Check Out This Old TVQ Promo!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BI4-sdEeO90&feature=related

WTVQ Investigative Promo on You Tube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOC36i1r6GI&feature=related

Gray Stations WKYT, WBKO, and WSAZ Help UK Raise Money for Haiti

Gray Television, Inc. ("Gray," "we" or "us") (NYSE: GTN) assists the University of Kentucky men's basketball team make a slam dunk in its effort to help victims of January's devastating earthquake in Haiti. The effort even scored a high-five for the team from President Barack Obama.

http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/CL48257.htm

WLEX's Perino Named Sportscaster of the Year

Alexandria native Mary Jo Perino could not believe the latest bit of recognition she received for her work as a sportscaster at WLEX-TV in Lexington, Kentucky.

Perino, the daughter of John and Sandy Perino of Alexandria, was recently named the sportscaster of the year for the state of Kentucky by the National Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association.

http://www.echopress.com/event/article/id/71800/

General Assignment Reporter Search for WLEX

http://aol.careerbuilder.com/JobSeeker/Jobs/JobDetails.aspx?job_did=J3H55D6B254G7YVGW66

KET Says Experience Counts in New Director

In choosing its new executive director, the leaders of Kentucky Educational Television decided against a national search and promoted an internal executive who dropped out of college before joining the network for a nearly 25-year career.

It's an educational background that might seem surprising, but it is not unprecedented, national observers say, and also comes at a time when many state networks are promoting staffers to save the costs and time-consuming nature of searches.

http://www.kentucky.com/181/story/1099661.html?storylink=omni_popular

KET to Broadcast "Thoroughbred" in March

Public television station KET will present “Thoroughbred,” directed by Academy Award winner Paul Wagner, on March 8 at 8 p.m. EST.

The film spans the globe highlighting Thoroughbred horses and those associated with them. The film explores the life of backstretch workers at Aqueduct, breeding at Three Chimneys Farm, the Dubai operation of Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, the Keeneland September yearling sale, and culminates with the 2009 Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (G1).

http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/national-news/2010/January/15/KET-to-broadcast-Thoroughbred-on-March-8.aspx

Why Did WKTY Change Its Weather Maps?

Our goal in redesigning our weather maps was to make the weather as clear and easy to understand as possible. To accomplish this, we felt it was important to make the details and differences among weather systems as prominent as possible.

http://www.wkyt.com/news/headlines/81516027.html

Lexington Reporters Take on The Leno-O'Brien Debacle

When NBC announced early last year that it would retain Jay Leno for a prime-time show after he left The Tonight Show, his successor, Conan O'Brien, did the only thing he could: congratulate his predecessor on his new deal.

But O'Brien had to sense trouble, and now he's got it.

http://www.californiachronicle.com/articles/yb/139866321

Leno Doesn't Hurt WLEX

In the months before Nielsen measured Lexington's television viewership in November, much discussion was had about Jay Leno.

Nationally, the comedian's weeknight prime-time talk show has been disastrous for many affiliates' late-night newscasts. In markets where viewership is measured more frequently — Nielsen measures Lexington just four times annually — the newscasts following Leno's show hemorrhaged viewers.

http://www.kentucky.com/103/story/1081543.html

Former WHAS/WTVQ Engineer Dies

Terry Wright, the Chief Engineer at WLTX, passed away as the result of a massive heart attack Wednesday night. He was 61.

During his career, Terry held many technical positions including Assistant Chief Engineer at WHAS-TV in Louisville, KY, Chief Engineer at WKPC-TV in Louisville, Chief Engineer at WTVQ-TV in Lexington, KY, Regional Chief Engineer for WEPX/WPXU in Greenville, NC, and Chief Engineer for WCIV-TV in Charleston, SC.

http://www.wltx.com/news/story.aspx?storyid=82394&catid=35

KET Names New Executive Director

A 24-year veteran of KET has been named to lead the network after executive director Mac Wall retires at the end of the year.

