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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This week marks the 55th anniversary of the Kentucky Blood Center in Lexington but you’ll forgive them for not pausing to celebrate for too long as they’ll tell you the need for blood never stops. WUKY's Alan Lytle was fortunate enough to get KBC’s media branding director Eric Lindsey on the phone for a quick interview. -
State and local officials, along with several Kentucky families gathered on the Capitol grounds in Frankfort Wednesday to dedicate the permanent Kentucky COVID Memorial to honor the more than 18,000 Kentuckians lost during the pandemic. Alan Lytle has details.
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Charles “Cotton” Nash, a three-time All-American men’s basketball player and a University of Kentucky Athletics Hall of Famer, died Tuesday. He was 80.
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Last week we brought you a story about a local high school teacher who won a national award for diversity. Today, WUKY's Alan Lytle takes you inside the Paul Laurence Dunbar High School's newsroom and their efforts to produce daily bilingual newscasts. You'll get to know some of the talented reporters working to make a difference in representation and cultural understanding.
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Shortly after Daniel Cameron and Andy Beshear were declared the victors in their respective contests WUKY's Alan Lytle discussed potential strategies with Kentucky Gazette editor and publisher Laura Cullen Glasscock.
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Media Arts teacher Wendy Turner and some of her students just returned from San Francisco where she received the national 2023 Diversity Award from the Journalism Education Association (JEA). Turner, the advisor of PLD Lamplighter for nearly 20 years, was hailed for fostering a sense of belonging at Dunbar. Under her leadership the journalism program now produces their daily newscasts in English and Spanish.
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One week from today some Republicans and Democrats will go to the polls to select candidates for a number of seats and offices across Kentucky; well, actually early voting begins Thursday May 11th. Suffice it to say there’s not a lot time left in the campaign season. The Kentucky Gazette owner and publisher Laura Cullen Glasscock weighs in on which of the 12 GOP gubernatorial hopefuls has the edge going into the final stretch.
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People in Lexington know all about Derby winning jockey Isaac Murphy; or do they? In Isaac Murphy: The Rise and Fall of a Black Jockey, historian Katherine C. Mooney finds that the superstar athlete was both an American hero, employed by the country’s elite to ride their prized horses, and a Black man living in a racist country, who for every success he achieved could never be truly seen beyond his skin color. She recently spoke with WUKY's Alan Lytle.
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May is national Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage month and WUKY's award winning history series Saving Stories marks the occasion with a segment on a new oral history project that examines the challenges and achievements of Asians, Asian Americans, Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders living, working, and studying in Kentucky. Nunn Center director Doug Boyd highlights an interview with Dan Wu, a member of the Lexington City Council who describes his childhood as an immigrant from China, growing up in Lexington, and how his career took him from California to New York City and then back to Lexington. Wu also talks about his identity as an Asian American, how he finds community in Lexington, and why he decided to enter into local politics.
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After taking public comment from several residents who don't want to see a soccer stadium built on Athens Boonesboro Road near Interstate 75, members of the Urban County Council voted 10 to 2 for a zoning change to make it happen. Alan Lytle has details.
