Alan Lytle
News DirectorAlan Lytle has more than 25 years of experience as a Kentucky broadcaster. Over that span he has earned multiple awards for anchoring, writing and producing news & features for WUKY. He took home the Kentucky Broadcasters Association's Best Radio Anchor award in 2021.
Lytle has served as News Director for Lexington's NPR News Station since 2002.
Bitten by the radio bug as a teenager, Alan got his start volunteering in Clermont County, Ohio for WOBO-FM. He graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Broadcasting from the University of Cincinnati and worked at a variety of radio stations in the Cincinnati market, then made the move to Lexington in the mid-1990s.
Passionate about history, Lytle serves on the board of the Lexington History Museum. He obtained a Master’s degree in U.S. History from the University of Kentucky in 2015.
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Election integrity has been the mantra some Republican lawmakers have been chanting even before the current legislative session. This week on Capitol Chat WUKY News Director Alan Lytle and Laura Cullen Glasscock, editor and publisher of the Frankfort-based Kentucky Gazette discuss several bills that deal with how and when you might cast a future ballot.
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As Lexington gets ready to celebrate its 250th anniversary next year, one of the oldest churches in town marked a milestone of its own this past weekend. WUKY's Alan Lytle has the story.
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This week on WUKY's Capitol Chat Alan Lytle and Kentucky Gazette editor and publisher Laura Cullen Glasscock discuss proposed legislation that would affect what's taught in the classroom and change the way education leaders are selected.
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In this special MLK Holiday edition of WUKY's Saving Stories, Doug Boyd, director of the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries highlights an extraordinary interview with Dr. King from March of 1964. Hear the non-violent advocate and activist at the height of his influence in a one-on-one conversation with Kentucky author Robert Penn Warren discussing the revolutionary nature of the Civil Rights movement and where he thought it should go next.
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In this special MLK Holiday edition of WUKY's Saving Stories, Doug Boyd, director of the Louie B. Nunn Center for Oral History in the UK Libraries highlights an extraordinary interview with Dr. King from March of 1964. Hear the non-violent advocate and activist at the height of his influence in a one-on-one conversation with Kentucky author Robert Penn Warren discussing the revolutionary nature of the Civil Rights movement and where he thought it should go next.
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Monday promises to be a busy day all around town with Martin Luther King Holiday events. WUKY's Alan Lytle talked with Lyric Theatre and Cultural Arts Center Executive Director Christian Adair about a special MLK Day program starting at 5 pm. It's one of many the venue has on a very busy first quarter schedule.
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The deadline for candidates to file to run in this year’s elections has now come and gone and already it’s been an interesting start to the legislative session in Frankfort. Kentucky Gazette editor and publisher Laura Cullen Glasscock returns for some expert analysis on Kentucky's political scene.
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This year’s MLK Holiday Celebration will be Jan. 15, 2024 beginning with the annual Freedom March at 1 p.m. and concluding with the powerful commemorative program held at the Central Bank Center at 2 p.m. The march begins and ends at the Central Bank Center in downtown Lexington. WUKY's Alan Lytle gets a preview from long-time co-chair Chester Grundy.
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We are just hours away from the start of the 2024 Legislative Session and it’s a long one with lawmakers tasked with passing a new two-year spending plan. We already know what Democrat Governor Andy Beshear wants, now we find out what Republican lawmakers will do in response. Plenty of pre-session storylines are getting ready to play out. Joining WUKY for the first Capitol Chat of the New Year is the editor and publisher of the Frankfort based Kentucky Gazette Laura Cullen Glasscock.
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This month marks the two-year anniversary of the tornadoes that struck and devastated parts of Western Kentucky. On the evening of December 10th and into the next morning, a high EF-4 tornado directly hit the historic downtown center of Mayfield, KY. Of the 74 people who lost their lives in Kentucky that evening, 24 resided in Graves County, where Mayfield is located. In this edition of Saving Stories, center director Dr. Doug Boyd highlights two people who were interviewed in the follow-up round of the Mayfield, Kentucky 2021 Tornado Oral History Project; a partnership with Dr. Rebecca Freihaut. Tanna Thompson and Casey Jones talk about their ongoing struggles and hopes on their long journey of restoration.