Super Bowl Update

Tribune-owned classic diginet Antenna TV released its new schedule for the new year (effective Jan. 2) this morning, and it looks like they've got a solid lineup that viewers will enjoy.

In this part of the country, Antenna TV has affiliates in St. Louis (KTVI 2.2), Indianapolis (WXIN 59.2), Paducah (WPSD 6.3) and Louisville (WDRB 41.2).

Are you ready for some football?  The St. Louis Rams are, and they've announced some new TV affiliates to carry their games, including right here in the Tri-State.

Local 7 WTVW has signed on to carry the team's preseason games in the Evansville market, and if you live where you can watch KFVS 12.2 or WQWQ (in the southwesternmost corner of the area) or KTVI-Fox 2 (in the northwest), those stations will also be broadcasting the games.

The Rams have four preseason games this year, and here are the dates and times:

KTVI-Fox 2 reporter John Gadson, who worked for the St. Louis Fox affiliate from March 2000 until he underwent surgery to remove a brain tumor and was diagnosed with ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) two years ago, died Wednesday morning at a St. Louis assisted living center, the Post-Dispatch reports.

Gadson, who was just days shy of his 60th birthday, taught high school before getting into TV news, and had worked at TV stations in Evansville, Memphis and Greenville, Miss. before returning to his hometown 12 years ago.

"He had the most amazing laugh and wonderful smile, and the best sense of humor," said KTVI news director Audrey Prywitch. "I can't begin to tell you how much everyone here loved him."