It's part of Feeding Kentucky's annual Hunger, FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) -- A new bill proposed in the House would enforce tougher penalties for people under 21 who drink and drive. category_id: null, category_id: null, 6940 Man O' War Blvd. ", "Channel 36 sweetens pot to keep ABC affiliation", "The $700 million question: Who is Gary B. Andy Beshear issued a state of emergency Friday morning ahead of likely severe storms across Central and Eastern Kentucky. Experience in sales, Photoshop, InDesign, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and AP Style. 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. [13] On September 7, It Takes a Thief star Malachi Throne and Ed Allen Time host Ed Allen appeared at a public open house at the station's studios to officially "Grand Open" WBLG-TV. Now, that number sits at almost 250,000. Now, that number sits at almost 250,000. She was born and raised in Lexington attending Lafayette High School. 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, Lexington tax preparation service owner indicted on tax fraud. Bill would ban 7 countries from buying land in Ky. 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[48][49], In August 1982, top ABC executives visited with WKYT once again, talking with that station's general manager about ending their affiliation with CBS and rejoining ABC. I thank the station for giving me the opportunity to serve. text: "Promote your event", [38] However, the crew realized that the channel 62 antenna was heavier than they realized, which required them to remove it in sections. Since 2006, Robert has been news director at WKYT in Lexington. We are your neighbors. Channel 36 has brought veteran weatherman T.G. Mandy Noell. Then there was the sportscaster with the handlebar mustache who knew very little about the major sports but could certainly tell us a lot about rugby. When you see news happening, share it! WTVQ ABC 36 News. WRDB News is a Fox-affiliate TV Network that operates at Virtual CH 41 and serves as a licensee of Louisville, Kentucky. [4], Meanwhile, the WBLG-TV partnership acquired land at the intersection of Winchester Pike and Bryant Road (now Man o' War Boulevard), which would serve as the new studio and transmitting facilities for the station. She previously covered politics at Gray TV's KFYR-TV in Bismarck, N.D. Josh Rultenberg joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in July 2022 as a multimedia journalist. Im very excited to be coming back to Channel 36. discovery: { [52] Newi added that all parties "agreed that everything that has happened in the past is in the past". Boyd was born in Elizabethtown and raised in nearby Vine Grove. We live, work and play right here in Central Kentucky. The university says it's now offering a 15 percent tuition discount for its evening and online course offerings to all first responders in, FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) -- A bill that would ban seven countries from buying land in Kentucky is heading to the House. We are the most trusted source for local news. . Reckitt, a U.K.-based consumer health and nutrition, EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) Federal environmental regulators on Tuesday took charge of the cleanup from the East Palestine, Ohio train derailment and chemical burn and ordered Norfolk Southern to foot the bill. The line is slowly, LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) -- A Lexington tax preparation service owner was indicted on 31 counts of tax fraud Thursday. We are the most trusted source for local news. Shamrock's president and CEO, Bruce F. Johnson, vowed to "demonstrate that the way things were done here in the past is not the way Shamrock operates". [46] The expanded facilities were dedicated in April 1986. (advertisement)", "30 Per Cent Of Audience Now Goes To WBLG-TV", "Malachi Throne To Attend Channel 62 Open House", "WBLG-TV Sold To Firm Which Owns Broadcast Chain", "Clark W. 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WTVQ-DT (channel 36) is a television station in Lexington, Kentucky, United States, affiliated with ABC and MyNetworkTV. 6940 Man O' War Blvd. We are the most trusted source for local news. widget: true, [15] WBLG radio was not affected by this sale and was subsequently sold the following summer to North Carolina-based Village Communications. Owned by Morris Multimedia, the station maintains studios and transmitter facilities on the outer loop of Man o' War Boulevard (KY 1425) in the Brighton section of Fayette County, across Winchester Road from the studios of unrelated station WKYT-TV. Taylor Six is the criminal justice reporter at the Herald-Leader. Anchor, FOX 56 News at 6:30 p.m. & 10 p.m., Managing Editor. [3] With no other applicants for the channel 62 allocation, the FCC granted initial approval of the station's application on July 28, 1967. Jim has been forecasting Kentucky weather for more than 20 years. [18] In December 1974, WTVQ applied to operate a translator on channel 58 in Frankfort, which at the time was a part of the Louisville market. Be sure to look at other regions near Lexington, KY to find contact information of more people. Management boasted that the new signal, double the power output of the channel 62 signal, would fill-in holes in the station's coverage area. While the Lexington Fire Department, LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) -- A Lexington tax preparation service owner was indicted on 31 counts of tax fraud Thursday. A native of Peoria, Illinois, he graduated cum laude with a B.A. 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. The man was, 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. 