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Katerina Stoykova interviews writer, editor and publisher W. Terry Whalin about best practices in book promotions and more.

250Lex: Concert for Lexington, a celebration of the City’s 250th anniversary, will feature an all-star lineup of Lexington artists. Tom talks with music director Mélisse Brunet, conductor of the Lexington Philharmonic and hometown composer Shawn E. Okpebholo, whose original work, specially commissioned by the City of Lexington for this occasion, will be performed.

Kevin Cook is the author of the recently-published book Memorial Coliseum: 75 Years as Monument, Stage and Arena. He combines an extensive collection of photos and text to look back at the history of the building, including the years leading up to its construction. The Coliseum has served as a war memorial, the home of University of Kentucky men’s basketball from 1950 until the move to Rupp Arena in 1976, and the site of many major events, including visits by Presidents Eisenhower, Johnson and Ford. Now known as Historic Memorial Coliseum after a major renovation in 2024, the updated Coliseum is the home of the women’s basketball, volleyball, gymnastics and stunt teams.

This week Joe and Josh spice it up with all varieties of peppers - mild, sweet, hot, and REALLY hot: diced, chopped, dried, grilled, and pickled. Stick around at the end for more recipes and discussion of the versatile bell peppers.

The Kentucky Banana? You've tried the soda...now try the real thing. Josh and Joe talk Paw Paws. Great for eating in hand, but maybe not so great in a bread.

The University of Kentucky has partnered with local organizations to present a powerful two-day celebration of Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright August Wilson culminating with a presentation of his deeply personal solo piece, “How I Learned What I Learned,” performed by UK Theatre and Dance faculty member Jeremy Gillett. Events take place in downtown Lexington Sept. 12-13. In this week's edition of WUKY's Open Studio, Tom Musgrave talks all things August Wilson with Gillet.

Josh and Joe discuss the final weekend for the Sunday Southland Drive Market - and it's still time for you to get your Halloween treats and decorations. Find out what Josh is dressing as for Halloween.

Tom Hammond recently retired after a distinguished career in sports broadcasting with NBC. A University of Kentucky graduate, he got his start on radio in his hometown of Lexington, and began his television career as sports director at WLEX-TV in the late 1960s.This conversation covers, among other topics, the early assignments he handled in Lexington, the variety of events he broadcast to a network audience, and some of the partners he worked with over his 34 years with NBC.

In this Women’s History Month edition of WUKY’s award winning series Saving Stories, Nunn Center Director Dr. Doug Boyd shares audio from three recent interviews with local women who participated in the 1964 March for Civil Rights in Frankfort.

WUKY’s Award Winning history series Saving Stories closes out Black History Month by revisiting a pivotal moment in Kentucky’s Civil Rights Movement that happened in early March of 1964.