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Family patriarch [[Barry Bingham, Sr.]] handed over control to his son, Barry, Jr. in [[1971]]. A 15-year family dispute culminated in a decision to split up the family's media holdings. WHAS-TV was sold to the Providence Journal Company in [[1986]], while WHAS-AM went to [[Clear Channel Communications]] and the Courier-Journal went to [[Gannett]]. The Journal Company merged with Belo in [[1997]].
WHAS-TV swapped affiliations with WLKY in [[1990]] and became an ABC affiliate. This proved to be a terrible mistake, as WLKY has made significant progress has become a viable ratings competitor, and WHAS's outright dominance has diminished.
Not surprisingly for a station with roots in a newspaper, WHAS-TV has been an innovator in news coverage. It was the first Kentucky station to use newsreel film. The station annually broadcasts the [[WHAS Crusade for Children]], a highly successful local [[telethon]] benefitting children's charities throughout Kentucky and [[Indiana]].
On January 2, 2006, WHAS began producing a 10:00pm newscast on [[WBKI]], and in the May 2006 ratings period, WHAS placed 4th at 11:00 behind [[Sex and the City]] re-runs on local Fox affiliate [[WDRB]].
As a CBS affiliate in the 1970s until 1991 its newscasts were titled "Action 11 News." It is during this time that WHAS-TV displaced long-time ratings winner WAVE-3. In 1991, their news branding was changed to "Kentuckiana's News Channel, WHAS-11." Most recently in the late 1990's, the station began using "WHAS 11 News" to brand their news product.
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