Meet The Team
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Bill Bryant
Morning News Anchor
Bill Bryant has more than 40 years of experience as a Kentucky broadcaster. At WKYT, Bill has covered it all from the police beat to natural disasters to inaugurations.
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Barbara Bailey
Morning News Anchor
Barbara Bailey Cowden began working at WKYT in 1979, never realizing it would be a career of 40+ years. She currently coanchors WKYT Midmorning, and WKYT with Bill Bryant.
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Amber Philpott
Evening News Anchor
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.
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Sam Dick
Evening News Anchor
Born in Lexington, 43-years in broadcasting including 33-years anchoring the early and late news on WKYT. Married 25-years to Noelle, father to three children, and proud UK fan.
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Kristen Kennedy
Morning Anchor/Reporter
Kristen Kennedy has spent the last decade covering news in Central Kentucky.
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Andrea Walker
Morning Anchor/Reporter
Andrea Walker is a reporter and the co-anchor of WKYT this Morning.
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Garrett Wymer
Weekend Anchor/Reporter
Garrett Wymer is a special projects reporter and weekend evening anchor for WKYT.
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Officer Don Evans
WKYT Traffic Reporter
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DeAnn Stephens
Out & About
You can watch WKYT-TV weekdays from 4-5pm for 'Out & About' with DeAnn! Featuring the fabulous people, places, & things happening in the Bluegrass!
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Chelsea Jones
Reporter
Chelsea is excited to be reporting in Lexington, fulfilling her role of keeping viewers informed.
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Grason Passmore
Reporter
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Grace Finerman
Reporter
Grace comes to the Commonwealth from the East Coast! She was born in New York City, but spent most of her childhood in Connecticut.
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Shelby Lofton
Reporter
Shelby Lofton joined the WKYT team in July 2019 as a multimedia reporter. She moved to Central Kentucky, having come straight from Columbia, Missouri, where she attended the University of Missouri. She graduated with degrees in Spanish and Broadcast Journalism.
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Phil Pendleton
Reporter
I grew up in Lexington, Kentucky, went to Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond where I majored in broadcasting. My first several years were spent working in radio news and since 2003 I've worked at WKYT.
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Chris Bailey
Chief Meteorologist
The senior meteorologist in the Gray TV family with more than 22 years of on-air work.
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Adam Burniston
Meteorologist & Reporter
Adam joined WKYT in March 2017 as a Weekend Meteorologist. Adam came to WKYT after working for KALB in Louisiana. He has covered it all from winter storms to hurricanes and their aftermath. He is excited to bring his experiences to Kentucky to keep you informed before, during, and after storms.
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Brian Milam
WKYT Sports Director
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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David W. Baker
Sports Anchor
2020 is Dave Baker's 39th year as a broadcaster at WKYT. During that time he's covered NCAA Final Fours, the World Series and done a host of events for ESPN, The CBS Sports Network, The SEC Network and Raycom Sports. You can see him M-F on WKYT at Noon and nightly at 6:30 on The CW Lexington.
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Lee K. Howard
Sports Anchor/Reporter
Since 2011, Lee K. has fulfilled his passion for reporting sports at WKYT.
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Alex Walker
Sports Anchor/Reporter
Alex Walker is a sports anchor and reporter for WKYT in Lexington, Kentucky.
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Jacqueline Policastro
Washington Bureau Chief
Jacqueline Policastro created the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in 2014. She’s covered Congress and the White House for more than a decade.
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Ted Fioraliso
Senior Reporter/Executive Producer
Ted Fioraliso returned to Washington, D.C. in April 2016 as a senior reporter/executive producer at the Gray Television Washington News Bureau.
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Peter Zampa
Multimedia Journalist
Peter Zampa joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in June 2015 as a multimedia journalist.
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Alana Austin
Multimedia Journalist
Alana Austin joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau team in August 2017 after spending three years covering national and state politics in Richmond, Virginia at Gray TV's WVIR-TV.
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Kyle Midura
Multimedia Journalist
Kyle Midura joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in September 2017 from Gray TV's WCAX-TV.
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Timothy Knapp
Supervisor of Videography
Timothy Knapp joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in September 2018 as Studio Manager and Photojournalist. He now serves as Supervisor of Videography.
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Jillian Angeline
Multimedia Journalist
Jillian Angeline joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in January 2019 as a multimedia journalist.
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Karen Daborowski
Producer
Karen Daborowski joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in January 2019 as a producer.
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Natalie Grim
Multimedia Journalist
Natalie Grim joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau as a multimedia journalist in June 2019.
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Kristin Kasper
Multimedia Journalist
Kristin Kasper joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in July of 2019 as a multimedia journalist.
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Tyler S. Smith
Photojournalist/Editor
Tyler Smith joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in July 2019 as a photojournalist/editor.