50 years of Terry Meiners radio bits

An 840 WHAS Christmas tradition: Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol original 1939 broadcast featuring Lionel Barrymore and directed by Orson Welles. 

I am proudly connected to the Hometown Heroes campaign celebrating various luminaries smiling from building banners. Muhammad Ali, Dr. Kevin Cosby, John Asher, Jennifer Lawrence, Will Stein, My Morning Jacket, Jack Harlow, and so many other celebs with local ties appear all around town. But there is only 1 Steve Bass, who quietly funds and organizes a myriad of philanthropic pursuits. He also chai...

Episode 26 of the podcast INTERRUPTED by Matt Jones features Terry Meiners in an enlightening and emotional conversation.

Louisville Mayor Craig Greenberg popped by the WHAS Radio studio to declare December 8, 2025 as Terry Meiners Day, an honor awarded to acknowledge Terry's 40th anniversary as afternoon host on WHAS. Thanks, Mayor! 

WHAS11 news anchor Doug Proffitt popped by to wish Terry Meiners a Happy 40th Anniversary at WHAS Radio and they fell into a history lesson of the TV and radio stations.

The University of Kentucky basketball fan base is spiraling after losing to Louisville, Michigan State, and North Carolina in the first few weeks of the season. Some of the most impatient fans are already hinting that Mark Pope should be on the "hot seat" as though his job is on shaky ground. Terry Meiners offers a musical Christmas card to University of Louisville fans as they sit back and relish...

The Beasman is fearful that Will Stein, a former Louisville Cardinal, is being secretly planted as the Kentucky Wildcats football coach to wreck the program just like Kenny Payne did to the Cardinals. You mad, bro? Oh...he mad!

It's Thanksgiving time again. Let's make a smart move to heal a family rift. It's simple. It's quick. And you have control over its methodology. Let's go do it. ALSO: CheersI Our media buddy Angie Fenton is cancer free!!! Let's all celebrate Angie's newest chapter on life and send love to all who are wrestling with health challenges. HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL, AND TO ALL A GOOD HOLIDAY SEASON!

Tina Knowles is featured in a Peacock documentary on Black jockeys and cowboys. Knowles references her 2024 visit to the 150th Kentucky Derby and how she was horribly mistreated on the red carpet when a White couple was ushered in ahead of her. THE HORROR! Terry explains the red carpet chaos and adds another dimension to Tina Knowles' day that likely explains her sour experience. Race was not a fa...

Former WHAS Radio news anchor Scott Jennings is now known worldwide for his CNN political commentary and analysis. Scott and Terry Meiners discussed the tensions at the CNN desk, President Trump's global impact, angry liberals, whether Scott will run for Senate or switch to CBS News, and many other topics. Do angry liberals scream at him in public? Scott tells the tale in this WHAS interview. Scot...

Our poor buddy The Beasman has been slobber-knocked again. Last week it was the demonic LOO-vul Cardinals that had the audaceration to beat the Wildcats. Now those Michigan State Sparkys done thumped Mark Pope's faltering Wildcats and statewide panic is on full throttle. The N.I.L. fund is $22 million deep into a team of wussy players who can't guard a closet door!  WE IS THE CAYUTS! WE IS KENTUCK...

James "Murr" Murray from Impractical Jokers is in town for 5 shows at Louisville Comedy Club. Using his hit TV show's technique, Murr will send at least one audience member out into the street to follow his commands through an earpiece. Always comedy gold! Murr told Terry Meiners an awesome story about the most outrageous prank he played on his showmate (who thought Murr was being punished). It's...

The basketball rivalry between the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville just completed another riveting chapter. U of L jacked UK's jaw. The Beasman ain't having it. When UK beats U of L, it's fodder for comedy. When Louisville wins, everyone is expected to walk on eggshells and not discuss it while tender Wildcat fan hearts slowly heal over a matter of weeks, if not months.  Sa...

My awesome niece Maggie Meiners and the equally incredible Izzy Craig, both seniors at Sacred Heart, shared details of their upcoming charity lacrosse match vs. Trinity High School. And they mind being teased about being spoiled by their cushy birth positions as the family's baby girls!