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. [43], In June 1981, due to a poor showing in the May ratings book, the station dropped Nightline and replaced it with reruns of All in the Family. [47], On several occasions throughout its history, the ABC network has studied the possibility of moving its affiliation away from WTVQ, even going so far as to enter into discussions with rival stations about relocating its programming there. [45], The station underwent a $2 million renovation starting in 1985 that doubled the existing office space and created all-new technical facilities. Lexington Emergency Management is asking people to step up and become a part of their Community Emergency Response Team (CERT). When management asked Edwards to present proof of this, he was unable. Im coming home, Piecoro said Wednesday afternoon. Grason joined the WKYT team in August 2020. WTVQ had been Lexington's third-rated station since its sign-on and was noted for having marginal production values around this time. previously, Alyssa served as a morning meteorologist for Wtvq's Good Morning Kentucky, Good Day Kentucky, and News at Midday as well. Buckley denied any wrongdoing. [21], However, Starr began to pour the foundation for the biggest move in the station's history: literally. The station came to me and said that they were terminating my contract as the main anchor because they wanted to go in a different direction, Kenny told the Herald Leader. [75] Morris dropped the station's 5 p.m. newscast shortly after taking over in order to air the syndicated show Judge Judy in hopes of increasing ratings and concentrating news resources elsewhere. Required fields are marked *. I have spent my adult life serving this community in central and eastern Kentucky and it has been an honor to do so, he said. Jeremy joined the WKYT News team in July 2021 following graduation from the Broadcast Journalism program at the University of Maryland. [6] Approval for the rezoning came on November 10, 1967, despite objection from two local residents who lived near the proposed location. She began anchoring WLJC and ABC 36 on My Kentucky in June 2022. element: "#evvnt-calendar-widget", number: 3, [55] Media General purchased Park Acquisitions and its properties (including WTVQ) in January 1997. He then moved to Dothan, Alabama, Ana Medina is originally from the southside of Chicago, she studied at Western Kentucky University majoring in Broadcasting with a minor in French. Kentucky is and always will be home for me, Boyd said. On October 8, 1965, WBLG-TV, Inc. filed an application with the Federal Communications Commission to build a new television station on channel 62, the last commercial frequency available in the Lexington market. Cruse and Harmon produce the show through their own company, with production services provided by WTVQ. } 6940 Man O' War Blvd. } I will go around to different schools, We squeezed in one more spring-like day on Thursday with afternoon highs surging into the mid to upper 70s across Central and Eastern Kentucky ahead of a cold front, Another spring-like day is on the way for your Thursday. Erica Bivens Anchor Email Erica Assistant News Director Erica Bivens co-anchors alongside Paxton Boyd on weekday evenings for news at 5, 5:30 and 6. WTVQ-TV is Lexington's ABC affiliate, on Channel 36: Your Neighbors, Your News. Brendan Cullerton joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in March 2022 as a multimedia journalist after spending four years covering state, local, and federal politics for the CBS affiliate in Milwaukee. Unlike most local children's shows, Happy's Hour did not feature a studio audience with area children. She graduated from Eastern Kentucky University in 2018 with a degree in journalism. [53] Countering Park's noted image for frugality, Park invested in new equipment for the station. After morning rain showers exit southeast Kentucky,, mostly skies will return for the afternoon. publisher_id: "7544", LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) -- Winds reaching speeds of 79 mph leaving destruction and debris in various areas of Central Kentucky. David Reed, The Lexington Herald television columnist, June 19, 1981[64], WTVQ's newscasts have held many identities over the years, in large part because of their traditional third-place ratings in the market. Beshear posted a, LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) -- A California man was arrested in Lexington for allegedly murdering a man while in Kentucky. But Beau Spicer with Louis Flower Power shops, LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) 3/3/23, 4:14 p.m. We'll just leave it at that. WTVQ-36, the ABC TV station in Lexington, has a new anchor for its telecasts and he's a Kentucky native. Food and Drug Administration officialsissued guidancethat says plant-based beverages dont pretend to be from dairy animals , WASHINGTON (AP) The maker of Enfamil announced a recall of about 145,000 cans of infant formula due to the possibility of cross-contamination with a bacteria that can cause serious illness or death. WTVQ-TV ABC 36 - Lexington, KY News Anchor "Good Morning Kentucky" and ABC36 News at Noon since Dec 2009 High Impact Productions / Witnessing History LLC Executive Producer / Director since Jun 2007 Skills: Broadcast, Video Production, Video, Television, Media Relations, Documentaries, Editing, Crisis. Before that she worked at local stations in Louisiana and Virginia. [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. After morning rainfall exits, we'll be tracking a bit of a, Lexington, Kentucky (WTVQ): Good Thursday evening weather friends, we have had a pretty good day across central and eastern Kentucky with temperatures near 60 under a partly sunny sky., After record breaking warmth on Wednesday showers and thunderstorms moved through the region overnight. 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. Erica graduated in three and a half years from Michigan State University with a Bachelors degree in Broadcast Journalism and specialization in Women, Gender and Social Justice. Excited to announce Nationally-Known Kentucky Sportscaster JeffPiecoro has joined ABC 36 News as sports director! Combs Tweeted Wednesday afternoon. Around 2:30 p.m., about 76,000 people were without power. 