White already owned local radio station WBLG (1300 AM) and would act as the entity's new president and general manager. WTVQ had been Lexington's third-rated station since its sign-on and was noted for having marginal production values around this time. 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. 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. Required fields are marked *, function evvntDiscoveryInit() { While the Lexington Fire Department, LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) -- A Lexington tax preparation service owner was indicted on 31 counts of tax fraud Thursday. }); [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. The station noted that channel 62 suffered from technical interference and signal quality issues due to its higher position on the dial. [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. [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. Jeremy joined the WKYT News team in July 2021 following graduation from the Broadcast Journalism program at the University of Maryland. map: false, Garrett Wymer is a special projects reporter and 6:30 p.m. anchor for WKYT. "[51] For his station's part, WTVQ acting general manager Jerry Fox seemed to shrug off WDKY's ploy, saying that he did not "blame them" and adding that if his station was an independent he would "do whatever I could to survive". publisher_id: "7544", Scotty is an investigative photojournalist based in Washington DC. 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). New newscast opening music and on-air imaging would accompany the channel change. . LEXINGTON, Ky. Soon, WTVQ TV Channel 36 News Anchor Doug High will not have to set his alarm clock for 3 a.m. to get to work. Samantha moved to Lexington in 2018 to study broadcast journalism and criminology at the University of Kentucky. Excited to announce Nationally-Known Kentucky Sportscaster @JeffPiecoro has joined @ABC36News as sports director! Maddie is a graduate of the University of Georgia, Justin Walker joined us as an MMJ in December 2021. He was part of the original management team that brought professional baseball back to the Bluegrass after a nearly 50-year absence. The Lexington Herald skewered the station in 1980, just before the move to channel 36, for a "seemingly weak commitment to thorough, accurate news coverage". . He has won two Addy Awards for excellence in promotional writing. [44] General manager Bill Service noted that the reruns ABC had previously been programming in the timeslot fared better locally than Nightline was. 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. An electrode catheter is provided having a predetermined flexibility throughout the entire length What is claimed is: 1. orientation: "portrait", Tom was incredible in the newsroom, and he will be dearly missed.. Tyler Smith joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in July 2019 as a photojournalist/editor. widget: true, Hallie DeVore is a senior at Northwestern University and is working as a multimedia reporter intern in news and sports at WKYT. Piecoro, who will turn 60 in October, will join a sports department that also includes anchors/reporters Chris Bolton and Sara Cardona. category_id: null, Unlike most local children's shows, Happy's Hour did not feature a studio audience with area children. We live, work and play right here in Central Kentucky. Required fields are marked *. Trevelyan Cosmo-December 17, 2021 . Jeff will be on the air starting next week! Her 16 year old daughter loves driving which is proving to be a learning experience for all, while, function evvntDiscoveryInit() { [email protected] ABC 36 | Lexington KY He was voted Outstanding Young Man in America by Whos Who in 1999. Tiffany Williams, of Georgetown, is accused of aiding and assisting in the preparation and presentation of false and fraudulent tax returns,, Pippa Passes, Ky.(WTVQ)On Thursday, March 2, 2023, at approximately 5:08 A.M, Kentucky State Police, Post 13, Hazard, received a call in reference to a housefire that had erupted on KY-899, in the Pippa Passes community of Knott County. The bottle features the artwork of Kentucky native, LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) -- We're hearing from health leaders after a reported measles outbreak in connection with the 16-day-long revival at Asbury University. That, along with high winds on Tuesday, delayed the sign-on of channel 36 to Wednesday, June 25. We celebrate community and we tell your stories. [54], In July 1995, Park Communications was sold to Gary B. Knapp and Donald R. Tomlin, Jr., under the name Park Acquisitions. }); When you see news happening, share it! discovery: { Andy Beshear issued a state of emergency Friday morning ahead of likely severe storms across Central and Eastern Kentucky. . "[33] At that time, the newsroom was wracked by major turnover in personnel. The first attempt came in the late 1970s, when ABC had become the top-rated television network in the United States. The, Once you