Louisville Public Media has hired Mike Edgerly as 89.3 WFPL’s Managing Editor. Edgerly started his career at small radio stations in western Kentucky and joined WHAS Radio in Louisville in 1979. In 1991, he joined Minnesota Public Radio News in St. Paul where he was News Director, and also the Lead Broadcast Editor on the investigative project Betrayed by Silence, which exposed the cover-up of child sexual abuse by priests in the St. Paul-Minneapolis Archdiocese. The investigation was recognized with Peabody and Dupont-Columbia Awards.
“Mike is an experienced editor and newsroom leader and we’re thrilled that he’s coming home to Kentucky,” said Erica Peterson, WFPL Director of News and Programming. “He’ll be an essential part of the team that will continue to offer our audiences more local news from the city, state, and region.”
Edgerly’s first day will be February 3.
