Mar 21 Community Goodbye UHF, Hello YouTube This week we reported on the digital television switchover that will happen next February. Also in the news, you may have heard about (communications giant) Verizon buying the most prized piece of the wireless spectrum (the C-block) in an auction. Read all about it here. By Gabe Bullard Mar 21 Community Goodbye UHF, Hello YouTube Gabe Bullard
Mar 21 Community Studio 619 for March 16, 2008 Museum Plaza; This Beautiful City; helicopters; Thomas Merton; Carnegie Institute; Murder in Mayberry By Stephanie Crosby Mar 21 Community Studio 619 for March 16, 2008 Stephanie Crosby
Mar 21 Community Digital Television Is On The Way One year from now, all television broadcasts in the United States will be digital. Across Kentucky, thousands of television viewers will need to get new equipment to keep receiving over-the-air transmissions. By Gabe Bullard Mar 21 Community Digital Television Is On The Way Gabe Bullard
Mar 14 Community Studio 619 for March 9, 2008 Quiet zones; Archdiocese follow-up; Floyd's Fork project; Arabic studies; severe weather awareness; Humana Festival By Stephanie Crosby Mar 14 Community Studio 619 for March 9, 2008 Stephanie Crosby
Mar 14 Community Of 'Epiphanies' and 'Ah-ha! Moments' At the corner of Fourth Street and Muhammad Ali in downtown Louisville, you might see a bustle of activity on a typical weekday afternoon: cars buzzing by, people walking to meetings or lunch, etc. But March 18th, 1958, Thomas Merton saw much more than that. At the corner of Fourth Street and what was then […] By Stephanie Crosby Mar 14 Community Of 'Epiphanies' and 'Ah-ha! Moments' Stephanie Crosby
Mar 13 Community Turning A Profit We’ve reported on WFPL about the LMPD selling their backup helicopter. The city’s plan is to sell the helicopter and use the money to help ease the budget crunch. By Gabe Bullard Mar 13 Community Turning A Profit Gabe Bullard
Mar 13 Community Marketplace in Dubai Marketplace: The Economic Future of the New Middle East Dubai, UAE: March 10-14 2008 Kai Ryssdal broadcasts live from Dubai in one of the fastest growing regions in the world—the Gulf. Here we turn the page from the old Middle East to the new, looking at the economic future of the Gulf. In the next 15 years, the Gulf will reap the benefits of a $3 trillion dollar windfall from oil. But the question isn't about oil; it's about what they can do to diversify their economies. By jhoban Mar 13 Community Marketplace in Dubai jhoban
Mar 7 Community Church Settlement Anniversary Approaching It has been nearly five years since the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville settled more than 240 lawsuits filed by people who were sexually abused by priests or church workers when they were children. Some of the accusations dated back more than 50 years. WFPL’s Rick Howlett takes a look at what the church and […] By Rick Howlett Mar 7 Community Church Settlement Anniversary Approaching Rick Howlett
Mar 7 Community Studio 619 for March 2, 2008 ConnectKentuckyThe U.S. Senate version of the farm bill currently under debate includes the “Connect the Nation Act.” It would make federal funds available for broadband internet deployment projects modeled from a program that originated in Kentucky. But as WFPL’s Gabe Bullard reports, there are questions as to whether Kentucky’s program is the ideal model. […] By Stephanie Crosby Mar 7 Community Studio 619 for March 2, 2008 Stephanie Crosby
Mar 5 Community Internet Speech Bills A look at Kentucky bills about internet legislation. By Gabe Bullard Mar 5 Community Internet Speech Bills Gabe Bullard
Mar 5 Community Heighten Your ‘Situation Awareness’ It’s Severe Weather Awareness Week in Kentucky and Indiana – which means it’s time to beef up on all those insider terms like “super cell” and “wall cloud”. No, not really. But Joe Sullivan says it couldn’t hurt. He’s the Warning Coordination Meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Louisville – which basically means he’s […] By Stephanie Crosby Mar 5 Community Heighten Your ‘Situation Awareness’ Stephanie Crosby
Mar 4 Community TARC Spends Despite Shortfall As reported on WFPL, TARC has just purchased eleven new vans for disabled passengers on their TARC 3 route. Each van cost over $30,000 and TARC made the purchase with federal funds. By Gabe Bullard Mar 4 Community TARC Spends Despite Shortfall Gabe Bullard
Feb 29 Community Track More Legislation I put a piece up on the Studio 619 blog that gives tips on tracking Kentucky legislation, but what if you want to see what's happening on the national scene? By Gabe Bullard Feb 29 Community Track More Legislation Gabe Bullard
Feb 29 Community Track Legislation Online In Crunch Time Earlier this month we did a story on the pace of Kentucky’s legislature. By the halfway point, they had passed fewer bills than in the last three 60-day sessions. Everyone interviewed in the feature said – for better or for worse – the last few weeks of every session is the crunch time when most […] By Gabe Bullard Feb 29 Community Track Legislation Online In Crunch Time Gabe Bullard