send that photo, you can't take it back, goes the warning to teenagers, often ignoring the reality that many teens send explicit images of themselves under duress, or without understanding, The White House is giving U.S. federal agencies 30 days todelete popular Chinese-owned social media app TikTokfrom all government-issued mobile devices amid growing concerns about security. WTVQ also has a new noon news anchor team in the husband-wife duo of Doug and Lyssa High. 28-year-old weekend anchor Tom Howell died when his car collided with a city sanitation truck that ran a stop sign. The shipment was heading to an, VERSAILLES, Ky. (WTVQ) -- God's Pantry Food Bank received a donation Thursday at the Kentucky Castle. [33] However, a setback occurred as new news director Edwards would resign after just ten days on the job. [52], After much deliberation, in January 1989, ABC ultimately agreed to retain WTVQ as its Lexington affiliate. map: false, 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. He joined the ABC 36 team 21 years ago where he began as a general assignment reporter, and rose through the ranks to investigative reporter, morning and noon anchor, and ascended to the main anchor role and managing editor. 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. [66] It offered the least early evening news of the Lexington stations, and its news staff of 22 compared unfavorably to the 35 and 40 of its competitors. [46] The expanded facilities were dedicated in April 1986. She graduated from Eastern Kentucky University in 2018 with a degree in journalism. Lexington, KY 40509. You can see him M-F on WKYT at Noon and nightly at 6:30 on The CW Lexington. Your email address will not be published. evvnt_require("evvnt/discovery_plugin").init({ Annie has worked at various news outlets in Washington, D.C., including covering the 2020 and 2022 election cycles for C-SPAN. 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. He was joined by his sidekick Froggy, a frog puppet portrayed by an unidentified puppeteer. He has won Associated Press Awards for reporting and anchoring. [51] When asked why ABC was considering leaving channel 36, George Newi, ABC's senior vice president for affiliate relations matter-of-factly said that "We have some concerns about WTVQ's performance in the market. Sara comes to us from Gainesville, Florida where she worked as a sports reporter for CBS4 for two years. Chad Hedrick joined WKYT in February 2021. map: false, Prior to that she was a sideline, Chris Bolton is the latest edition to the ABC 36 family. Wed love to hear from you. Senior night in Lexington, Ky. as the Kentucky men's basketball team finished their home schedule welcoming in the Vanderbilt Commodores. During a luncheon, the Kentucky Castle handed a, function evvntDiscoveryInit() { map: false, Windstorm knocked it down. WTVQ-36, the ABC TV station in Lexington, has a new anchor for its telecasts and he's a Kentucky native. 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. 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 . Lexington, KY 40509. KSP welcomed 103 new cadets -- and credited the recent $15,000 salary increase for sworn, THACKER, W.Va. (AP) - West Virginia Gov. I was offered another position in the newsroom that I respectfully declined and so we parted ways., ABC 36 News Director Miranda Combs confirmed this in a statement as well, calling the decision a tough one., We absolutely adore Tom but we decided to go a different direction on the anchor desk and offered him a different role and he declined that, Combs said. Shuck back to the Lexington market from Louisville. WTVQ-DT (channel 36) is a television station in Lexington, Kentucky, United States, affiliated with ABC and MyNetworkTV.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. 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. After nearly 10 years of anchoring the morning news on Good . [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. The line is slowly, LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) -- A Lexington tax preparation service owner was indicted on 31 counts of tax fraud Thursday. Talk to ABC 36 News anchors, reporters and meteorologists. Lucy is currently a part-time multi-media journalist with WKYT and, upon graduation from Asbury University, she will begin full-time. text: "Promote your event", [56] On February 26, 2002, it became central Kentucky's first commercial television station to broadcast a digital television signal on UHF channel 40. 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. Jamie Bittner joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in December 2021. The Atlanta-based home improvement chain said every hourly employee will get a raise starting this month. number: 3, }. 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. }); He has won an Emmy Award for anchoring and another for investigative reporting, exposing the deceit and potential danger of online diploma mills. A native of Peoria, Illinois, he graduated cum laude with a B.A. Since 2006, Robert has been news director at WKYT in Lexington. 