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#WHAS100 Farewell to Wayne Perkey, plus updates on Bill Cody, Van Vance, Mark Pfeiffer, Ken Schulz, Matt Jones, Denny Nugent, and Dan Burgess

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WHAS personalities Bill Cody, Liz Curtis, Milton Metz, Doug McElvein, Wayne Perkey, and program director Denny Nugent (1984)

We are sad to report that WHAS morning legend Wayne Perkey has passed due to COVID complications. Here is the Courier Journal profile on Wayne’s incredible life story.

Many of Wayne’s colleagues joined me today on 840WHAS to reflect on their time working with Louisville’s energetic morning man.

WHAS11 also profiled Perkey’s phenomenal broadcast career of radio, television, and philanthropic work.

Here is the radio interview I conducted with Wayne just a little more than a month ago. He was delighted to tell me that he had reconciled with his wife. He spent much of his time in recent months caring for her during her COVID challenges.

The WHAS family recently lost news anchor Melissa Forsythe to a long battle with cancer. Her former co-anchors joined me on WHAS Radio to reflect on Melissa’s impact on Louisville journalism and the community.

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