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Emmy-winning, pro-wrestling morning news anchor at @CBS58. former @blizzardbrawl GLCW tag team champion (seriously). facebook.com/MikeCurkovCBS58
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'I just kept on racing': Wisconsin racing legend Jerry Eckhardt in his 61st season on the track

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By Mike Curkov Verified
| WKBT-TV (La Crosse, WI) Verified
SLINGER, Wisconsin (WDJT) -- He's known as the 'World's Oldest Teenager,' he's been a fixture on Wisconsin racetracks for more than six decades, and at 83-years-old, he still gets revved-up on race day. "Can't believe I've been at it this long." said Jerry Eckhardt from his home and workshop in Johnson Creek. I don't have any interest in ballgames or golfing or anything else. So, I just kept on racing." 83-year-old Eckhardt is a living legend on racetracks around Wisconsin.
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'I just kept on racing' WI racing legend Jerry Eckhardt in his 61st season on the track

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By Mike Curkov Verified
| WDJT-TV (Milwaukee, WI) Verified
SLINGER, Wis. (CBS 58) -- He's known as the 'World's Oldest Teenager,' he's been a fixture on Wisconsin racetracks for more than six decades, and at 83-years-old, he still gets revved-up on race day. "Can't believe I've been at it this long." said Jerry Eckhardt from his home and workshop in Johnson Creek. I don't have any interest in ballgames or golfing or anything else. So, I just kept on racing." 83-year-old Eckhardt is a living legend on racetracks around Wisconsin.
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Late-night talk shows began with Faye Emerson on CBS

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By Mike Curkov Verified
| WDJT-TV (Milwaukee, WI) Verified
MILWAUKEE (CBS 58) -- "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" ends this week. It's the end of an era of late-night talk shows on the network. An era that started on CBS by a TV pioneer back in 1949. Before Colbert, before David Letterman, even before Johnny Carson or Steve Allen, there was Faye Emerson. "She was the first late-night television talk show host. And she defined the genre," said Dr. Maureen Mauk, a media historian in Madison.
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