University of Kentucky Radio
The Kentucky Network, which was awarded UK broadcast rights in June, 1980, for the next three years, began broadcasting on April 3, 1978, as the first and only full-time network in the state to provide a comprehensive statewide news, sports, weather, and farm programming on a 7-day-a-week, 12-month-a-year basis.
With ownership of the broadcast rights, D. J. Everett, a 1969 UK graduate, will coordinate the sports network.
Synonymous with the Wildcats is sportscaster Cawood Ledford. Ledford is entering his 16th year with the UK network and his 29th year covering UK sports.
Assisting Ledford is Ralph Hacker, president and general manager of radio station WVLK in Lexington, who begins his eighth year as color commentator.
University of Kentucky Television
The UK television Network enters its 11th year with WAVE-TV of Louisville as the coordinator. Handling play-by-play and color for the telecasts are Bob Domine, sports director of WAVE-TV in Louisville, and Rob Bromley, sports director of WKYT-TV in Lexington, with color commentary by former Wildcat great Jack Givens. See page 50 for complete Wildcat TV schedule.
Kentucky Press-Radio-Television Outlets
Lexington:
Lexington Herald
D. G. Fitzmaurice
Lexington Leader
Rick Bailey
Mark Bradley
227 West Short Street
Lexington, Ky. 40507
Cawood Ledford 120 Kentucky Avenue Lexington, Ky. 40502
WVLK Radio Dick Gabriel Ralph Hacker P.O. Box 1559 Lexington, Ky. 40501
WLAP Sports P.O. Box 11670 Lexington, Ky. 40511
WBLG Radio Sports 130 Barr Street Lexington, Ky. 40507
WLEX-TV Alan Cutler P.O. Box 1457 Lexington, Ky. 40501
WKYT-TV
Rob Bromley, Director P.O. Box 655 Lexington, Ky. 40501
WTVQ-TV Mike Harlnett Box 5590
Lexington, Ky. 40501
Charles Wolfe Associated Press 146 Market Lexington, Ky. 40507
Kentucky Kernel Sports University of Kentucky Lexington, Ky. 40506
WBKY RADIO SPORTS University of Kentucky Lexington, Ky. 40506
CATS PAUSE P.O. Box 7297 Lexington. Ky. 40502
Louisville:
Louisville Courier-Journal
Earl Cox
Billy Reed
Mike Sullivan
525 West Broadway
Louisville, Ky. 40202
Louisville Times Sports
George Rorrer
Rick Bozich
525 West Broadway
Louisville, Ky. 40202
WHAS & WHAS-TV Van Vance Paul Rogers P.O. Box 1084 Louisville, Ky. 40201
Associated Press 525 West Broadway Louisville, Ky. 40201
UPI Sports P.O. Box 537 Louisville, Ky. 40201
WAVE & WAVE-TV Sports 725 South Floyd Street Louisville, Ky. 40203
WLKY-TV Sports P.O. Box 6218 Louisville, Ky. 40216
WINN Radio Sports Third and Broadway Louisville, Ky. 40202
WAKY Radio Sports 558 South Fifth Street Louisville, Ky. 40204
State:
Ashland Independent Mike Reliford Sports Department 226 17th Street Ashland. Ky. 41101
The Kentucky radio broadcast team at work. With headsets from left to right are engineer Tom Devine, Cawood Ledford, and Ralph Hacker.
Park City News Sports Department 813 College Street Bowling Green, Ky. 42101
Tribune-Times Sports Ky. and Monroe Streets Corbin, Ky. 40701
Post & Times-Star Sports 421 Madison Avenue Covington, Ky. 41011
Advocate-Messenger Larry Vaught Sports Department Danville, Ky. 40422
News-Enterprise Sports Bob Watkins Elizabethtown, Ky. 42701
State-Journal Sports 321 West Main Street Frankfort, Ky. 40501
UPI Sports 321 W. Main Frankfort, Ky. 40601
The Times Sports
301 South Green Street
Glasgow, Ky. 42141
The Enterprise Sports Central Stree Harlan, Ky. 40831
Gleaner-Journal Sports 216 North Elm Henderson, Ky. 42420
Kentucky New Era Sports 123 West 7th Street Hopkinsville, Ky. 42240
The Messenger Sports 221 South Main Street Madisonville, Ky. 42431
Messenger Sports 206 West Broadway Mayfield, Ky. 42066
Ledger-Independent Sports 43 West Second Maysville, Ky. 41056
News Sports Editor Chester Avenue Middlesboro, Ky. 40965
Messenger and Inquirer Sports 1401 Frederica Street Owensboro, Ky. 42301
Paducah Sun Sports 408 Kentucky Avenue Paducah, Ky. 42001
Paris Daily Enterprise Sports 23 East 4th Street Paris, Ky. 40361
Register Sports South Second Street Richmond, Ky. 40475
Commonwealth-Journal Jim Kurk
102 North Maple Street Somerset, Ky. 42501
Winchester Sun Sports Wall and Cleveland Streets Winchester, Ky. 40391