We live, work and play right here in Central Kentucky. Wed love to hear from you. Timothy Knapp joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in September 2018 as Studio Manager and Photojournalist. virtual: false, [37], Management had hoped to be on the air by Monday, June 23, in time to broadcast that evening's ABC prime time lineup. Hannah Woosley-Collins March 1, 2023 LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) -- Main Event, an entertainment center featuring bowling, laser tag and games, is set to open in Lexington on March 29. Lexington, KY 40509. number: 3, Maddie is a graduate of the University of Georgia, Justin Walker joined us as an MMJ in December 2021. The FCC gave the station one year from June 4 to make the move. A native of Peoria, Illinois, he graduated cum laude with a B.A. Download the ABC 36 News App on your smart phone or tablet device to receive breaking news and weather push notifications the minute it happens. discovery: { [17], The new owners immediately sought to make their mark on their new purchase. We live, work and play right here in Central Kentucky. partner_name: "ABC36NEWS", The shipment was heading to an, VERSAILLES, Ky. (WTVQ) -- God's Pantry Food Bank received a donation Thursday at the Kentucky Castle. [51] ABC went as far as to hear formal presentations from it and WLKT on why the network should move to their station. detail_page_enabled: true, Famous 300-year-old bur oak was saved from development. Tom was recognized for hard news reporting on a story that gave a rare glimpse inside the secretive world of the Federal Witness Protection Program. Officers were sent to the hospital at 10:50 p.m., according to Lexington police. [12] By the station's eighth week on the air, it had already managed to capture a 30% share of the prime time audience in the market according to a station-commissioned American Research Bureau survey, putting it on par with the other two local stations. We are the most trusted source for local news. Mobile App | WEATHER App | WTVQ Email Sign Up. }, During a luncheon, the Kentucky Castle handed a, function evvntDiscoveryInit() { Boyd graduated from Western Kentucky with a degree in broadcast journalism. George Newi, ABC senior vice president for affiliate relations[51], The closest WTVQ came to losing its affiliation came in late 1988, when upstart Fox affiliate WDKY-TV (channel 56), on air since 1986, approached ABC about becoming the new Lexington affiliate. Station officials were concerned that he had been falsifying details about his background specifically claiming that he had held a doctorate degree in political science. publisher_id: "7544", Russian troops would soon pour across Ukraine's borders and Russian missiles would fill Ukrainian skies,taking Ukrainian livesin the biggest air, sea and ground assault, ATLANTA (AP) Dozens of well-wishers made the pilgrimage Sunday to The Carter Center in Atlanta, as prayers and memories of former President Jimmy Carter's legacy were offered up at his small Baptist church in Plains, Georgia, a day after, ATLANTA (AP) The woman flying out of Philadelphias airport last year remembered to pack snacks, prescription medicine and a cellphone in her handbag. Samantha moved to Lexington in 2018 to study broadcast journalism and criminology at the University of Kentucky. Her 16 year old daughter loves driving which is proving to be a learning experience for all, while, function evvntDiscoveryInit() { Cameron rolled out details of his education plan Wednesday. We'll just leave it at that. Jamie Bittner joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in December 2021. detail_page_enabled: true, Starting pay will be at least, KYIV, Ukraine (AP) In the final hours beforethe Russian onslaught, a last grasp at peace. Lex 18 News brings you breaking and developing news, weather, traffic and sports coverage from the Lexington metro area and across Kentucky on WLEX-TV and Lex18.com. Jeremy joined the WKYT News team in July 2021 following graduation from the Broadcast Journalism program at the University of Maryland. Channel 36 has brought veteran weatherman T.G. 9:00pm ABC 36 News at Ten on My Kentucky 10:00pm Family Feud 10:30pm Family Guy 11:00pm Family Guy 11:30pm: WTVQ True Crime Network 36.3 Cruise Ship . Tom Kenny joined ABC 36 News in June of 2001 as a General Assignment Reporter. I think people obviously know me primarily from UK, Piecoro