One of America’s oldest broadcasts

The Moral Side of the News is one of the longest running public affairs programs in American broadcast history. Starting as a radio show in the late 1940′s on 840AM WHAS, it was one of the first television shows to air on WHAS-TV at its birth in 1950.

Each week, a panel of clergy from diverse faiths discuss current affairs and give their unique moral perspectives.

Broadcast schedule

The Moral Side of the News 30-minute television show is seen Sunday at 5:30am on WHAS-TV (DT 11.1) and heard Sunday at 9:30pm on 840AM WHAS Radio. Other outlets also carry the program.

Here’s the entire broadcast schedule:

> Television:
WHAS11
Sunday 5:30am

The Faith Channel (Insight Cable Digital 96.9)
Sunday Noon

> Radio:
WHAS 840AM
Sunday 9:30pm

WAMZ 97.5FM
Sunday 7:00am

WZKF 98.9FM
Sunday 7:00am

WQMF 95.7FM
Sunday 7:00am

WLGX 100.5FM
Sunday 7:00am

WTFX 93.1FM
Sunday 7:30am

WKJK 1080AM
Sunday 7:30am

WKRD 790AM
Sunday 7:30am

WKRD 101.7FM
Sunday 7:30am

The Crusade Advisory Council

The WHAS Crusade for Children has been tied to the Moral Side of the News from the very beginning. Moral Side panel members are part of the Crusade Advisory Council. This independent board of interdenominational ministers decides how donations are distributed each year.  They volunteer their time ensuring that 100 percent of your donation to the Crusade directly improves the lives of children with special needs.

Representatives from agencies, schools and hospitals apply for grants and appear before the council during grant hearings held each spring. Once the hearings are complete, the advisory council determines which agencies receive Crusade donations.

Since agency grant requests far exceed donations to the Crusade each year, the advisory council has difficult decisions to make.

Moral Side Panelists

Five panelists rotate onto each week’s show moderated by John Blim of the WHAS Crusade for Children staff.

Rev. Jim Brown
Pastor Emeritus
First Presbyterian Church, Jeffersonville

Dr. Charles Burton
Second Baptist Church, Taylorsville

Rev. Clay Calloway
Interdenominational Ministries, Louisville

Dr. Greg Earwood
Baptist Seminary of Kentucky, Lexington

Father Joe Graffis
St. Edward Catholic Church, Louisville

Father Bill Hammer
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, Bardstown

Rev. Sally McClain
Edenside Christian Church, Louisville

Rabbi Stanley Miles
Temple Shalom, Louisville

Dr. Tom Mobley
Nelson Christian Church, Bardstown

Rev. Conrad Moorer
Northside Church of Christ, Jeffersonville

Father Nick Rice
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church, Louisville

Rabbi Gaylia Rooks
The Temple, Louisville

Dr. John Slider
Breckenridge Chapel, Free Methodist, Louisville

Dr. Kevin Smith
Watson Memorial Baptist Church, Louisville

Father Tony Smith
Holy Spirit Catholic Church, Louisville

Dr. G. A. Shareef
River Road Mosque, Louisville

Father John Stoltz
St. Garbriel Catholic Church, Louisville

Follow Moral Side on Twitter

Follow weekly topics and panel listings each week on Twitter.
Just log on to www.twitter.com/moralside

Moral Side of the News photos

Here’s a behind-the-scenes look at Moral Side of the News courtesy of Major Brown and Larry Ledford.