University of Kentucky All-American Jack "Goose" Givens, who also played in the NBA and eventually transitioned to sports broadcasting, joined me on 840WHAS for a wide-ranging interview. We are both self-proclaimed nerds who attended UK at the same time. We dove into his recruitment by Kentucky and the racial challenges it posed for him and his mother. Givens grew up in Lexington where he "never thought I'd have a chance to play" for the Wildcats. Jack also discussed the intensity of playing for a hard-boiled coach in Joe B Hall, and how their relationship changed after Hall sought Givens' advice during his broadcast years. Givens led the 1978 Kentucky Wildcats to an NCAA National Championship, scoring 41 points in the Cats defeat
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#WHAS100 profiles of Perkey, Fox, Shay, Skipper, Ted, Joe, Sid, Lach on the Clock, and Jack “Santa” Pattie
After the first century of WHAS Radio's amazing legacy continues unfolding, the newest radio ratings are out. WHAS is still #1. Just like any other successful pursuit, WHAS' incredible run is built upon quality people. Here are more of the outstanding media members I've added to the #WHAS100years series. We begin with revered morning man Wayne Perkey, who dominated ratings for 30 years before retiring in 1999. #WHAS100 🎙 Louisville's legendary morning man Wayne Perkey joined me on @840WHAS to catch up on life, love, radio, community, & @CrusadeChildren happiness. He's still the Perkiest guy in town! 🎉 Happy 84th birthday, Wayne! LISTEN 🎧 https://t.co/ijc8QTshQ8#WHAS100years pic.twitter.com/cuSjLt30qf — Terry Meiners (@terrymeiners) January 15, 2022 #WHAS100 🎧 My investigative journalist pal @ShayMcAlisterTV explains the challenges of asking
The Beasman weeps while LSU parties, needs Citrus Bowl replay to find joy
THE BEASMAN cats lose to LSU T-T-T-TELL ME IT WAS ALL A BAD DREAM! (long cry) I CAINT GIT OUTTA BED TODAY C-C-C-C CUZ MY PRECIOUS KENTUCKY WILDCATS LOSTED LAST NIGHT. (cry) THAT NASTY L.S.U. PLAYER DID A 360 DUNK AT THE FINAL BUZZER TO MOCK THE CATS EVEN MORE! (cry) WHY, GOD, WHY? (cry) THE G-G-G-GOOD AND CLASSY KENTUCKY WILDCATS GOT DISRESPECTERCATED DOWN THERE AT L.S.U. (cry) THE CATS WAS LEADING BY 9 POINTS WITH TWO MINUTES LEFT AND THEN (cry) ALL HADES BROKE LOOSE! (long cry) THEM L.S.U. THUGS STARTED HITTING BIG SHOTS AND WE DINT HAVE NO TY TY OR NO SAVIOR TO HELP US! TY TY GOT THE CRAMP CRAMPS AND THE SAVIOR GOT HIS JAW JACKED
CATHLICKIN’ 🏀 The Beasman thinks Coach Cal lets Catholic opponents win to help him get to Heaven
🔥 @blakewesley0 really did that pic.twitter.com/OwNnq7GlWy— Notre Dame Basketball (@NDmbb) December 12, 2021 THE BEASMAN uk loses to catholics I HATE CATHLICKS. I HATE YOU. I HATE ST. X. I HATE THE POPE. I HATE ALL YOU SNAGGLE TOOTH U OF SMELL CARDINAL THUG FANS RUNNIN AROUND SMIRKIN ABOUT U UH KAY LOSIN TO THE NOTRE DAME! (cry) EVEN THEIR COACH IS MAKIN FUN OF U UH KAY! (cry) ERRBODY’S A-MAWKIN U UH KAY! (cry) WHAT IN THE SAM HILL IS GOIN ON WITH COACH CAL? IS HE PUTTIN HIS RELIGION AHEAD OF HIS KENTUCKY COACHIN JOB? DADGUMMIT…THAT’S A FIREABLE OFFENSE! (cry) HERE WE IS ON SAIRDEE, READY TO STOMP ON THEM UNRANKED, CATHLICK FISH BREATH, BEER GUZZLIN, BABY MAKIN,
“LOSERVILLE THUGS IS TOO BUSY LOOTIN STORES AND SHOOTIN EACH OTHER IN THE STREETS TO SHOW UP FOR FOOTBAW GAMES” – The Beasman predicts a UK dominant crowd for the Kentucky vs Louisville football game
THE BEASMAN hate week AWWWWWW C-A-T-S CATS! CATS! CATS! (long laff) IT’S HATE WEEK, CAT FANS, AND US GOOD AND CLASSY KENTUCKY WILDCAT FANS HATE ONE TEAM MORE THAN ANY OTHER TEAM…THEM STINKY, NECK TATTOO, DOPE SMOKIN, SAGGY PANTS, RAP MUSIC, STRIPPER POLE LOVIN, LYIN, CHEATIN, PLAYBOOK STEALING LOSERVILLE CARDINAL CONVICTS! (laffs) Ls DOWN! Ls DOWN! Ls DOWN! (laffs) THE WHOLE STATE HATES LOSERVILLE! WE HATE YOUR SCHOOL, YOUR CRIME, YOUR TRASH, AND YOUR MAMAS! (laffs) Y’ALLS CRIME INFESTED TOWN IS AN EMBARRASSMENT TO BLUEGRASS COUNTRY! GOVERNOR BESHEAR, A WILDCAT FAN, TRIED TO SELL Y’ALL TO INJIANNER! (laffs) INJIANNER SAID “NO THANKS. WE’D RATHER TAKE CHICAGO CUZ THEY GOT LESS KILLINGS!” (laffs) TO GIT RID OF MURDER CITY, JUST DIG THE
#WHAS100 🎧 Radioactive radio rebels rock! Meet Mandy, Mo, Di, Joe, Bob, Johnny Z, and Adolph!