said. When you see news happening, share it! }, According to Lauren White of the Bluegrass Airport, the roof on the concourse A building and the roof on the, LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) - Friday, significant road hazards across Central Kentucky caused by severe weather resulted in one death in Fayette County. ", "Channel 36 sweetens pot to keep ABC affiliation", "The $700 million question: Who is Gary B. evvnt_require("evvnt/discovery_plugin").init({ Prior to joining WTVQ-TV, Tom was Vice-President of the Houston Astros Minor League baseball team in Lexington. [56] On February 26, 2002, it became central Kentucky's first commercial television station to broadcast a digital television signal on UHF channel 40. When the station first came on the air as channel 62, the news was little more than a joke. During that time he's covered NCAA Final Fours, the World Series and done a host of events for ESPN, The CBS Sports Network, The SEC Network and Raycom Sports. Knapp was a Lexington securities dealer whose bid was backed by the Retirement Systems of Alabama pension fund. orientation: "portrait", element: "#evvnt-calendar-widget", May 18, 2022 6:00 AM. Kaitlyn comes to us from Joplin, Missouri, where she worked as an MMJ and Fill in Anchor for KOAM News/Fox 14 for over a year and, Lyssa joined the ABC 36 team in 2017 as Co-Host on Midday Kentucky, but she has been a part of the extended ABC 36 family for years as the wife of Doug High, ABC 36 Anchor! We are your neighbors. Strong southwest, It turned out to be a delightful "Fat Tuesday" across Central and Eastern Kentucky with sunshine, a nice westerly breeze and afternoon highs overachieving a bit into the upper, As morning fog fades, pleasant conditions are on the way for your Tuesday afternoon. He was joined by his sidekick Froggy, a frog puppet portrayed by an unidentified puppeteer. His community outreach included serving as president of the non-profit foundation Friends of Lexington Fisher House, a 16-room facility which will give a home to families of veterans being treated at the Lexington Veterans Affairs Hospital. Peter Zampa joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in June 2015 as a multimedia journalist. He studies at Mississippi State University online, earning his bachelors degree in broadcast meteorology. widget: true, [53] Countering Park's noted image for frugality, Park invested in new equipment for the station. Kyle Rogers is the News Director for 'Local News Live'. Experience in sales, Photoshop, InDesign, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and AP Style. discovery: { Lexington and Central KY News, Weather, and Sports | WDKY FOX 56 Newscast . LEXINGTON, Ky. ABC 36 General Manager Chris Aldridge announced the hiring of a new leader of the news department for WTVQ ABC 36. You can see him M-F on WKYT at Noon and nightly at 6:30 on The CW Lexington. The line is slowly, LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WTVQ) -- Thunder Over Louisville, one of the country's top fireworks displays and air shows, will light up the Louisville skyline for the 34th year, FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Republican Daniel Cameron says he'll push to raise starting pay for Kentucky teachers and reduce their administrative paperwork if hes elected governor. While objections were lodged from potential station owners in the Louisville and Florence areas, they were rejected by the FCC, believing that the public would be better served by having WTVQ on channel 36. Lexington KY News Asbury University to cohost measles vaccine after resident tests positive Lexington's Joe Bologna's celebrates 50 years News / 18 hours ago Living with less: How Kentuckians are surviving without News / 22 hours ago Up next Measles vaccine clinic being held in Jessamine Co. Local / 31 mins ago Scotty is an investigative photojournalist based in Washington DC. [77], On February 17, 2020, the station debuted the afternoon talk show The Lee and Hayley Show, featuring former WLEX-TV personalities Lee Cruse and Hayley Harmon. The station began broadcasting on channel 62 as WBLG-TV in 1968 and has been an ABC affiliate for its entire history. When you see news happening, share it! LEXINGTON, Ky. ABC 36 News Director Miranda Combs announced a new main anchor for WTVQ ABC 36. Howell had been with the station less than a year. number: 3, detail_page_enabled: true, Download the ABC 36 News App on your smart phone or tablet device to receive breaking news and weather push notifications the minute it happens. 