl Channels Mid-Game

I live in the Cincinnati area and was enjoying watching the Super Bowl in HD on Fox affiliate WXIX. Then 8:30 pm hit ... and the screen went black (well, white and varying shades of blue). No more Super Bowl for me! I just read FanHouse Ryan Wilson's post that people were losing their Super Bowl signals across the country and I was praying to god that I wasn't going to be next.

http://sports.aol.com/fanhouse/2008/02/03/directv-switches-super-bowl-channels/

Pensky Looks Back at 15 Years Covering Valley Sports

TERRE HAUTE — When Jason Pensky replaced Dennis Campbell as WTWO’s sports director in September 1993, he did not envision himself working at the same television station 15 years, especially in a business where the lure of a big-city market often trumps loyalty.

http://www.tribstar.com/sports/local_story_033235813.html

Blogger Gives WHAS and WDRB Reports a "B"

Reports filed this week by WDRB Fox-41 and WHAS-11 on restaurant inspections were actually more informative than expected. Our preemptive criticism of these reports centered on WHAS’s ratings-driven hype rolling up to its own reports, and we implied doubt that the station would unearth any real information.

http://thevillevoice.com/2008/02/01/give-the-restaurant-reports-a-b/

Sale of WTVQ Stalled

The potential sale of Lexington ABC affiliate WTVQ-36 is not proceeding as quickly as the process with three other stations up for sale by corporate parent Media General.

http://www.kentucky.com/101/story/304446.html

WOSU Program Features Robert Rothschild Farm

Urbana-area residents and neighbors looking to catch a glimpse of their hometown in the spotlight can tune-in to the Our Ohio television series on Sunday, Feb. 10, on public television station WOSU (11 a.m.) The weekly 30-minute magazine-style show visits Robert Rothschild Farm.

http://www.urbanacitizen.com/main.asp?SectionID=3&SubSectionID=5&ArticleID=146771&TM=35426.31

WLKY Anchor Jumps Ship

WLKY-TV weekend morning anchor Bill Alexander has jumped to WDRB, where he will also anchor weekend news with Julie Tam and report for the weekday 10 p.m. news.

http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080130/COLUMNISTS15/801300769

Sci-Fi's 'Ghost Hunters' Comes to Dayton

So, are there ghosts lurking in certain buildings at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base? Only base officials and members of The Atlantic Paranormal Society, or TAPS, know for sure, but you'll be able to find out too this coming March.

http://www.tcnewsnet.com/main.asp?SectionID=15&SubSectionID=260&ArticleID=146454&TM=56960.62

Former WEHT Host To Quit as Local Democratic Party Chair

Larry Aiken, current chairman of the Vanderburgh County Democratic Party, and former WEHT-TV show host, announced Thursday he will resign Feb. 16 for health-related reasons.

http://www.courierpress.com/news/2008/feb/01/aiken-to-quit-citing-health/

WCMH Reporter Speaks Out on Why Black Women Choose to Stay Single

On March 3, 2003, Newsweek Magazine featured a cover story that highlighted the challenge that many African-American women face in search of a romantic partner in today's dating scene.

http://www.pr-inside.com/rss/many-educated-black-women-often-choose-r415961.htm

WSYX to Air "Sharing Miracles"

This month, SharingMiracles -- a 30-minute public affairs television program that tells thecompelling and inspirational stories of real patients battling cancer.

http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/02-01-2008/0004747783&EDATE=

Will WWHO Show Indians in HD?

So in mid-January, it was announced that SportsTime Ohio and WKYC are going to be stepping up the Indians' HD coverage this year.FOX has eight games for its Saturday telecasts, which will likely be in HD. One game is not slated for TV coverage at all.

http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=987653

WHAS-TV Swept Up on Sweeps Story

Yesterday, WHAS-TV started promoting a “special report” on restaurant sanitation that it plans to air tonight (Thursday) on its 6 p.m. newscast. That got the attention of our pal Steve Coomes, the editor of our new food and dining blog — Ville Voice Eats. So, without further adieu, we invite you to go and read his piece and check out the new site. You’ll find the site will be frequently updated, just like Page One and The ‘Ville Voice, and focused on all things food.


http://thevillevoice.com/2008/01/31/fox-scoops-whas-on-food-inspection-story/

Media General Profits Fall

Media General Inc., a newspaper publisher and television station operator, said Thursday its fourth-quarter profit dropped 70 percent, hurt by a write-down, one less week in the period and less political revenue.

http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/01/31/ap4598458.html

DISH Network Adds History Channel en Espanol

History Channel en Español secured its first national carriage deal, with Dish Network adding the channel to its DishLATINO service Wednesday.

http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6527802.html?industryid=47170

ThinkTV Airing "The New Selling of America"

Produced by ThinkTV, “The New Selling of America, goes to boardrooms, sales meetings and college classrooms to discover what business experts, corporate executives and educators are doing to make America more competitive by professionalizing sales.



http://www.thinktv.org/onair/onai_prog_ttvnewsell.html