Shae Hopkins, who is KET's deputy executive director for education, programming and production, will become KET's fourth leader since its founding more than 40 years ago. Hopkins also currently serves as senior executive for day-to-day operations, KET said in a news release.

http://www.kentucky.com/101/story/987041.html

KET Executive Director to Retire

After just more than six years at the helm of Kentucky Educational Television, Mac Wall announced plans Thursday to retire at the end of the year.

Wall, 63, said a desire to spend more time with his family prompted the decision.

"My wife in early September went on our trip to Spain, and I say 'our trip' because I didn't go," said Wall, who was at a meeting of the Organization of State Broadcasting Executives at the time. "She came back and said that will never happen again."

The couple are expecting their first grandchild next spring and plan to spend their time in Florida and Oregon with family, he said.

Wall said the highlight of his time at KET was the 2005 launch of the network's EncycloMedia education service for schools and its expansion.

"It's free, it's robust, it's deep and it's invaluable. It's just been a rock star for us," he said of the program, which is a partnership with the state Department of Education. "When you get into these really rural poor school districts, and they have this and it's free, it's powerful."

Wall's time at KET also has seen its expansion of high-definition programming. But it also has been a difficult time financially.

http://www.kentucky.com/lexgo/tv/story/960175.html

Blogger Says WLEX Turned News Site into a Blog

WLEX-TV in Lexington, Kentucky, an NBC affiliate, has turned its news site into a blog. It actually contains news produced independently of what goes out on broadcast. Very very interesting. It’s a different way of slicing the news, with much debt to Dave Winer’s river of news idea, and it’ll be fascinating to see how and in what ways it’s useful and how it changes our idea of what news should be.

http://cms.sys-con.com/node/1121709

Miranda Combs Leaving WKYT and WDKY

Miranda Combs, co-anchor of the highly successful 10 p.m. news on Fox affiliate WDKY (Channel 56), is leaving next month to take a public relations job at Preston-Osborne.

Combs has been at CBS affiliate WKYT (Channel 27), which produces the Fox news, since October 2002.

http://www.kentucky.com/lexgo/tv/story/952114.html

KET Surprises Winners of Reading Rainbow Contest

Chloe Otterback and Cora Kirby have a few things in common. They like to read, they've both written books, and now they are winners of the 2009 Reading Rainbow Young Writers and Illustrators Contest.
http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20090914/NEWS0105/909140320/Young+authors+win+Reading+Rainbow+contest

YourCity.MD Announces 2 Year Partnership with WLEX

YourCity.MD today announced a two-year partnership with Cordillera Communications' WLEX, the NBC affiliate in Lexington, Ky. (DMA 63).
This agreement allows WLEX to use the YourCity.MD geo-targeted, city health care platform www.Lexington.MD, which lets the station provide local health resources, providers and facilities with the inclusion of formalized patient word-of-mouth testimonials and ratings.

http://www.tvnewscheck.com/articles/2009/09/10/daily.3/

WTVQ Joins Cardinal Sports Network

Television station WTVQ of Lexington has joined the Cardinal Sports Network, which broadcasts University of Louisville athletics across the state.
Fans in Lexington will be able to see U of L games, starting with Saturday's football season opener against Indiana State, on WTVQ's sister station, MyTVQ2, which is Channel 138 on Insight Communications digital cable.

http://www.kentucky.com/232/story/922277.html

DirecTV Adds Local HD Stations to Lineup

Lexington, KY becomes the 129th market where DirecTV is offering local broadcast TV signals in HD. The nation’s largest satellite TV company says it is now offering local-to-local HD to more than 90% of US television households.All four major network affiliates are included in DirecTV’s HD offering for Nielsen market #62. Now available to satellite subscribers are WTVQ (ABC), WKYT (CBS), WDKY (Fox) and WLEX (NBC).

WKYT Switching Up Morning Anchors

Viewers of the morning news on CBS affiliate WKYT (Channel 27) have begun seeing a new face.
Stacy Ellison is now co-anchoring the 5-7 a.m. newscasts with Bill Bryant, as longtime anchor Barbara Bailey shifts schedules.
Bailey will continue to anchor the noon news with Bryant. The two moved to the morning news shift in 2006 and have helped increase its viewership dramatically.

http://www.kentucky.com/103/story/896455.html