Thoroughbred trainer Kenny McPeek has well over 2,000 victories at racetracks around world. His greatest weekend came on the first Friday and Saturday in May 2024, winning both the Kentucky Oaks (Thorpedo Anna) and the Kentucky Derby (Mystic Dan). McPeek's Derby champ is set to retire to stud this weekend. Terry Meiners and Kenny McPeek discussed the horse's less-than-stellar ride in Arkansas that...

Louisville, Kentucky Mayor Craig Greenberg sat down with WHAS Radio's Terry Meiners for a wide-ranging chat on today's wins and challenges for the city. Mayor Greenberg addressed the impending SNAP benefits conundrum, new affordable housing, renewed downtown business leases, re-opening the juvenile justice center, the scourge of fentanyl, assisting homeless people, Yum Center debt, and much more.

With the University of Kentucky sucking the suckiest suck in football history, Wildcats superfan Joe Beasman Hall knows that basketball pays the bills and the BIG BLUE NATION is ready to DOMMERATE Y'ALL SNAGGLE TOOTH, DOPE SMOKIN, MAKING BABIES OUT OF WEDLOCK, BRAINLESS SPINELESS CARDINAL CRYBABIES REAL SOON!

Federal indictments were served to former Louisville Cardinal Terry Rozier, Portland Trailblazers coach Chauncey Billups, and more than 30 others allegedly involved in organized gambling crimes. Prosecutors claim that Rozier alerted others to bet on the "under" totals for scoring and rebounds and then faked an injury to leave his NBA game so that the bets would win. Billups allegedly colluded with...

U.S. Senator Rand Paul on the shutdown, early prison release of Kentucky child murderer, bombing drug cartel boats, tariff drama, taking Mitch McConnell's perch as the commonwealth's senior senator next year, more

UofL football's perfect record has been dashed by the Viginia Cavs. Ouch. The Beasman loved every minute of Louisville's troubles and predicts a beatdown for the Cardinals against Mark Pope's Kentucky Wildcats. And the Beasman is certain that UK football was THIS CLOSE to pounding Georgia, they simply ran out of time.

A thousand people have asked me about the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel on ABC-TV. I don't like it but I understand the business of media. ABC/Disney weighs countless moneymaking opportunities and sheds content that does not produce profits. Once Nexstar and Sinclair pulled Kimmel's show after he made caustic comments after the assassination of Charlie Kirk, ABC/Disney had a business decision to make...

The Beasman swore that he'd never call Terry's WHAS Radio show ever again after Kenny Payne was fired. But Louisville's successful basketball coach Pat Kelsey just referred to UofL as POINT GUARD U in an interview and Joe was triggered into reaching for the phone. He loves yammering at Larry Minner for being a bald-haired, backstabbin' traitor turncoact U of Smell bootlicker who don't got the good...

Longtime Louisville radio/TV host John Ramsey popped by WHAS Radio to chop it up with Terry Meiners so they could laugh about their arduous broadcast paths. Both have been in some wild situations throughout their prominent media careers. John now works for Mayor Greenberg's administration and has plenty to share about local positive energy and the upcoming NULU bluegrass showcases. 

Senate candidate Nate Morris hosted conservative influencer Charlie Kirk at the Morris campaign rally launch on June 30th in Shepherdsville, Kentucky. Charlie Kirk was assassinated yesterday at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah.  Mr. Morris spoke with Terry Meiners about Charlie Kirk's legacy, his visit in June, Kirk's Kentucky roots, and the battle for the soul of America.

Here's 81-year-old Father Ron Knott in a wide ranging conversation with Terry Meiners on Heaven, humor, the impact of prayers, sin, loneliness, and living life as a Catholic priest. bio from his website at fatherknott.com I am a priest of the Archdiocese of Louisville, Kentucky. Ordained May 16, 1970, I have served as a home missionary, college teacher, campus minister, pastor, cathedral rector, t...