Herb Winches
Herb Winches (born 1956 in Louisville, Kentucky) is a veteran sportscaster who currently anchors the evening sports segment on WIAT-TV (CBS 42).
Winches attended DeSales High School in Louisville and then came to Jacksonville State University on a football scholarship. As a running back he led the Lions to an 11-0 record during his senior season and was named the team's most valuable player.
After graduating, Winches took a job with WHNT-TV in Huntsville, then moved to Birmingham after 15 months to become the sports director for WBRC-TV in 1976. Over 14 years at WBRC Winches pioneered television coverage of high school football. He was named Sportscaster of the Year five times by the Associated Press.
Alongside his television career, Winches has been a fixture on local radio. He hosted a sports call-in show on WVOK-AM and was instrumental in changing that station's format in 1992 to an all-sports station with the call letters WJOX-AM. When WJOX picked up the Paul Finebaum Radio Network and made the move to FM, Winches was asked to remain on the AM station, now called WSPZ-AM. He considered it a move to the "B-Team" and resigned in December 2006.
In February 2007 Winches began working at WERC-AM, Finebaum's former flagship station. He resigned from there after less than three months.
Winches and his wife, Betty, have two children and reside in Hoover.
References
- Carlton, Bob (April 28, 2008) "Sports broadcaster Herb Winches leaves WERC." Birmingham News
External links
- Winches profile at cbs42.com