Former TV, ad exec Bill Campbell dies at 86

William "Bill" Campbell, the former general manager and vice president of WLKY-TV, died at the age of 86 following a battle with cancer, according to a family spokesperson.Campbell, who began his broadcasting career with WAVE radio, was named to the top job at WLKY in 1984.He rose to that position from the sales department, where he began as an account manager in the late 1960s, before working his way up to local sales manager and eventually national sales manager.In his time overseeing the&hell