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. 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. Beshear also tweeted the news. Paul Jones. Mobile App | WEATHER App | WTVQ Email Sign Up. Tiffany Williams, of Georgetown, is accused of aiding and assisting in the preparation and presentation of false and fraudulent tax returns,, PUBLISHED AT 12:53 P.M. LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) -- A Tornado Watch is issued for a large portion of Kentucky on Friday. [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. 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. partner_name: "ABC36NEWS", The ACLU of, SOMERSET, Ky. (WTVQ) -- One man who was allegedly part of a group that stole six cars from a Somerset dealership was arrested Tuesday. He got his start in Montgomery, where he covered a little bit of everything, including politics and agriculture. She currently serves as a meteorologist at CBS4 and FOX59. The former Kentucky Wildcats wide receiver and current color analyst on the UK football radio network said Wednesday he has accepted a job as the new sports director and sports anchor at WTVQ-TV. Bill would ban 7 countries from buying land in Ky. Donation from Kentucky Castle to God's Pantry will provide nearly 31,000 meals. Lexington, KY 40509 (859) 299-0411; }. You can watch Paxton on weekday, Kaitlyn Shive joined the ABC36 News Team in January 2021 as a Multimedia Journalist. She joined the Gray Television in January 2022 as a producer. Access Your Home's Equity Before It's Too Late! PUBLISHED AT 12:53 P.M. LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) -- A Tornado Watch is issued for a large portion of Kentucky on Friday. She previously worked as the government reporter for the Richmond Register. evvnt_require("evvnt/discovery_plugin").init({ It has many people wondering about the threat of an outbreak and how you can stay protected., FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - The Kentucky House has passed a bill to shore up the juvenile justice system. number: 3, Her goal is to share stories that impact the community in a positive way. 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! 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] 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. Lee also works as an Evening News Anchor and Chief Investigative Reporter at WVUE. 28-year-old weekend anchor Tom Howell died when his car collided with a city sanitation truck that ran a stop sign. Reeves chairman J. Drayton Hastie served as the chairman of WBLG-TV, Inc. Reeves owned existing television stations in Huntington, West Virginia, and Charleston, South Carolina, as well as radio stations in Baltimore. We've had multiple severe weather events already this year -- but now is a great time to go over your severe weather safety plans. [51] ABC went as far as to hear formal presentations from it and WLKT on why the network should move to their station. 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. detail_page_enabled: true, We are your neighbors. 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. Piecoro, who also formerly worked for WLEX-TV in Lexington as well as a long run as a pre- and post-game host on television broadcasts of Cincinnati Reds games, started his media career working at Channel 36 in 1985. submission: { [10] WBLG-TV originally branded as "The ENTERTAINMENT Channel62 WBLG-TV". Hes also been doing stand up comedy for almost as long all across America, working with stars, T.G. [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. element: "#evvnt-calendar-widget", detail_page_enabled: true, [35] Finally, on June 21, 1980, WTVQ-TV signed off channel 62 for the last time just after midnight. The station claimed that the new 2,150,000-watt signal was the most powerful in the commonwealth. orientation: "portrait", The Trustoria Professional Directory helps everyone discover the best Journalist for their next project. [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". Bill Bryant has more than 40 years of experience as a Kentucky broadcaster. 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. }. ", 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". Lucy is currently a part-time multi-media journalist with WKYT and, upon graduation from Asbury University, she will begin full-time. Her 16 year old daughter loves driving which is proving to be a learning experience for all, while, function evvntDiscoveryInit() { Have a story? She coordinates content and produces stories with a particular passion for digging into government programs and waste, health care policy and education. 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. [21], However, Starr began to pour the foundation for the biggest move in the station's history: literally. Anchor Hayley Harmon is the co-anchor of ABC 36's Good Morning Kentucky with Lee Cruse! When you see news happening, share it! A native of Peoria, Illinois, he graduated cum laude with a B.A. Jim Justice says a Kentucky coal miner has died in an incident in the southern part of the state. [74], In the 2000s and 2010s, the station fell back to a distant third place in local news ratings. The station began broadcasting on channel 62 as WBLG-TV in 1968 and has been an ABC affiliate for its entire history. Alyssa Andrews is an American Meteorologist. 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. Talk to ABC 36 News anchors, reporters and meteorologists. We are the most trusted source for local news. WTVQ ABC 36 News. She began anchoring WLJC and ABC 36 on My Kentucky in June 2022. Caresse Jackman is a national consumer investigative reporter with a focus on exposing scams and digging into consumer concerns. 