Jimmy Kimmel is suspended on broadcast TV but can still speak on a variety of platforms

Jimmy Kimmel is suspended on broadcast TV but can still speak on a variety of platforms

Author: NewsRadio 840 WHAS (WHAS-AM) September 19, 2025 Duration: 12:15
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.

Nexstar, Sinclair, Gray, and other television operators have to seek approval from the Federal Communications Commission on license renewals, station ownership clustering, and duopoly opportunities.

The public owns the airwaves. The government has control.

Streamers, cable, and a plethora of alternate messaging companies have much less scrutiny than do over-the-air broadcasters. 

Jimmy Kimmel's voice isn't silenced from the public, only from ABC broadcast television. He can say whatever he wants on podcasts, social media, or start his own digital platform.

Stephen Colbert's CBS contract is not being renewed but he's on the air every night punching Donald Trump and all other conservatives in the face. Trump didn't get Colbert "removed" from TV, he's still on the air on CBS until the completion of his contract term. 

ABC has the ultimate decision of whether to bring Kimmel back and/or renew his contract next year. It's all about business. Either he's worth the risk to earn profits or he's not.

Dive into the archives of a Louisville broadcasting legend with 50 years of Terry Meiners radio bits. This podcast is a curated journey through five decades of radio, pulling directly from Terry's personal audio library. You'll hear the actual comedy sketches, spontaneous news interviews, and candid celebrity conversations that defined his career across stations like WHAS, WQMF, WLRS, and WKQQ. Each episode serves as an audio time capsule, featuring not just Terry's iconic monologues but also the voices of the phenomenal broadcasters he shared the mic with, including Ron Clay, Randy Davidson, Mary Jeffries, Van Vance, and Cawood Ledford. It's more than a retrospective; it's a living history of local and pop culture, told through the cracks of the studio door and the buzz of the control room. The podcast offers a rare, behind-the-scenes feel, presenting these moments as they originally aired-raw, immediate, and full of the character that made Terry Meiners a fixture on the airwaves. For anyone who lived through these broadcasts or simply appreciates the craft of radio, this collection is a masterclass in commentary and connection, all pulled from the shelf and presented for your ears today.
Author: Language: English Episodes: 100

50 years of Terry Meiners radio bits
Podcast Episodes
That Nice Office Lady Who's Stealing Us Blind [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 10:46
Terry Meiners analyzes another DIRTY ROTTEN THIEF! This time it's a woman who controls the accounting for the town of Dixon, Illinois. For two decades, no one noticed that she had pilfered over $50 million from the town…
Beasman chuckles at Duke's NCAA Tournament misery [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 5:02
University of Kentucky superfan The Beasman is relishing Duke's shocking loss to UConn. Kentucky fans live to hate Duke so he's dancing on clouds of joy.Now all Cat fans have to hope that sewer mouth Dan Hurley of UConn…
autonomous cars? yes! NASA sending me to a moon colony? uh...no! [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 8:41
WHAS Radio host Terry Meiners riffs on the mid robots prancing around the White House today, the need for autonomous cars to thwart drunk/drugged drivers, and NASA offering the chance to live on the moon. Terry will take…