Blog's your uncle

Thursday, April 22, 2004

MORE ON WHAS AND SOKOLER

Here's more on Bob Sokoler's dismissal from WHAS. WHAS's claim that they want "to try to give the show a facelift and focus on content a little more" seems a bit vague. I think they just want a different host. And they probably have a person (or persons) in mind to fill the spot. I would expect the change to occur on Monday, so they can benefit from the publicity while they broadcast from Churchill Downs.
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Wednesday, April 21, 2004

SOKOLER IS OUT AT WHAS-AM

Man! 84WHAS (840 AM in Louisville) doesn't mess around. During their noon news I heard their announcement that morning man Bob Sokoler was off the air for good today. Just checked the web site and there is no trace of Sokoler at all. A suposed official press release saying that they are going in a different direction is not there either. The "84Online" site, Sokoler's Sunday afternoon computer show, is down (Here is the cached site - even the photos are gone!). WHAS's program schedule shows a program called "Handel on the Law" in its place, and simply the "WHAS Morning Team" for tomorrow's 5-9 am program.

The lesson? Don't trust Clear Channel to be sentimental when they decide that you're history. ¶ 4:02 PM (0) comments

Tuesday, April 20, 2004

ANOTHER VICTORY OVER TERRORISM

Louisville's Kentucky Derby Festival began last Saturday with Thunder Over Louisville, a huge air- and fireworks show. Around 700,000 people crowded along the Ohio River for the day's festivities. The big news? There were no terrorist attacks on what I would consider a prime terrorist target. After all, it is purportedly the largest display of fireworks in North America.

Every time there's a local event involving thousands of people that occurs without a hitch I'm a happy guy. ¶ 10:43 AM (0) comments

A variation on "Bob's your uncle," which essentially means "And there you are!" or "And there you go!" It's a vague summation of a person's opinion or point of view. I think!