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!" House Bill 400, championed by Rep. Chad Aull (D-Lexington), would change the current penalty for those under, FRANKFORT, Ky. (WTVQ) -- The largest starting Kentucky State Police cadet class since 2014 has arrived at the training academy to begin their careers. 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. 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. partner_name: "ABC36NEWS", "[51] The network was also concerned at the amount of programming WTVQ was regularly preempting. But Im a big believer that there are a lot of good stories available in the secondary markets, too.. She joined the Gray Television in January 2022 as a producer. Be sure to look at other regions near Lexington, KY to find contact information of more people. Tom has lived in Lexington 22-years. Real-time updates and all local stories you want right in the palm of your hand. } 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. WTVQ has long had a poor image in the community when it comes to news. I have no ill will and wish nothing but success for them. 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My first several years were spent working in radio news and since 2003 I've worked at WKYT. 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. 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. Caresse Jackman is a national consumer investigative reporter with a focus on exposing scams and digging into consumer concerns. Taylor Six is the criminal justice reporter at the Herald-Leader. }, TV journalist and Elizabethtown, Kentucky, native Paxton Boyd will take the desk. 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. Talk to ABC 36 News anchors, reporters and meteorologists. [15] Starr would also move its corporate base of operations to Lexington shortly after the acquisition of WTVQ was completed. 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[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. I have done a lot of work with the VA and saw far too many families sleeping in their cars in the parking lots because they could not afford a hotel and didnt have friends in the area for a place to stay. 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. The, WALTERBORO, S.C. (AP) South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh was sentenced to life in prison without parole Friday, a day after he wasconvicted of murderin the shooting deaths of his wife and son. She's coming to the Commonwealth from Georgia. The station claimed that the new 2,150,000-watt signal was the most powerful in the commonwealth. Anchor Hayley Harmon is the co-anchor of ABC 36's Good Morning Kentucky with Lee Cruse! [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". 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. [67], In 1986, WTVQ revamped its local newscasts, expanding its early evening news to an hour and updating its presentation. We celebrate community and we tell your stories. 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. 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. category_id: null, Garry Hill stopped at Clark's Pump-N-Shop on Paris Pike, FRANKFORT, Ky (WTVQ)- Lawmakers in the Kentucky House of Representatives in Frankfort passed controversial House Bill 470 Thursday, which is related to the LGBTQ community. }); }); [53] Countering Park's noted image for frugality, Park invested in new equipment for the station. [23], Meanwhile, in May 1978, Starr announced that it would be acquired by Los Angeles-based Shamrock Broadcasting Inc. in a $21.6 million all-cash, all-stock deal. [22] On May 3, 1979, the move to channel 36 was officially given the green light by the FCC. [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. Owen tries to bring a modern and cinematic look to investigative storytelling with dynamic and engaging animations and videography. 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". We've had multiple severe weather events already this year -- but now is a great time to go over your severe weather safety plans. 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. Your email address will not be published. We celebrate community and we tell your stories. detail_page_enabled: true, 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. Due to shifting economics and program philosophies in the local television industry at the time, as well as an ownership change, Happy's Hour quietly faded away in 1979. She coordinates content and produces stories with a particular passion for digging into government programs and waste, health care policy and education. Wed love to hear from you. [45], The station underwent a $2 million renovation starting in 1985 that doubled the existing office space and created all-new technical facilities. The move marks a bit of a homecoming for Paxton, who was born in Elizabethtown and raised in nearbyVine Grove!