WUKY Radio to Host Mayoral Forum One Week Before November Election

LEXINGTON, Ky. (Aug. 13, 2014) — Lexington mayoral candidates Jim Gray and Anthany Beatty will meet face-to-face in a town hall style forum on the University of Kentucky campus one week before Election Day. They have agreed to participate in WUKY's "town and gown" forum from 7-8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 28, in Worsham Theater in the UK Student Center.

WUKY will broadcast the debate live at 91.3 FM and on wuky.org.

“We have been in the planning stages since early summer and will be gathering questions directly from the community," WUKY News Director Alan Lytle said.  "We’re also happy to be working with several other groups that have helped get this project off the ground.” 

The Citizen Kentucky Project of UK's Scripps Howard First Amendment Center and the UK Gaines Center for the Humanities are among those partnering with WUKY for this event.

“We are pleased to be leading this effort at WUKY and to give these two distinguished candidates the opportunity to share with all of us their vision for the future of Lexington,” said WUKY General Manager Tom Godell.

The staff at WUKY, and others, will gather video and written questions from the voting public over the next two months in preparation for the forum and submissions will also be taken online via email to wuky@wuky.org. Emmy-winning journalist and news anchor Nancy Cox of WLEX-18 will moderate. 

“We are excited to bring this opportunity to citizens, the campus community, and most of all voters, who will have an important decision to make in early November,” Lytle said.

For more information contact or Alan Lytle @ aflytle@uky.edu and 859-257-9859 or Karyn Czar @ karyn.czar@uky.edu and 859-396-1224.

MEDIA CONTACT:  Kathy Johnson, 859-257-3155; kathy.johnson@uky.edu