WDRB Focuses On Top Five Stories In New Streaming News Show
January 26th, 2024 by Paul GreeleyWDRB Louisville, Ky., launched its new live-streaming local news show, WDRB+ LIVE at 10 a.m. this week, and tackles the top five morning stories with a more in-depth and relaxed discussion-style presentation.
WDRB Anchors Share Personal Coronavirus Stories
May 5th, 2020 by Paul Greeley“Unscripted and as real as it gets, and even shot on their own iPhones,” said Scott Brady, WDRB’s creative service director. “We wanted the news personalities to drive the content, and share their unique perspective with detail from these past six weeks.”
WDRB Shifts Promos To Coronavirus Updates
March 29th, 2020 by Paul Greeley“I can think of no greater use or public service of a station’s promotion inventory than bringing helpful content to our community during this critical time,” said Scott Brady, WDRB’s VP of creative services.
WVUE New Orleans Went ‘Hyper Local’ On Super Bowl Sunday
February 12th, 2020 by Paul GreeleyWVUE, Gray’s Fox affiliate in New Orleans, took a tongue in cheek approach to its Super Bowl Sunday strategy with a series of promos for its 10 o’clock news. “We went hyper local,” said Blaine Strawn, WVUE’s marketing director. “Granted, most viewers outside of New Orleans won’t understand, but we knew our viewers would.”
WDRB Louisville’s Super Bowl Sunday Strategy
February 11th, 2020 by Paul Greeley“Rather than just one promo,” said Scott Brady, WDRB’s creative services VP, “we launched a whole new news campaign. This was a half-day of tremendous viewing sampling with much of our competitors’ audience tuning in as well! The Strategy was Super Bowl Sunday rather than just the Big Game Ad.”
WDRB Overcomes Marketing Obstacle To Win at 5 O’Clock
November 22nd, 2019 by Paul GreeleyScott Brady, the creative services director for WDRB, faced a difficult marketing dilemma in September. He had to promote the station’s new 5 o’clock newscast without mentioning the name or showing the face of one of the newscast’s anchors.
WDRB Adding Hour-Long Newscast Weekdays At 5
May 13th, 2019 by Paul GreeleyWith the addition of WDRB News@5, WDRB will produce 9.5 hours of local news on weekdays, and 64 hours of local news a week. “We will be adding six to eight new people, taking our newsroom to over 100 people, the largest television, radio or newspaper newsroom in Kentucky,” said Bill Lamb, WDRB’s general manager.
A Few Stations That Stood Up To Anti-Press Rhetoric
August 24th, 2018 by Paul GreeleyPresident Trump’s attacks on the news media spurred the RTDNA to ask its members to run editorials stressing the importance of a free press. While many newspapers took up the cry, only a handful of TV stations did. Here why some that did felt the need to go public and what their viewers thought of it.