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. 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. 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. category_id: null, ABC 36 News @ 11 11:00pm Jimmy Kimmel Live! Nicole Neuman joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in June 2021. [16] Control was transferred on November 14, 1973. ", "Channel 36 sweetens pot to keep ABC affiliation", "The $700 million question: Who is Gary B. 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. map: false, We'll just leave it at that. Tom has seven other Emmy nominations to his credit for investigative and feature reporting. Temperatures will peak a few degrees, It felt more like mid to late May instead of late February on Wednesday across Central and Eastern Kentucky with record high temperatures shattered by early afternoon. According to Kenny, the news team at ABC 36 decided to go a different direction, and was let go from his position. Taylor Six is the criminal justice reporter at the Herald-Leader. Channel 36 has brought veteran weatherman T.G. He has won an Emmy Award for anchoring and another for investigative reporting, exposing the deceit and potential danger of online diploma mills. virtual: false, map: false, Before that she worked at local stations in Louisiana and Virginia. publisher_id: "7544", 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. When the station first came on the air as channel 62, the news was little more than a joke. Anchor, FOX 56 News at 6:30 p.m. & 10 p.m., Managing Editor. 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. 6940 Man O' War Blvd. Senate Bill 32 aims to raise the minimum wage, with staggered increases over the next five years. House members revised the bill to bolster treatment services and add funding. [11] WKYT, the former primary affiliate of ABC, became the market's CBS affiliate in January, ahead of WBLG-TV's sign-on. Talk to ABC 36 News anchors, reporters and meteorologists. Cruse and Harmon produce the show through their own company, with production services provided by WTVQ. 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. Lyndsey Gough is an award-winning journalist and western Kentucky native. While the Lexington Fire Department, LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) -- A Lexington tax preparation service owner was indicted on 31 counts of tax fraud Thursday. evvnt_require("evvnt/discovery_plugin").init({ A native of Buckhannon, West Virginia, Dillon attended California University of Pennsylvania where he studied meteorology., Jordan joined the ABC 36 family in December of 2022 as a weekend meteorologist for the ABC 36 Storm Team. 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. discovery: { 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! It changed its call letters to WTVQ in 1973 and moved to channel 36 in 1980. Lexington, KY 40509. FOX 56 News (WDKY) in Lexington covers news, sports, weather, and traffic for central Kentucky including Frankfort, Georgetown, Paris, Nicholasville, Richmond . Since signing on as WTVQs news director in March, former Lexington TV investigative reporter Miranda Combs has presided over a major revamping of the stations on-air talent. Since 2011, Lee K. has fulfilled his passion for reporting sports at WKYT. in Mass Communications from Western Illinois. Anchor Hayley Harmon is the co-anchor of ABC 36s Good Morning Kentucky with Lee Cruse! At Channel 36, Piecoro says he envisions enhancing its coverage of horse racing at Keeneland and Eastern Kentucky University and Morehead State athletics, in addition to providing UK coverage. 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. The line is slowly, LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) -- A Lexington tax preparation service owner was indicted on 31 counts of tax fraud Thursday. But Beau Spicer with Louis Flower Power shops, LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) 3/3/23, 4:14 p.m. For 24 years, Piecoro was co-host ofReds Livepregame and postgame shows on Fox Sports Ohio., Sara Cardona joined the ABC36 sports team in November 2021 as a sports reporter/anchor. 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. Piecoro, who will turn 60 in October, will join a sports department that also includes anchors/reporters Chris Bolton and Sara Cardona. Annie has worked at various news outlets in Washington, D.C., including covering the 2020 and 2022 election cycles for C-SPAN. The FCC gave the station one year from June 4 to make the move. LEXINGTON, Ky. ABC 36 News Director Miranda Combs announced a new main anchor for WTVQ ABC 36. To make the move happen, two unused allocations would need to be moved. 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. partner_name: "ABC36NEWS", Kyle Rogers is the News Director for 'Local News Live'. element: "#evvnt-calendar-widget", The shipment was heading to an, 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. Harmon has more than a decade of local news experience and has spent the majority of that time in the anchor chair doing morning television., Lee Cruse, a Kentucky native, has been doing broadcasting, either on television or through the radio, in the Commonwealth for nearly 30 years. According to Kenny this will be the first house in Kentucky built on a VA property, which is expected to open later this year. Spectrum News 13 reporter Dylan, Soy, oat, almond and other drinks that bill themselves as milk can keep using the name, according to draft federal rules released Wednesday. The