Super Bowl Update

As many of you have guessed by now, Eyewitness Sports' Home Team Friday is bringing back a familiar face - but not just as a special guest.  Former WEHT sports director Lance Wilkerson will be joining Eyewitness Sports anchor Drew Amman to co-host the half-hour highlight show all season long.

Wilkerson, who is now Director of Athletics Development at the University of Evansville (as well as the radio voice of the Purple Aces men's basketball team) said the decision to come back didn't take long to make.

"Bob Freeman (WEHT/WTVW's news director) called me on Tuesday and asked me if I would co-host HTF," he explained. "Bob and I worked well together and we have the same passion and drive. To me it was a no-brainer to reconnect with high school football."

After getting the go-ahead from his boss at UE, Wilkerson said things came together very quickly. "I am very excited to jump right back in and give it my all."

Home Team Friday won't be the only place you'll find Wilkerson on Fridays, though.

In addition to his day job at the University and his co-hosting gig on HTF, he's also preparing a new weekly radio show on WYFX-ESPN 106.7 that will air from 4 to 5 p.m. each Friday afternoon beginning Aug. 24.  The show, which will be called All About Aces Athletics, has been in the works for some time. "It is a show that Dan Egierski and I have been planning out for many months," Wilkerson said. "For an hour I will talk about the fourteen Division I sports at UE."

In addition, Wilkerson said he plans to attend one football game each Friday night throughout the season, so don't be surprised to see him around the Tri-State keeping up with what's happening on the gridiron.

JDTVB has learned that there's a new leader at the helm of the news department at WEHT Local and Local 7 WTVW.

Sources have confirmed that Bob Freeman was named news director for both stations this afternoon, and he brings a wealth of experience to the job.

Freeman spent 11 years (1993-2004) as 14WFIE's news director, and he has also worked in various roles for both WEHT and WTVW.  More recently, he was executive producer for special projects such as WTVW's My Hometown and high school sports telecasts, just to name a couple.

Freeman, who takes over as ND immediately, replaces Bob Walters, who was removed as news director in June.