Knight, Phyllis, Pioneer female broadcast personality for WHAS radio and television for 26 years. Won two Golden Mike awards from McCall's magazine as Outstanding Woman in Radio and Television, in 1958 and 1963, for s series urging women to have the Pap test for cervical cancer and another for the misconceptions about adoption procedures. Joined the Louisville stations in 1955 as home director after starting her career at age 17 at a radio station in Champaign, Illinois. Conducted "Small Talk," a 15 - minute television interview program for 13 years on WHAS - TV. Suffered a mental breakdown after six years in the news department developing human interest and medical stories, recovered and returned to work with a six - part series on depression. Made a tradition of wearing fancy hats and changing them each time she was on the air during coverage of the Kentucky Derby activities. Was executive director of the WHAS Crusade for Children for six years. Later became executive director for Children's Hospital Foundation. Received numerous awards for her broadcast work
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- n. d.
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- University of Kentucky
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- English
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- Portrait Print Collection (University of Kentucky) | collection guide | more from this collection
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