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Since 1982, Dave Baker has been a sports anchor, reporter and account executive at WKYT-TV, the CBS television affiliate in Lexington, Kentucky. Even though you may have seen and heard him in a number of broadcast roles. He has always, as he does today appears on air throughout WKYT’s line-up of news, sports and special events programming. In addition, he’s the terlevision voice of Kentucky Wildcats basketball on The Big Blue Sports Network. Baker has now been a part of that network for over two decades.
This is also Dave’s first season with CBS as host of the SEC Tailgate Show, but he’s no stranger to fans in the SEC. Dave began doing events for the league’s syndicated broadcast package (Jefferson-Pilot, Lincoln Financial and Raycom Sports) in 1993 and 2008-2009 was Dave’s 8th full-time season on the SEC Game of the Week. During the fall he was the football sideline reporter and the host of the "SEC Football Today" pre-game show. During the winter he was a play-by-play announcer on Raycom Sports broadcast of SEC Basketball and the sideline reporter for the SEC Tournament including the Friday night in March of 2008 when a tornado hit The Georgia Dome while the tournament was in progress. Dave and other member’s of the broadcast team including CBS’s own Tim Brando kept anxious viewers at home and those watching in The Georgia Dome informed and reassured during one of the most unusual sporting moments in SEC History.
During the summer’s Dave continues to be a contributor on Raycom’s Football Saturdays in the South program. Dave is also the television voice of University of Kentucky basketball on The Big Blue Sports Network. In one capacity or another, Dave has been with Big Blue Sports Network for over 20 years. In addition he has also broadcast a number of other SEC events on television and the SEC Radio Network and he is a regular contributor at secsports.com.
In addition to his on-air duties, Dave has a long history of community commitment and involvement. The Kentucky State House and Senate have honored Dave for his work with the Malt Beverage Education Corporation, a statewide organization that gets the message out to high school students about the dangers of underage drinking. And in 2006 Dave served on Kentucky Lieutenant Governor’s Steve Pence’s task force that dealt with the issue of toughening laws and enforcement relating to sex offenders. The result of that work by the Kentucky Coalition Against Sexual Assaults resulted in the passage of Kentucky House Bill 3.
Dave is also a member of the board of directors for the Larry Gilbert Foundation First Tee of Lexington. Dave’s other civic “love” is the Children’s Charity Golf Classic. Celebrating its 30th anniversary in 2009, the Children’s Charity Classic raises money for 30 different children’s organizations in central Kentucky. In 2004 Dave was named recipient of the Jose Ferrer Award the group’s highest honor and the 2005 event raised a record 1.1 million dollars.
Dave is a 1978 graduate of Franklin High School in Franklin, Ohio and a 2005 inductee into the Franklin High School Hall of Fame. He’s a 1982 graduate of Georgetown (KY) College. Dave and his wife Bethany are the proud parents of daughter Madelyn, twin daughters Mallory and Macy and a son Manning.
Follow Dave on Twitter at: twitter.com/buzzbaker
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