1,500 were here. Downed power lines in roads, blacked out streetlights and traffic lights were all scenes from Friday's severe weather., FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) 3/3/23, 6:08 p.m. Just minutes after the first weather-related death was reported, a second death was announced in Edmonson County. Talk to ABC 36 News anchors, reporters and meteorologists. detail_page_enabled: true, [72] It maintained that position for much of the decade, but ratings declined as Lindgren took extended off-air absences to treat colon cancer;[73] he died in January 2001 at the age of 55. 28-year-old weekend anchor Tom Howell died when his car collided with a city sanitation truck that ran a stop sign. [32] Faulconer worked at WKYT for exactly two days in February before returning to WTVQ and resuming his usual weeknight weather duties. [52] Additionally, ABC would no longer pay the station to air its programming, in one of the earliest cases of a network moving away from the longstanding practice of paying its local affiliates to air its programming on an annual basis. } Former WTVQ-TV ABC 36 Morning News Anchor for 10 years; Now a fill in anchor for the station and the Host of "Kentucky History Treasures". in Mass Communications fromWestern Illinois University. Jason Lindsey is a nationally recognized meteorologist, STEM educator, multimedia science journalist, and author. We live, work and play right here in Central Kentucky. Kelsey Souto is an anchor and reporter for WKYT. SMS students will remotely learn from Monday, March 6 to Friday, March 10. Mobile App | WEATHER App | WTVQ Email Sign Up, Power outage and roof damage cancel departures and arrivals at Bluegrass Airport, Roads become deadly, hazardous during Friday's severe weather, 2 weather-related deaths reported from strong Ky. storms, Southern Middle School to move to remote learning March 6-10 after fire, Thousands of Kentuckians without power as storms head east. Channel 36 would need to be moved from Portsmouth, Ohio, into Lexington; channel 55 would be re-located from Glasgow, Kentucky, to Portsmouth to fill the void, then the soon-to-be-discarded channel 62 allocation would be moved from Lexington to Glasgow. ", Bruce F. Johnson, Shamrock president and chief executive officer, February 1980, outlining the changes the new ownership planned on making to WTVQ[29], WTVQ, now under Shamrock, began to prepare for its move to channel 36 by making station wide changes that included the firing of then-general manager Jeff Evans (blamed on heavy turnover in the months following Shamrock's takeover of the station), the first building expansion in the station's history with new equipment (estimated to cost between $1.3 to $2 million), a $300,000 investment into the news department, an expansion of the 5:30p.m. evening news from a half-hour to a full hour, and a "major emphasis on public affairs and community involvement". [27] The deal had been held up as Buckley and three other company principals were being investigated by the Securities and Exchange Commission for defrauding and misleading investors. 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(WTVQ) -- 40 empty, airplane-sized bottles of Fireball and "several" Fireball buckets were found in a DUI suspect's car during a Tuesday traffic stop. He was part of the original management team that brought professional baseball back to the Bluegrass after a nearly 50-year absence. Hallie DeVore is a senior at Northwestern University and is working as a multimedia reporter intern in news and sports at WKYT. [55] Media General purchased Park Acquisitions and its properties (including WTVQ) in January 1997. She began anchoring WLJC and ABC 36 on My Kentucky in June 2022. A new local noontime newscast will feature the return of . I am not bitter or angry and I have nothing but great things to say about ABC 36 and the great people there, he said. orientation: "portrait", We have lost a second person due to, LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) -- Southern Middle School will move to remote learning next week after a fire damaged the building Thursday evening. [52] Newi added that all parties "agreed that everything that has happened in the past is in the past". Paxton Boyd, a native of