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ONE Lexington joined city leaders and community members to look at ways to curb gun violence in the community, particularly among young people.
Local News
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Karyn Czar/WUKYThe Fayette County Public Schools audit committee held a meeting this week to review updates on numerous audits facing the district. -
Andrew Harnik/AP/APFundraising numbers for July through September show Sixth District Rep. Andy Barr raising more than his competitors — landing at $1.8 million — as he seeks to increase his name recognition outside his congressional district. -
UK AthleticsBig Blue Nation can purchase single-game tickets for the University of Kentucky women’s basketball team’s upcoming season, which features seven non-conference home games and eight Southeastern Conference home games in Historic Memorial Coliseum. -
BARRY THUMMA/AP/APSusan Stamberg, an early anchor of NPR's All Things Considered, died Thursday at the age of 87. The public radio icon made a special trip to Lexington a decade ago this Friday. -
Josh James/WUKYAn organizer with this Saturday's "No Kings" rally in Lexington says both a sense of urgency and worries about publicly demonstrating are coloring the first nationwide "No Kings" event since June. -
Michael Tran/AFP via Getty ImagesSusan Stamberg, an original National Public Radio staffer who went on to become the first U.S. woman to anchor a nightly national news program, has died.
Radio Shows & Music
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Molly Tuttle stops by WUKY's Rock & Roots and joins host Joe Conkwright.Recorded live on Thursday, August 14, 2025. -
This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from Rodney Crowell Featuring Tyler Bryant (The Twenty One Song Salute (Owed to G.G. Shinn and Cléoma Falcon)), Mt. Joy (Lucy), St Paul & the Broken Bones (Sushi And Coca Cola), Tame Impala (End Of Summer), Alison Krauss & Union Station (One Ray Of Shine), & Christone "Kingfish" Ingram (Voodoo Charm)! -
This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from Flyte Featuring Aimee Mann (Alabaster), Jade Bird (Save Your Tears), Jeff Tweedy (Enough), The Last Dinner Party (This Is The Killer Speaking), Robert Plant Featuring Suzy Dian (Everybody's Song), & Sheryl Crow & The Real Lowdown (The New Normal)!
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This week's episode of the Crunkadelic Funk Show featured music from Grace Jones, Trouble Funk, Klymaxx, Erykah Badu, George Clinton, Slave, Bonnie Pointer, & more! -
This week: Rock & Roots featured new music from Goose (Your Direction), Khatumu (Fire Drill), Counting Crows (With Love From A To Z), Grant-Lee Phillips (She Knows Me), & Warren Haynes Featuring Derek Trucks (These Changes)!
Podcasts
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Podcasts'Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear....' This week on Open Studio Tom welcomes Norman and Denise Cline of KCAL Old Time Radio. The Troupe, which recreates old time radio shows the way they were originally performed back in the 40s and 50s, is celebrating its 10th anniversary with an event Friday October 24th and Saturday the 25th at First Vineyard Winery in Nicholasville. -
PodcastsThis week on the Farmers' Marker Report Josh and Joe take bite out of apples: so many different varieties and ways to prepare this delicious tree fruit. You can eat them raw, bake them, cook and sauté them - dehydrate or drink them.Support The Farmers' Market Report on 91.3, WUKY with a donation at wuky.org. -
PodcastsOctober 17 is an important day in the history of WUKY. The station formerly known as WBKY signed on for the first time on October 17, 1940. To mark the station's 85th anniversary, this special edition of Saving Stories with Dr. Doug Boyd from the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries, features an interview with Ruth Foxx Newborg, the first program director of the Beattyville, KY radio station. -
PodcastsKaterina Stoykova interviews Larry Pemble and Jeanine Triplett of the James Baker Hall Foundation about the current and future plans of the organization.
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