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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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Lillie Chaffin
Premiered On: 09/22/2008
An interview with Pulitzer Prize-nominated poet Lillie Chaffin. In 1974, she was designated by the state legislature as an associate poet laureate of Kentucky. A 1979 KET production.
- Friday July 1, 2022 3:00 am ET on KETKY
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- Friday July 1, 2022 11:30 am ET on KETKY
- Friday July 1, 2022 10:30 am CT on KETKY
- Friday July 1, 2022 8:00 pm ET on KETKY
- Friday July 1, 2022 7:00 pm CT on KETKY
A.D. Albright
Premiered On: 09/22/2008
A.D. Albright was president of Northern Kentucky University during perhaps the most critical period in its early history. He guided the school to maturity, doubling enrollment to more than 10,000 and overseeing $40 million in construction projects that gave an identity to the sprawling Highland Heights campus. A 1991 KET production.
- Friday July 1, 2022 3:30 am ET on KETKY
- Friday July 1, 2022 2:30 am CT on KETKY
- Friday July 1, 2022 12:00 pm ET on KETKY
- Friday July 1, 2022 11:00 am CT on KETKY
- Friday July 1, 2022 8:30 pm ET on KETKY
- Friday July 1, 2022 7:30 pm CT on KETKY
Francis and Louise Hutchins
Premiered On: 04/06/2008
Berea College's fifth president, Francis Hutchins, and his wife, Louise, were both advocates for international education. Berea's Center for International Education is named for them. A 1976 KET production.
- Friday July 8, 2022 3:00 am ET on KETKY
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- Friday July 8, 2022 11:30 am ET on KETKY
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O. Leonard Press
Premiered On: 04/13/2008
A profile of KET's founding executive director, O. Leonard Press. His reminiscences about the early days of public broadcasting in Kentucky provide a fascinating glimpse of people, places, and events spanning a 40-year period from 1952 to 1992. A 1992 production of Video Editing Services, Lexington.
- Friday July 15, 2022 3:00 am ET on KETKY
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- Friday July 15, 2022 11:30 am ET on KETKY
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- Friday July 15, 2022 8:00 pm ET on KETKY
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Everett Moore
Premiered On: 10/11/2002
A profile of Everett Moore, one-time president and chairman of the board of Fruit of the Loom. Born in Franklin County, Moore joined the Union Underwear Company in the early 1930s and worked his way up to vice president in 1940. Union Underwear became Fruit of the Loom in 1959. Moore died in April 1993 at the age of 85. A 1984 KET production.
- Friday July 22, 2022 3:00 am ET on KETKY
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Mary Helen Byck - S1 E5
- Friday June 24, 2022 8:30 pm ET on KETKY
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Smith D. Broadbent Jr. - S1 E1
- Friday June 24, 2022 8:00 pm ET on KETKY
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- Friday June 24, 2022 11:30 am ET on KETKY
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Adron Doran - S1 E28
- Friday June 17, 2022 8:00 pm ET on KETKY
- Friday June 17, 2022 7:00 pm CT on KETKY
- Friday June 17, 2022 11:30 am ET on KETKY
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Carl Perkins - S1 E25
- Friday June 10, 2022 8:00 pm ET on KETKY
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Wilson Wyatt Sr. - S1 E24
- Friday June 3, 2022 8:00 pm ET on KETKY
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Harry Caudill - S1 E23
- Friday May 27, 2022 8:00 pm ET on KETKY
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