John Clay’s Sidelines

The SEC has released its football games that (so far) have been selected for television, and Kentucky-Louisville is not on the list.

Four games featuring conference members have been selected for Sept. 17, but not Louisville at Kentucky.

The four are:

• Auburn at Clemson, noon, ABC
• Ole Miss at Vanderbilt, 12:21, SEC
• Tennessee at Florida, 3:30 p.m., CBS
• Navy at South Carolina, 6 p.m., ESPN2

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Brandon Fisher

The final pre-furlough Media Approval Rating subject is WKYT-TV’s Brandon Fisher. The station’s weekend sports anchor, Brandon is from Columbia, Tennessee, south of Nashville. He has worked in Knoxville, Nashville and Jackson, Tennessee before coming to Lexington.

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Brent Carney

We missed a day on the Media Approval Ratings, but promised we’ll get the last two in before the blog takes a break next week. (My furlough is approaching.) Anyway, today we present WLEX-TV’s weekend sports anchor Brent Carney. Carney went to Saint Louis University and worked in Tennessee before hopping on board with LEX-18. He’s a Titans and Cardinals fan.

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Michelle Beadle

Alabama-Auburn. Lakers-Celtics. Yankees-Red Sox. Calipari-Pitino. Now add Michelle Beadle-Erin Andrews to the list of great sports rivalries. That’s according to the new ESPN tell-all book, written by James Andrew Miller and the great Tom Shales. (I’m sure Miller is great, too.) Deadspin has put its hands on an advanced copy and posting excerpts with a passion. Some of it is very interesting inside baseball. But the Beadle vs. Andrews rivalry is a real head-turner about two real head-turners. Seems Ms. Beadle doesn’t care for Ms. Andrews, who has returned the favor. Beadle even admitted to the book’s authors that she watched the infamous Andrews peephole video.  Personally, I’d  give “The Beadle” a break. She has to work with Cowherd every day.

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Dan Rieffer

On the Wednesday edition of media approval ratings, we present WTVQ’s Dan Rieffer, who is the station’s weekend anchor. Dan joined the station in January of 2008, and according to his station bio began at age 16 as  ”a disc jockey at an AM country radio station in Williamsburg, Kentucky.”

A personal note about Dan: He’s not afraid to ask tough questions. And he didn’t hold it against me — not to my face, anyway — when I once referred to him as Dave on the blog.

What say you abut Dan Rieffer, approve or disapprove?

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Dave Baker

On this election day, we present Dave “Buzz” Baker of WKYT-TV for Media Approval Ratings.

Baker is a jack-of-all-trades, not only doing work for WKYT, but also for Fox Sports South on basketball games, etc. He was also the sideline reporter on the old Jefferson-Pilot SEC football broadcasts, and even was host to a morning talk show.

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Mary Jo Perino

Media Approval Ratings start the week off with WLEX-TV sports anchor Mary Jo Perino.

A Missouri grad, Minnesota native and unabashed Minnesota Vikings fan, Mary Jo is on her second tour of duty at Channel 18. She was with the station for four years before moving to CNN’s Headlines News, then returning to Lexington.

What say you on Mary Jo, approve or disapprove?

Previously: Alan Cutler, Rob Bromley, Kent Spencer.

Polls remain on open on each person for one week.

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Today we put WTVQ-TV’s Kent Spencer through the media approval rating blender. The station’s sports anchor joined the station as a general news reporter in 2003. A Morehead State graduate, he switched to sports in 2005.

So what do you say on Kent, approve or disapprove?

Previously: Alan Cutler, Rob Bromley.

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Rob Bromley

No. 2 on your list of Media Approval Ratings is long-time WKYT-TV sports anchor and reporter Rob Bromley. Rob is a New York native but was surely pulling hard in the NCAA Tournament for his alma mater, Butler. He arrived in Lexington at WKYT in 1977 and has been here since.

What say you on Rob Bromley, approve or disapprove?

Previously: Alan Cutler

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Alan Cutler

Drumroll please — Media Approval Ratings are back.

We haven’t offered (most of) the local media up for judgement since 2009, and with the dog days of summer just up ahead, we can’t resist the urge to do it all over again. We will do one approval per day.

We’ll start with the TV guys, and with WLEX-TV’s Alan Cutler. The New York native has had a couple of turns at the local NBC affiliate. He’s been at Channel 18 since 1987 in his second stint.

So what do you say on Alan Cutler, approve or disapprove?

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