DC8 CREW VECTORED THROUGH LOC AND NOT GIVEN APCH CLRNC.

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AS USUAL; OUR NIGHT ARR INTO SDF WAS HIGHLIGHTED BY MANY VECTORS. NONE OF THE VECTORS SEEMED OUT OF THE ORDINARY UNTIL WE WERE VECTORED NEARLY OVERHEAD THE ARPT OF INTENDED LNDG. AS A CREW; WE COMMENTED ABOUT THIS. OUR AWARENESS WAS HEIGHTENED WHEN WE WERE VECTORED INTO THE LANES OF ARRIVING TFC HEAD-ON AND GIVEN A DSCNT. I KNOW THINGS LOOK DIFFERENT ON A RADAR SCREEN; BUT THE VIEW OUT OUR FRONT WINDSCREEN WAS NOW CAUSE FOR CONCERN. LNDG LIGHTS FROM OTHER ARRIVING ACFT WERE MANY. A FEW VECTORS LATER WE WERE ON AN INTERCEPT COURSE FOR THE LOC TO RWY 35R FROM THE SE. WE WERE NEVER CLRED TO INTERCEPT THE LOC OR CLRED FOR THE APCH. AS WE WERE PASSING THROUGH THE LOC TO RWY 35R; WE ATTEMPTED TO CONTACT APCH CTL; BUT DUE TO THE VOLUME OF TFC WE WERE UNABLE. NOT UNTIL WE WERE PASSING THROUGH THE EXTENDED CTRLINE OF RWY 35L WERE WE ABLE TO CONTACT ATC. WITH ANOTHER VECTOR TO INTERCEPT AND AN APCH CLRNC; WE COMPLETED THE LNDG. ON THE GND; WE REQUESTED AND RECEIVED A PHONE NUMBER TO CONTACT THE ATC FACILITY. I SPOKE WITH THE SUPVR ON DUTY. THROUGHOUT OUR CONVERSATION; SHE KEPT SAYING WE; THE AIRCREW; MADE A MISTAKE BY NOT HEARING THE OPERATING CTLR'S INSTRUCTION TO INTERCEPT THE LOC. I DISAGREED AND SHE ASKED IF I WANTED HER TO LISTEN TO THE TAPE. CERTAINLY; I SAID. AFTER SOME MINS; SHE RETURNED TO SAY THAT THE CTLR DID NOT CLR US TO INTERCEPT THE LOC; OR FOR THE APCH. THE SUPVR CONTINUED TO MAKE EXCUSES ABOUT THE VOLUME OF TFC; AND STEPPED ON OR MISSED CLRNCS BY OTHER ACFT. SHE ALSO SAID THAT CTLRS WOULD RATHER THE ACFT NOT HAVE TCASII; AS IT CREATES MORE PROBS THAN IT HELPS.