WHAS is the most powerful radio signal in Kentucky. It can be streamed worldwide but its over-the-air signal pierces atop most of the contiguous 48 United States. WHAS Radio will turn 100 next July, pumping out news, interviews, and information 24/7. Whether we're talking to Dr. Dunkenstein, Dr. Fauci, or Dr. Pepper, we are delivering audio and video content to keep our community informed. Thanks for hanging with us for our first century! That's our boy Ian Vertrees above. He's a deejay on WQMF and the daily producer and voice contributor on the Terry Meiners Show. The iHeart machine moves because it is fueled by strong employees. #WHAS100 🎧🎙 @MandyConnell is one of the greatest talk show talents in America, once dominating midday
Burnt. 🔥 For good. Nonetheless, John Schnatter still believes he will return to lead Papa John’s. 🙏 #PapaBless 🙄
"The morning after detailing is martyrdom, Schnatter wants to show off his mansion." In a new Bloomberg interview, deposed Papa John's pizza company founder John Schnatter still yammers about his delusional dream of returning to lead the company. It will never happen. Schnatter laughably spotlighted himself instead of pizza in Papa John's TV commercials for years. Once company directors started easing him out of the ads to focus on showing the product, Schnatter got his feelings hurt and created his own commercials. He paid to run them in certain markets to "prove" that viewers wanted to see him, not just pizza. To bolster his on screen presence, Schnatter courted popular sports personalities to share the stage with him on Papa John's commercials. NFL
Georgia handles UK and The Beasman accuses U of Smell of trying to steal the Wildcats’ thunder
THE BEASMAN cats still better than almost everybody YOU MAKE ME SICK WITH ALL YOUR TAWKIN ABOUT THE U UH KAY WILDCATS LOSIN TO JARJUH! JUST SHUT YOUR SNAGGLE TOOTH MOUTH ABOUT THAT GAME CUZ IT’S OLD NEWS, LARRY MINNER! THE CATS IS 6 AND 1, NOT NO 3 AND 3 LIKE YOUR LITTLE BROTHER CARDINAL WEAK BEAK BEE-OTCHES! (laffs) YOU AND ALL YOUR CARDINAL NECK TATTOO, LIQUOR BREATH, MAKIN BABIES OUT OF WEDLOCK, DRUG THUG LOSERVILLE FANS AIN’T GOT SQUAT TO CHEER ABOUT CUZ Y’ALL’S SCHOOL IS NC2A VIOLATION STATION! (laffs) CHRIS MACK GONNA GIT FIRED ANY DAY NOW FOR TAPE RECORDIN EXTORTION AND TRYIN TO PAY OFF HIS ACCUSER! (laffs) YOUR FOOTBAW TEAM IS SO PATHETIC THAT Y’ALL POST VIDEOS ABOUT
More WHAS100 personalities share the air to honor Kentucky’s first radio station
Those are some good dudes. Joe Donovan, Doug McElvein, Van Vance, Wayne Perkey, Jack Fox, Milton Metz, and I stood for that photo in 1993. They're all outstanding broadcasters who helped maintain WHAS Radio's legendary status as one of America's giants in news/talk. Joe and Milton are gone. Doug McElvein was on the radio last month and can be found in an earlier post on this website. The other fellows will all sit for interviews in the near future. I've been speaking with one prominent WHAS voice every week leading up to the station's 100th birthday in July 2022. I LOVED catching up with my friend @terrymeiners on @840WHAS radio today. We talked about family, @JudeRedfield, #Covid_19 my life in tv news and my
Kentucky beats Florida 🏈 couches are burned 🔥 Beasman is juiced😼
A party in Lexington 35 years in the making … #ForTheTeam Chapter Five 😼🏈 pic.twitter.com/c3h3ZQ0Nd1 — Kentucky Football (@UKFootball) October 7, 2021 KENTUCKY FOOTBALL IS A THING! The Kentucky Wildcats jumped from #31 to #16 in the Associated Press poll after a hard fought victory over #10 Florida. It was Kentucky's first home victory over the Gators since 1986. Street party couch burnings went on until the wee hours. UK is now 5-0 and welcoming a struggling LSU squad into Kroger Field on Saturday night. In a rare departure from oddsmaker behavior, Kentucky is a 2 point favorite. Finish the play. Finish the game. Finish what you start. Do that, and anything can happen. pic.twitter.com/XVBvTWTo9F — LSU Football (@LSUfootball) October 7, 2021 THE BEASMAN florida goes down LATER GATOR! LATER GATOR! LATER