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Distinguished Kentuckian
About Distinguished Kentuckian
A series of KET productions profiling Kentuckians whose leadership in government, education, the arts, journalism, or other fields of public service has had a lasting positive impact on the lives of the citizens of the Commonwealth.
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Earl D. Wallace
Premiered On: 05/25/2008
In 1961, well-known Kentucky businessman and civic leader Earl D. Wallace spearheaded the effort to restore the Shaker village in Mercer County. He remained chairman of the board of the new nonprofit education corporation Shaker Village at Pleasant Hill until his death in 1990. This interview and tribute was taped in October 1982. A KET production.
- Friday August 12, 2022 3:00 am ET on KETKY
- Friday August 12, 2022 2:00 am CT on KETKY
- Friday August 12, 2022 11:30 am ET on KETKY
- Friday August 12, 2022 10:30 am CT on KETKY
- Friday August 12, 2022 8:00 pm ET on KETKY
- Friday August 12, 2022 7:00 pm CT on KETKY
Margaret Willis
Premiered On: 06/01/2008
Margaret Willis served as state librarian from 1954 to 1972, under six different governors. A 1977 KET production.
- Friday August 19, 2022 3:00 am ET on KETKY
- Friday August 19, 2022 2:00 am CT on KETKY
- Friday August 19, 2022 11:30 am ET on KETKY
- Friday August 19, 2022 10:30 am CT on KETKY
- Friday August 19, 2022 8:00 pm ET on KETKY
- Friday August 19, 2022 7:00 pm CT on KETKY
Chloe Gifford
Premiered On: 06/22/2008
Chloe Gifford, the first woman graduate of the University of Kentucky College of Law, passed the state bar examination at the age of 21. She taught at Sayre School in Lexington and then went to work at UK. A 1974 KET production.
- Friday August 26, 2022 3:00 am ET on KETKY
- Friday August 26, 2022 2:00 am CT on KETKY
- Friday August 26, 2022 11:30 am ET on KETKY
- Friday August 26, 2022 10:30 am CT on KETKY
- Friday August 26, 2022 8:00 pm ET on KETKY
- Friday August 26, 2022 7:00 pm CT on KETKY
Joy Bale Boone
Premiered On: 06/29/2008
A profile of the noted poet, literary critic, and editor who founded the Kentucky literary magazine "Approaches" (later "Kentucky Poetry Review"). A 1975 KET production.
- Friday September 2, 2022 3:00 am ET on KETKY
- Friday September 2, 2022 2:00 am CT on KETKY
- Friday September 2, 2022 11:30 am ET on KETKY
- Friday September 2, 2022 10:30 am CT on KETKY
- Friday September 2, 2022 8:00 pm ET on KETKY
- Friday September 2, 2022 7:00 pm CT on KETKY
Barry Bingham Sr.
Premiered On: 07/06/2008
A profile of Barry Bingham Sr., patriarch of the family that dominated local media in Louisville for several decades. The Binghams owned the "Courier-Journal" and "Louisville Times" newspapers as well as WHAS radio and television. A 1975 KET production.
- Friday September 9, 2022 3:00 am ET on KETKY
- Friday September 9, 2022 2:00 am CT on KETKY
- Friday September 9, 2022 11:30 am ET on KETKY
- Friday September 9, 2022 10:30 am CT on KETKY
- Friday September 9, 2022 8:00 pm ET on KETKY
- Friday September 9, 2022 7:00 pm CT on KETKY
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William H. Neal - S1 E7
- Friday August 5, 2022 8:00 pm ET on KETKY
- Friday August 5, 2022 7:00 pm CT on KETKY
- Friday August 5, 2022 11:30 am ET on KETKY
- Friday August 5, 2022 10:30 am CT on KETKY
- Friday August 5, 2022 3:00 am ET on KETKY
- Friday August 5, 2022 2:00 am CT on KETKY
Morton Holbrook - S1 E6
- Friday July 29, 2022 8:00 pm ET on KETKY
- Friday July 29, 2022 7:00 pm CT on KETKY
- Friday July 29, 2022 11:30 am ET on KETKY
- Friday July 29, 2022 10:30 am CT on KETKY
- Friday July 29, 2022 3:00 am ET on KETKY
- Friday July 29, 2022 2:00 am CT on KETKY
Everett Moore - S1 E4
- Friday July 22, 2022 8:00 pm ET on KETKY
- Friday July 22, 2022 7:00 pm CT on KETKY
- Friday July 22, 2022 11:30 am ET on KETKY
- Friday July 22, 2022 10:30 am CT on KETKY
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- Friday July 22, 2022 2:00 am CT on KETKY
O. Leonard Press - S1 E3
- Friday July 15, 2022 8:00 pm ET on KETKY
- Friday July 15, 2022 7:00 pm CT on KETKY
- Friday July 15, 2022 12:08 pm ET on KETKY
- Friday July 15, 2022 11:08 am CT on KETKY
- Friday July 15, 2022 3:00 am ET on KETKY
- Friday July 15, 2022 2:00 am CT on KETKY