Elizabethtown and a graduate of Western Kentucky University. In exchange for keeping the network's programs on its air,[52] WTVQ pledged to improve its newscasts, preempt less of the network's programming, and increase its promotion of network shows. Jordan is a Kentucky native born, Since 2002, Piecoro has been the radio color analyst for UK Football on the UK Sports Network, a role he will return to this fall. 6940 Man O' War Blvd. The Environmental Protection Agency told Norfolk Southern, Home Depot said Tuesday its investing $1 billion in wage increases for its U.S. and Canadian hourly workers. }, [76], In 1976, WTVQ began producing Happy's Hour, a weekday afternoon children's show that was the last of its kind to air on Lexington television. Talk to ABC 36 News anchors, reporters and meteorologists. A Wind Advisory is in place for all counties in the ABC 36 viewing area., Lexington, Kentucky (WTVQ): Good Sunday evening everyone, its been a calm day across central and eastern Kentucky with temperatures in the mid to upper 50s. text: "Promote your event", [50] With WKYT turning them down, ABC then turned its sights to WLEX-TV about the possibility of them leaving NBC to join ABC. LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) -- Winds reaching speeds of 79 mph leaving destruction and debris in various areas of Central Kentucky. We are your neighbors. WLEX-18 evening anchors, 1993 TAGS: Mindy Shannon | Tom Kenny | TV | TV anchors | TV news | WLEX | WLEX-TV | WTVQ | WTVQ-TV New anchor Marvin Bartlett, 1990 TAGS: Fox 56 | Marvin Bartlett | TV anchors | TV news | WLEX | WLEX-TV WTVQ-TV broadcasters, 1993 TAGS: television | TV | TV anchors | WTVQ | WTVQ-TV [33] The station's first weather map was a hand-me-down from Miami; nobody bothered to remove the "low tide" and "high tide" markings from it despite their lack of utility in Kentucky. text: "Promote your event", The Atlanta-based home improvement chain said every hourly employee will get a raise starting this month. Since 2006, Robert has been news director at WKYT in Lexington. virtual: false, text: "Promote your event", Talk to ABC 36 News anchors, reporters and meteorologists. Louis Flower Power Shops owner weighs in, It's back: Thunder Over Louisville to return April 22, Cameron advocates higher starting pay for Kentucky teachers, Woodford Reserve releases 2023 Kentucky Derby bottle honoring Secretariat, 'More people at risk': Measles spread a concern after case from Asbury revival, House OK's bill aimed at shoring up juvenile justice system. [38] However, the crew realized that the channel 62 antenna was heavier than they realized, which required them to remove it in sections. Program Support Specialist / DoD contractor at Employer Support of the Guard & Reserve (ESGR), Employer Support Specialist / NGB contractor at Employer Support of the Guard & Reserve (ESGR), University of Kentucky Research Foundation (Lexington, KY). According to Kenny this will be the first house in Kentucky built on a VA property, which is expected to open later this year. Starr had owned WCYB-TV in Bristol, Virginia, and radio stations in Arkansas, California, Kansas, New Jersey, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Texas; it was also in the process of purchasing KHVH-AM-TV in Honolulu at the same time. On Aug. 11, 2022, Kentucky State Police were called to investigate a report of a missing person in Metcalfe County, Kentucky., LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) -- Lexington police say they're investigating after a man showed up at a local hospital Thursday night with a gunshot wound. You can watch Paxton on weekday, Kaitlyn Shive joined the ABC36 News Team in January 2021 as a Multimedia Journalist. [29][30], Morale in the newsroom was high; newly hired news director Clark Edwards noticed that "people were going about their jobs with a new drive after the change". [8], The station launched at 9:30a.m. on June 2, 1968, as an ABC affiliate, broadcasting from the highest above sea level tower in Kentucky. We are your neighbors. [19] In 1975, WTVQ became the first television station in Lexington to experiment with 24-hour operations when it aired Blockbuster Movie Madness, which delivered four feature films from the late-evening hours right through the next morning. A former football player at Tates Creek High School, Piecoro walked on to the UK football team under Fran Curci in 