KET Pipeline

In Our Studios

  • Our Election 2008 coverage begins with a series of live forums with candidates in contested U.S. House and Senate primaries. • Mondays, April 21-May 12 on KET1 • Then on Primary Day, Renee Shaw, Bill Goodman, and our in-studio commentators bring you returns and analysis in the presidential primary, the congressional contests, and state legislative races. • Tuesday, May 20 at 9:00/8:00 pm CT on KET1
  • In February 2009, America’s analog television transmitters will be turned off and digital TV will take over. What does the transition mean to you? How do you know whether you need a new set or a converter box? What’s the difference between digital TV and high-definition TV? And what other new services and features come with digital broadcasting? Those questions and more are discussed from a Kentucky perspective in our new production The ABCs of HDTV. • Sunday, May 18 at 10:30/9:30 pm CT on KET2; Saturday, May 24 at 10:30/9:30 pm CT on KET1; Friday, May 30 at 5:00/4:00 am CT on KET1 and 10:30/9:30 pm CT on KET2; Monday, June 2 at 4:00/3:00 am CT on KET1; Wednesday, June 4 at 10:30/9:30 pm CT on KET1; and Sunday, June 15 at 10:30/9:30 pm CT on KET2

Out and About

  • The “road warriors” of Kentucky Life have been out and about producing segments for the series’ 14th season, now airing on weekends. • Saturdays at 8:00/7:00 pm CT and Sundays at 4:30/3:30 pm CT on KET1; Sundays at 7:00/6:00 pm CT on KET2 • Meanwhile, you can catch selections from the Kentucky Life archive each weeknight. • Monday-Friday at 11:30/10:30 pm CT on KET1
  • As part of our tribute to the Abraham Lincoln bicentennial, we taped a special gala concert at the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts in Louisville on February 11. Featuring the Louisville Orchestra, actor Sam Waterston, and young opera star Angela Brown, it was the official national kickoff event for the two-year 200th birthday celebration for the Kentucky-born 16th president. Watch for the program on KET this July.
  • Last June, our crews visited Owensboro for the River of Music Party to record performances for the 13th season of Jubilee. • Wednesdays at 8:00/7:00 pm CT on KET1 and Saturdays at 11:00/10:00 pm CT on KET2
  • Coming up on Kentucky Author Forum Presents is a conversation with Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer, whose book Active Liberty is based on a series of lectures he delivered at Harvard University. He discussed the U.S. Constitution and its adaptability to changing circumstances with New Yorker and CNN staffer Jeffrey Toobin on May 6 at the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts in Louisville. • Monday, June 2 at 3:00/2:00 am CT and Thursday, June 5 at 10:00/9:00 pm CT on KET1; Monday, June 9 at 10:00/9:00 pm CT on KET2

And on the Horizon ...

  • In partnership with various other Kentucky and federal agencies, we’re working on a three-part educational project—a documentary, an electronic field trip, and a professional development component for teachers—on watersheds and water quality in Kentucky. Part 1, the documentary Common Ground and Cleaner Water, aired in spring 2006. The electronic field trip will make its debut on KET ED next school year.