LOUISVILLE, KY. (WDRB) -- The man who founded WDRB-TV has died. Elmer Jaspan founded the TV station in 1971, and was president until he retired in 1989.
Jaspan worked in broadcasting for 60 years. He started at a radio station in his hometown of Trenton, New Jersey while he was in high school.
He served as a director at the Philadelphia NBC affiliate starting in 1948. He directed the first network soap opera in 1951 and the national telecast of Eisenhower's first presidential campaign speech in 1953.
Elmer Jaspan was 91 years old. Â
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