1980. Her goal is to share stories that impact the community in a positive way. [58], On October 29, 2007, Media General announced that it was exploring the sale of WTVQ and four other stations in order to help reduce debt. publisher_id: "7544", }. A massive bur oak in Lexington that had lived through hundreds of years of storms, droughts and human development finally succumbed to Fridays powerful winds. Registered Nurse (RN, BSN) at University of Kentucky. (Former Channel 36 sports director and current NBC Sports reporter) Kenny Rice hired me in my first job out of college at TVQ. category_id: null, }); "Kentucky, more sad news. Gwen, FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) Republican lawmakers on Thursday advanced a bill aimed at putting limits on drag shows in Kentucky, sparking chants of shame from opponents who decried the measure as discriminatory and said it would stifle First Amendment rights., FRANKFORT, Ky (WTVQ)- Several communities in Kentucky have passed local ordinances that prohibit discrimination of black hair styles. The bill aims to ensure the right for parents to respond to books and other, FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) -- A bill introduced in the Senate would raise Kentucky's minimum wage to $15 an hour by July 2028. Anchor, FOX 56 News at 6:30 p.m. & 10 p.m., Managing Editor. Nicole Neuman joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in June 2021. Justice says, NEW YORK (AP) - Sunday studio estimates say the gonzo R-rated horror comedy Cocaine Bear sniffed up $23.1 million in its opening weekend, while Marvel's Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania shrank unusually quickly in, NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week By The Associated Press CLAIM: A photo shows birds that dropped dead in Kentucky following the Ohio train derailment, and a video shows birds in northern Indiana that, FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) -- A recent Mason-Dixon poll regarding anti-transgender measures shows 71 percent of registered Kentucky voters oppose a law that would allow the state to overrule parents' decisions to obtain certain, FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) -- Lofton's Law bill, honoring an 18-year-old who died from alcohol toxicity in October 2021, easily passed the Senate Thursday., FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) -- A bill that cleared the Senate would allow small farm Kentucky winery owners to sell and deliver their own products to retailers. This came after talks to merge Reeves' holdings into Starr failed. Paul Jones. Lexington, KY 40509 (859) 299-0411; In that time he has been heavily involved with dozens of charity and civic groups. One big factor in his accepting the new position, Piecoro says, was that WTVQ will allow him to continue to work on the UK football radio network, as well as to call games for the SEC Network and its streaming service. We are your neighbors. Shuck's first broadcast will be April 18,. Kentucky Educational Television, the statewide PBS member, initially opposed the move, fearing that they would lose potential viewers who, in tuning to channel 62, had to dial past its station, WKLE, on channel 46 and might have sampled its programming. discovery: { Each bottle contained 30 100 milligram tablets, for a total of 15,000, pills. [9] Lexington's then-Mayor Charles Wylie was on hand with White and daughter Barbara to throw the switch that brought the station on the air. After morning rainfall exits, we'll be tracking a bit of a, GEORGETOWN, Ky. (WTVQ) -- A Lexington man who stopped for breakfast at a Georgetown gas station and bought a scratch-off ticket as well "lost his appetite" after discovering he won $50,000. [78] The program is now also aired in Bowling Green on WBKO/Fox and on four additional Morris-owned stations.[79]. Provided. It has been a privilege that I never took for granted and I took that responsibility very seriously to keep the community informed and serve in any way that I could, and be involved in the community as much as I could.. Jim Justice says a Kentucky coal miner has died in an incident in the southern part of the state. TV journalist and Elizabethtown, Kentucky, native Paxton Boyd will take the desk. WTVQ also has a new noon news anchor team in the husband-wife duo of Doug and Lyssa High.
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