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Terry Allen Meiners, born January 22, 1957, is an American radio and television personality on WHAS (AM) and WHAS-TV in Louisville, Kentucky. On radio, ''The Terry Meiners Show'' has aired weekday afternoons since 1985, with the show airing 3–7 pm from 1985 to May 15, 2015〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=WAVE-3 report on Meiners' 25th Anniversary celebration )〕 and now from 3–6 pm. Meiners is known for broadcasting impersonations of prominent local citizens, and his satirical interviews of eclectic news figures, comedians, film and television stars, and politicians.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=WHAS Radio podcasts of Terry Meiners shows )〕 In a region that thrives on college sports, Meiners lampoons the flightiness of University of Louisville (U of L) Cardinals fans and the zealotry of University of Kentucky (UK) Wildcats fans. Many of Meiners' fabricated callers are dimwitted sports fans delivering a tirade on the air, who then close with the contradictory statement "I'll hang up and listen to your answer." Additional Meiners radio sketches include conversations with imaginary characters like a street-tough problem solver named Trubba Man, an arrogant Hollywood has-been, a delusional Elvis impersonator, a pair of foulmouthed morning deejays who speak in unison, and a character variously called "Beasman" and "Old Joe". The last of these is a parody of both overzealous UK fans and former UK basketball coach Joe B. Hall. Several part-time voice impersonators have worked with Meiners over the years, including actor Jeff Ketterman, singer Laura Cox, writer Laura Johnston, singer Randy Davidson, and comedian Chuck Knipp (Shirley Q .Liquor). Meiners is also known for his offbeat television interviews with sometimes tipsy fans at sporting events such as the Kentucky Derby and Kentucky Oaks. Meiners is a co-host of Great Day Live (news, knowledge, and nonsense) with WHAS-TV news anchor Rachel Platt, weekday mornings on WHAS-TV. "Great Day Live" debuted with No. 1 ratings in its time slot. Meiners' Friday television interviews on the early show Good Morning Kentuckiana〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=WHAS-TV feature )〕 often take a comic twist. Pat Forde, a Louisville resident who was once a sportswriter for the city's daily newspaper, ''The Courier-Journal'', and now writes for Yahoo! Sports, has called Meiners "a skilled smart aleck, a local legend who is able to skewer almost everyone without making too many enemies." ==Early career== Before his move to WHAS in 1985, Meiners worked with Ron Clay as the co-host of "The Show With No Name,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Show With No Name Courier-Journal profile, May 1985 )〕" a morning drive-time program on Louisville rock station WQMF-FM. The two provided edgy humor to Louisville's airwaves, leading the ''Courier-Journal'' to declare that "they're raucous and rowdy, outrageous and bawdy, occasionally offensive and faintly foul-mouthed." WQMF hired Clay and Meiners away from rival station WLRS-FM, where the duo hosted the risque "Morning Sickness"〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=WLRS 102.3 history )〕 show from 1981–1983. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Terry Meiners」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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