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. The move marks a bit of a homecoming for Paxton, who was born in Elizabethtown and raised in nearbyVine Grove! Those showers have exited giving way to quiet conditions for the daytime hours on, What a way to kick off the month of March across Central and Eastern Kentucky! [7] The building permit for the actual building then came on December 12, 1967, with approval being granted for a one-story structure on the site, built at a cost of $149,000. Your email address will not be published. Murdaugh maintained his innocence when addressing the, WASHINGTON (AP) The Justice Department said Thursday that former President Donald Trump can be sued by injured Capitol Police officers and Democratic lawmakers over the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. 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. Originally from Peoria, Illinois, Kenny arrived in Kentucky for his first television job 38 years ago. Derek Adams was allegedly slumped over inside a running car near the KY 192, LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) -- Winds reaching speeds of 79 mph leaving destruction and debris in various areas of Central Kentucky. He has won Associated Press Awards for reporting and anchoring. Jill is an investigative producer with decades of experience reporting on health, safety and corruption. When the station first came on the air as channel 62, the news was little more than a joke. Real-time updates and all local stories you want right in the palm of your hand. 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. in Mass Communications from Western Illinois. Tyler Smith joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in July 2019 as a photojournalist/editor. Central to their complaints was the proposed 990-foot (302m) tower, which they felt was "unsightly"; they were also concerned that the tower might fall. Lee also works as an Evening News Anchor and Chief Investigative Reporter at WVUE. [15], On May 7, 1973, it was announced that WBLG-TV would be sold to New Orleans-based Starr Broadcasting Group, Inc. at a price exceeding $2 million. Tom can be reached at tkenny@wtvq.com, Your email address will not be published. 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. Jim Caldwell Morning Meteorologist Lexington, KY current today tonight 56 F C Partly Cloudy Pressure 28.27 in Wind SE 17 MPH Dew Point 52 Feels Like 56 Sunrise 7:07 AM Sunset 6:33 PM. Their vote comes amid a rally at the, MIDWAY, Ky. (WTVQ) -- Midway University is set to give a new tuition discount to first responders. She coordinates content and produces stories with a particular passion for digging into government programs and waste, health care policy and education. The first attempt came in the late 1970s, when ABC had become the top-rated television network in the United States. Kenny is now looking for his next work opportunity, and said hes thankful to ABC 36 for the opportunity to serve for 21 years. detail_page_enabled: true, in Mass Communications fromWestern Illinois University. 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[50] With WKYT turning them down, ABC then turned its sights to WLEX-TV about the possibility of them leaving NBC to join ABC. [57], In 2004, WTVQ, along with Media General ABC affiliates WJBF and WMBB, preempted an uncut Veteran's Day broadcast of the 1998 movie Saving Private Ryan, citing uncertainty over whether the film's obscenities would cause FCC repercussions in light of new commission policy. Counties included: Adair, Allen, Anderson, Barren Bath, Bell, Bourbon, Boyle, Breckinridge, Bullitt, Butler, Casey, Clark, Clay, Clinton, Cumberland,, LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) -- University of Kentucky canceled in-person classes beginning at 12 p.m. for the rest of the day ahead of likely severe, FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) -- Gov. 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". publisher_id: "7544", }, Kristen Kennedy has spent the last decade covering news in Central Kentucky. Wed love to hear from you. detail_page_enabled: true, virtual: false, It included a news anchor who walked into the newsroom and threw his hat onto a coat rack to begin the evening's newscast. Boyds first day on the desk is today (June 27). [57][82] The station shut down its analog signal over UHF channel 36, on February 17, 2009, the original target date in which full-power television stations in the United States were to transition from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate (which was later pushed back to June 12, 2009). But advocates say it's time for those protections to cover all black Kentuckians. [44] The station received over 75 phone calls and 25 letters from viewers expressing displeasure with the move. [39] Channel 36 beamed to life for the first time in Lexington at 2:18p.m. with a test pattern. [51] An optimistic K. David Godbout, WDKY general manager, said "We're doing everything we can to get the affiliation. He now serves as Supervisor of Videography. 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. This was a, Lexington, Kentucky: Meteorologist Jordan Smith has started a new segment here on ABC 36 called, "What's Cool In School with Jordan!" To make the move happen, two unused allocations would need to be moved. Piecoro, who will turn 60 in October, will join a sports department that also includes anchors/reporters Chris Bolton and Sara Cardona. orientation: "portrait", I think people obviously know me primarily from UK, Piecoro said. }, Your email address will not be published. Since 2011, Lee K. has fulfilled his passion for reporting sports at WKYT. It will be available for a limited time starting March 6. The department's position that Trump is, (CNN NEWSOURCE) -- Kentucky Fried Chicken is bringing back the KFC Double Down after a nearly 10-year hiatus. Jon Decker is the White House Correspondent and Senior National Editor for Gray Television and has been a member of the White House Press Corps since 1995. Officers were sent to the hospital at 10:50 p.m., according to Lexington police. Shamrock was wholly owned by Roy Disney, nephew of Walt and son of Walt's brother Roy.
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