Atlanta-based home improvement chain said every hourly employee will get a raise starting this month. A former football player at Tates Creek High School, Piecoro walked on to the UK football team under Fran Curci in 1980. } Shamrock was wholly owned by Roy Disney, nephew of Walt and son of Walt's brother Roy. Mobile App | WEATHER App | WTVQ Email Sign Up. publisher_id: "7544", evvnt_require("evvnt/discovery_plugin").init({ 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. Sara comes to us from Gainesville, Florida where she worked as a sports reporter for CBS4 for two years. [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. text: "Promote your event", He promoted parents rights and, VERSAILLES, Ky. (WTVQ) -- Woodford Reserve on Wednesday released its 2023 Kentucky Derby bottle which honors one of the most iconic moments in sports history -- Secretariat winning the 1973 Derby. We live, work and play right here in Central Kentucky. Hes kind of been my guide through all of this.. 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. Im very excited to be coming back to Channel 36. When you see news happening, share it! While the Lexington Fire Department, LEXINGTON, Ky. (WTVQ) 3/3/23, 4:14 p.m. 2020 is Dave Baker's 39th year as a broadcaster at WKYT. Rachel is an investigative journalist with more than 20 years experience. 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. discovery: { 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. We are the most trusted source for local news. 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. [60][61][62] By the time of this acquisition, WTVQ had fallen to fourth place in Lexington, behind WDKY, in revenue. We'll just leave it at that. Priscilla Huff is the Managing Editor for the Washington, DC Bureau. With the exception of most of the 1990s, the station's local newscasts have generally rated third out of the four main TV newsrooms in Lexington. 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. 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. During a luncheon, the Kentucky Castle handed a, function evvntDiscoveryInit() { 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. The station noted that channel 62 suffered from technical interference and signal quality issues due to its higher position on the dial. Lyssa is now the. Program Host at Kentucky Educational Television-KET, Program Host, Kentucky Educational Television. "Kentucky, more sad news. 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. [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. Jeff Piecoro is coming back to Lexington television. I just thought that is not acceptable because that is now how we treat our veterans, Kenny said. Some areas of Lexington, such as Chevy Chase, would be able to receive a clear signal from the station for the first time ever. Im filled with gratitude and absolutely cannot wait to get started.. WRDB News is a Fox-affiliate TV Network that operates at Virtual CH 41 and serves as a licensee of Louisville, Kentucky. 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. 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. The first such step came when the present WTVQ-TV call letters were adopted on December 20, 1973. Buckley denied any wrongdoing. Maddie is a graduate of the University of Georgia, Justin Walker joined us as an MMJ in December 2021. Real-time updates and all local stories you want right in the palm of your hand. Before coming to central Kentucky, he spent six years at WKYTs sister station, WSAZ in Huntington, WV. [52], After much deliberation, in January 1989, ABC ultimately agreed to retain WTVQ as its Lexington affiliate. [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". evvnt_require("evvnt/discovery_plugin").init({ 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. Each bottle contained 30 100 milligram tablets, for a total of 15,000, pills. 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. This came after talks to merge Reeves' holdings into Starr failed. Hallie DeVore is a senior at Northwestern University and is working as a multimedia reporter intern in news and sports at WKYT. TV journalist and Elizabethtown, Kentucky, native Paxton Boyd will take the desk. [39] Channel 36 beamed to life for the first time in Lexington at 2:18p.m. with a test pattern. WTVQ has long had a poor image in the community when it comes to news. [78] The program is now also aired in Bowling Green on WBKO/Fox and on four additional Morris-owned stations.[79]. She comes to the horse capitol of the world from Vette City aka Bowling Green, Kentucky where, Mandy is a working mom of three and her husband of 13 years is a project manager of a construction company . The station fired its news director in April 1981,[65] only to do so again in January 1982. ", "WTVQ cutting early newscast, bringing back 'Nightline', "WTVQ-TV expanding facilities and horizons", "Talk of Changing Networks Could Help Channel 62", "June Rollins Retires; Three Local Channels Change News Anchors", "ABC shopping around for a new outlet here? Howell had been with the station less than a year. She's coming to the Commonwealth from Georgia. Timothy Knapp joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in September 2018 as Studio Manager and Photojournalist. #bigthings pic.twitter.com/viV41Vn05W, Miranda Combs (@MirandaCombs56) July 6, 2022. widget: true, Longtime TV journalist Miranda Combs will take the post. Sports has been the one constant of my life and being able to share moments with student-athletes and tell their stories along the way.
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