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. The FCC gave the station one year from June 4 to make the move. 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. The station began broadcasting on channel 62 as WBLG-TV in 1968 and has been an ABC affiliate for its entire history. category_id: null, 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.. 6940 Man O' War Blvd. While the Lexington Fire Department, LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) -- A Lexington tax preparation service owner was indicted on 31 counts of tax fraud Thursday. 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. Canada announced a similar ban. Tom has seven other Emmy nominations to his credit for investigative and feature reporting. Due to its rising fortunes, the network began to look for stronger affiliates across the country. The duo had exited the local NBC affiliate the previous year. We are the most trusted source for local news. That, along with high winds on Tuesday, delayed the sign-on of channel 36 to Wednesday, June 25. evvnt_require("evvnt/discovery_plugin").init({ House Bill 500 would ban Burma, China, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria and Venezuela from buying or leasing land, LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) -- What was a call to Lexington police as a homicide and hostage situation Thursday morning is now believed to have been, LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) -- A Lexington police officer charged with child abuse has been indicted by a grand jury. Tom Kenny, the main news anchor and managing editor at ABC 36, was on air for the last time Friday. Andy Beshear on Tuesday morning signed a proclamation making Feb. 28 Hunger Free Day in Kentucky. Around 2:30 p.m., about 76,000 people were without power. She's coming to the Commonwealth from Georgia. [50] With WKYT turning them down, ABC then turned its sights to WLEX-TV about the possibility of them leaving NBC to join ABC. Jeff Piecoro is coming back to Lexington television. Buckley agreed to pay back $1.4 million in cash and stock to shareholders and not serve as a director of any publicly traded company for five years. . Talk to ABC 36 News anchors, reporters and meteorologists. The Trustoria Professional Directory helps everyone discover the best Journalist for their next project. [74], In the 2000s and 2010s, the station fell back to a distant third place in local news ratings. Tom is married with two children. 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. Excited to announce Nationally-Known Kentucky Sportscaster JeffPiecoro has joined ABC 36 News as sports director! Combs Tweeted Wednesday afternoon. When you see news happening, share it! [70] It began to contend with WLEX for second place,[71] and improvement in news ratings and perception also aided the station's bottom line, as news represented nearly 40 percent of its gross revenue. During a luncheon, the Kentucky Castle handed a, function evvntDiscoveryInit() { Lexington, Kentucky: Meteorologist Jordan Smith has started a new segment here on ABC 36 called, "What's Cool In School with Jordan!" I will go around to different schools Cooler air returns. category_id: null, map: false, [38] However, the crew realized that the channel 62 antenna was heavier than they realized, which required them to remove it in sections. partner_name: "ABC36NEWS", Shuck joined ABC 36 as Chief Meteorologist in April 2022. discovery: { Each bottle contained 30 100 milligram tablets, for a total of 15,000, pills. Prior to that, Boyd was a news reporter at NBC Miami. Howell had been with the station less than a year. submission: { 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. When management asked Edwards to present proof of this, he was unable. 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. widget: true, Lee also works as an Evening News Anchor and Chief Investigative Reporter at WVUE. [31] Longtime weatherman Frank Faulconer, the only on-air personality remaining after the resignations, left for WKYT to help launch the station's new morning show, where he had hoped to "finish out my career". Coroner releases name of woman who died after wind blew tree onto vehicle in Lexington, Hundreds gather at Transylvania University to speak out against anti-LGBTQ bills, Lexington doctor took part in Medicare fraud of more than $28 million, indictment says, Four people sent to a hospital after driver in Lexington runs a red light, police say, Man shows up to Lexington hospital with a gunshot wound, police say, Lexington middle school suffers damage after fire breaks out during basketball game. Jill is an investigative producer with decades of experience reporting on health, safety and corruption. Lexington, KY 40509. TV journalist and Elizabethtown, Kentucky, native Paxton Boyd will take the desk. [51] ABC went as far as to hear formal presentations from it and WLKT on why the network should move to their station. Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Dreamweaver, Flash, Apple Logic, Final Cut, HTML, PHP, MySQL and Proficient in Microsoft Word, Outlook, Power Point and Excel. evvnt_require("evvnt/discovery_plugin").init({ The 50,000. map: false, Kyle Rogers is the News Director for 'Local News Live'. She currently serves as a meteorologist at CBS4 and FOX59. text: "Promote your event", Shuck back to the Lexington market from Louisville. 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. The man was, Heavy rain, damaging wind gusts and severe storms will impact Central and Eastern Kentucky on Friday. Boyd was born in Elizabethtown and raised in nearby Vine Grove. [52] Newi added that all parties "agreed that everything that has happened in the past is in the past". In May 2022, she began anchoring and reporting for Good Morning Kentucky and ABC 36 News at, Maddie McQueenis a Lexington native who joined the ABC 36 News Team as an MMJ in June 2021. Kentucky is and always will be home for me, Boyd said. Excited to announce Nationally-Known Kentucky Sportscaster @JeffPiecoro has joined @ABC36News as sports director! [2] However, on January 27, 1967, Kentucky Central Life announced that it would purchase existing station WKYT-TV (channel 27) from Taft Broadcasting for $2.5 million, signaling its exit from the channel 62 hearing. 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. [44] The station received over 75 phone calls and 25 letters from viewers expressing displeasure with the move. Hallie DeVore is a senior at Northwestern University and is working as a multimedia reporter intern in news and sports at WKYT. The station noted that channel 62 suffered from technical interference and signal quality issues due to its higher position on the dial. Scott Reynolds used to serve as a News Anchor at WAVE News from June 1996 to December 2018. Kelsey Souto is an anchor and reporter for WKYT. detail_page_enabled: true, Channel 36 has brought veteran weatherman T.G. detail_page_enabled: true, Talk to ABC 36 News anchors, reporters and meteorologists. The $11 million purchase came after the improvements under Shamrock, particularly in the area of news, had pushed the station into a position of second-place contention and improved its reputation. So far, Republican-appointed judges have kept the Democratic president's plan, NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) U.S. first lady Jill Biden gave one of the clearest indications yet that President Joe Biden will run for a second term, telling The Associated Press in an exclusive interview on Friday that there's pretty much, EAST PALESTINE, Ohio (AP) The crew operating a freight train that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, did not receive a critical warning about an overheated axle until just before dozens of cars went off the tracks, federal safety investigators, CHICAGO (AP) R. Kelly was sentenced on Thursday to 20 years in prison for child pornography and enticement of minors for sex but will serve all but one of those simultaneously with a 30-year sentence on racketeering and sex, A Florida television station identified Thursday a 24-year-old reporter who was fatally shot while covering a shooting death in an Orlando area neighborhood, as well as its photojournalist who was critically injured in the rampage. 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. Doug High has been a News Anchor at ABC 36 since 2009 and currently co-anchorsABC 36 News at Noon / High Noonwith his wife, ABC 36 Anchor and Lifestyle Reporter, Lyssa High. Jeff will be on the air starting next week! The show's host, Happy the Clown, was portrayed by staff announcer Tim Eppenstein. ABC 36 News @ 11 11:00pm Jimmy Kimmel Live! . number: 3, A former football player at Tates Creek High School, Piecoro walked on to the UK football team under Fran Curci in 1980. Beshear also tweeted the news. Wed love to hear from you. Samantha moved to Lexington in 2018 to study broadcast journalism and criminology at the University of Kentucky. Piecoro said he will start working at WTVQ on Monday, and make his first appearance on air next Wednesday. India is a Cincinnati, Ohio native, where she attended the University of Cincinnati and Ohio Media School. An attempt to bolster the newscasts by hiring former radio reporter Bill Evenson in the late 1970s was marred by sensationalism: one newscast opened with the phrase, "Kentucky, there's blood on your highways tonight. Starting pay will be at least, KYIV, Ukraine (AP) In the final hours beforethe Russian onslaught, a last grasp at peace. 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Amber Philpott is an award winning news anchor with WKYT in Lexington, KY anchoring the 4, 4:30, 5, 5:30, 6 and 11pm newscasts daily. Lexington, KY 40509. We are the most trusted source for local news. [59] Media General announced on March 7, 2008, that it had reached an agreement to sell WTVQ to Morris Multimedia for $16.5 million; it was the largest acquisition in Morris's history. [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. 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, Lexington tax preparation service owner indicted on tax fraud. But Beau Spicer with Louis Flower Power shops, LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) 3/3/23, 4:14 p.m. She began anchoring WLJC and ABC 36 on My Kentucky in June 2022. orientation: "portrait", Chad Hedrick joined WKYT in February 2021. WTVQ ABC 36 News. [40] WTVQ's old channel 62 transmitter was sold to a group that intended on starting a new station on channel 61 in Ashland, Kentucky (the transmitter would be retuned for use on that channel). partner_name: "ABC36NEWS", She coordinates content and produces stories with a particular passion for digging into government programs and waste, health care policy and education. publisher_id: "7544", 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. 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! CEO Johnson stated that Shamrock was investing over $2 million for these signal improvements. orientation: "portrait", virtual: false, 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. Before coming to central Kentucky, he spent six years at WKYTs sister station, WSAZ in Huntington, WV. map: false, element: "#evvnt-calendar-widget", Tornado Watch issued for large portion of Central Ky. until 5 p.m. University of Kentucky cancels classes for rest of day, Beshear issues state of emergency amid likely severe weather, California man arrested in Lexington for Ky. murder, Lexington police investigating after man shows up with gunshot wound at local hospital, Man wins $50,000 on scratch-off ticket from Georgetown gas station, Kentucky State Police investigate deadly Knott County Fire, 15,000 Viagra Pills Worth Over $1 Million Seized by Louisville CBP, Kentucky House passes bill banning gender-affirming care for minors; bill now heads to Senate, Midway University to offer 15% discount to Ky. first responders, their families. Married co-anchors Lyssa and Doug High will launch a new noon newscast on WTVQ ABC36 on Wednesday, May 18. [17], The new owners immediately sought to make their mark on their new purchase. [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. 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. 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. Wed love to hear from you. Andy Beshear issued a state of emergency Friday morning ahead of likely severe storms across Central and Eastern Kentucky. Jeremy joined the WKYT News team in July 2021 following graduation from the Broadcast Journalism program at the University of Maryland. [55] Media General purchased Park Acquisitions and its properties (including WTVQ) in January 1997. element: "#evvnt-calendar-widget", In January 1977, WTVQ petitioned the FCC to allow them to move to channel 36, in a move the station said was needed to evenly compete with WLEX-TV (channel 18) and WKYT-TV. Senate Bill 32 aims to raise the minimum wage, with staggered increases over the next five years. shupac lake fishing regulations PUBLISHED AT 12:53 P.M. LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) -- A Tornado Watch is issued for a large portion of Kentucky on Friday. You can see him M-F on WKYT at Noon and nightly at 6:30 on The CW Lexington. SMS students will remotely learn from Monday, March 6 to Friday, March 10. Anchor Hayley Harmon is the co-anchor of ABC 36s Good Morning Kentucky with Lee Cruse! After nearly 10 years of anchoring the morning news on Good . LEXINGTON, Ky. Longtime WTVQ News Anchor, and current Executive Director of the Kentucky Historical Society Foundation, Doug High is returning from a 3-year absence on the news desk to. virtual: false, [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. [33] However, a setback occurred as new news director Edwards would resign after just ten days on the job. The station's digital signal is multiplexed: WTVQ-TV was the first station in Lexington to broadcast a digital signal in 2002. Shuck back to the Lexington market from Louisville. 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 live, work and play right here in Central Kentucky. Windstorm knocked it down. Cruse and Harmon produce the show through their own company, with production services provided by WTVQ. I just thought that is not acceptable because that is now how we treat our veterans, Kenny said. Bill would ban 7 countries from buying land in Ky. 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[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. 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". Approval was granted on the condition that the entrance/exit to the station be on Bryant Road only and that screening devices be provided between the station and adjacent residences. SMS students will remotely learn from Monday, March 6 to Friday, March 10. Knapp? Performing Artist, Teacher & Technology Administrator. New newscast opening music and on-air imaging would accompany the channel change. FOX 56 News (WDKY) in Lexington covers news, sports, weather, and traffic for central Kentucky including Frankfort, Georgetown, Paris, Nicholasville, Richmond .