WLEX-TV

Lex18.com is the official website of Lexington's local news station, Lex18 News. It offers a wide range of content including local, national, and international news, weather updates, sports, and entertainment news. The site features articles, videos, and live streaming of news broadcasts. It provides detailed weather forecasts, radar maps, and alerts to keep readers informed about current and upcoming weather conditions. Visitors can also access community events, health, and lifestyle pieces, as well as submit news tips and interact with the station through social media. Lex18.com aims to provide comprehensive and up-to-date news coverage to residents of Lexington and surrounding areas.

Crowds gathered daily to watch the tower crews erecting this huge structure, and to gasp as they leaped from one side to the other without a net.engineerscott.comThe blueprints for the original WLEX-TV building are dated October 1954; construction of the building had begun when the first section of the tower was erected December 7, 1954.

As well, Hulu with Live TV also supports gaming consoles like Microsoft Xbox consoles and the Nintendo Switch.flixed.ioYou can stream WLEX on your Roku, Chromecast, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Android/iOS devices, and web browser (since they're all supported by Hulu with Live TV, fuboTV, Sling TV, and YouTube TV ).

However, it is very disturbing that WLEX-TV management has a policy of such HEAVY ASS CENSORSHIP.journalkentucky.comWLEX-TV’s Orwellian cancel culture and doublespeak precedes Mr. Smith’s arrival as a news reader. The others probably watched it develop over the years.

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    Site is Encrypted

  • Country
    Hosted in United States

  • Latitude\Longitude
    37.751 / -97.822    Google Map

  • Traffic rank
    #31,128 Site Rank

  • Site age
    24 yrs old

  • Site Owner information
    Whois info

  • Owner
    E. W. Scripps Company,(Scripps Broadcasting Holdings,LLC,)

  • City
    Lexington, Kentucky

  • Channels
    Digital,: 28 (,UHF,),Virtual,: 18

  • Branding
    LEX 18

  • Affiliations
    18.1:,NBC,18.2:,Grit,18.3:,Bounce TV,18.4:,Court TV,18.5: QVC2

  • Sister stations
    WCPO-TV

  • First air date
    March 15, 1955

  • Former channel number(s)
    Analog: 18 (UHF, 1955–2009),Digital: 39 (UHF, 2004–2019)

Traffic rank
#31,128
Site age
24 yrs
Location
United States
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via LinkedIn posted_at: 12 days agoschedule_type: Full-time
WLEX, the E.W. Scripps owned NBC affiliate in Lexington, Kentucky is looking for a morning Executive Producer to join our award-winning team. The Executive Producer must be a proven newsroom leader who knows how to execute our content strategy, including winning multi-platform breaking news and weather coverage, maintain a strong sense of urgency with our newscast production and newsroom... culture, and knows how to balance serious journalism with WLEX, the E.W. Scripps owned NBC affiliate in Lexington, Kentucky is looking for a morning Executive Producer to join our award-winning team.

The Executive Producer must be a proven newsroom leader who knows how to execute our content strategy, including winning multi-platform breaking news and weather coverage, maintain a strong sense of urgency with our newscast production and newsroom... culture, and knows how to balance serious journalism with lighter moments critical to the success of our newscasts.

The Executive Producer will also play a key role in challenging the newsroom to develop and showcase context and depth to our coverage on all platforms. The successful candidate will have overall responsibility for newscasts or local programs, including oversight on story selection, content, and production, ensuring that the station is competitive within the market.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:
• Responsible for morning newscasts or local program content and showcasing across multiple platforms.
• Collaborate with editors, producers and/or the realtime desk to select stories for coverage.
• Oversee and edit the writing of content, including but not limited to teases and web headlines.
• Develop and supervise effective workflow strategies and procedures for multiple programs and outlets.
• Provide regular feedback on newscasts with staff, both as a team and individually.
• Supervise pre-production to ensure quality and ethical standards and coordination between control Room and design staff.

WHAT YOU'LL BRING:
• Bachelor's degree in journalism, communication or related field preferred.
• At least 4-years previous news producing experience preferred.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED:
• Knowledge and demonstration of editorial judgment, journalistic ethics and libel laws.
• Ability to create tactics and strategies to increase demo performance in key target areas for multiple platforms.
• Have working knowledge of federal, state and local laws impacting operations.

SCRIPPS' COMMITMENT TO EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION:

At Scripps, we are committed to a diverse and inclusive culture that reflects the communities we serve. We are intentional about creating an environment where employees, our audiences and other stakeholders feel valued and inspired to reach their full potential and make authentic connections. We foster a workplace culture that embraces each person’s diversity, including the extent to which they are similar or different. Scripps leaders believe that an equitable and inclusive culture is not only the right thing to do, it is a business imperative. Read more about our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion at scripps.com.

ABOUT SCRIPPS:

The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP) is a diversified media company focused on creating a better-informed world. As one of the nation’s largest local TV broadcasters, Scripps serves communities with quality, objective local journalism and operates a portfolio of 61 stations in 41 markets. The Scripps Networks reach nearly every American through the national news outlets Court TV and Scripps News and popular entertainment brands ION, Bounce, Defy TV, Grit, ION Mystery and Laff. Scripps is the nation’s largest holder of broadcast spectrum. Scripps runs an award-winning investigative reporting newsroom in Washington, D.C., and is the longtime steward of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Founded in 1878, Scripps has held for decades to the motto, “Give light and the people will find their own way.”

As an equal employment opportunity employer, The E.W. Scripps Company and its affiliates do not discriminate in its employment decisions on the basis of race, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, gender, color, religion, age, genetic information, medical condition, disability, marital status, citizenship or national origin, and military membership or veteran status, or on any other basis which would be in violation of any applicable federal, state or local law. Furthermore, the company will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship for the company
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via LinkedIn posted_at: 17 days agoschedule_type: Full-time
WLEX, The E.W. Scripps Company affiliate in Lexington, Kentucky, is looking for a Digital Content Producer to join its team. The Digital Content Producer organizes, writes scripts and updates content on digital platforms with a primary focus on local websites, mobile apps, and social media platforms. They are responsible for creating compelling content that is aligned with and enhances the... station's and/or Scripps brand. WHAT YOU'LL DO: • Write WLEX, The E.W. Scripps Company affiliate in Lexington, Kentucky, is looking for a Digital Content Producer to join its team. The Digital Content Producer organizes, writes scripts and updates content on digital platforms with a primary focus on local websites, mobile apps, and social media platforms. They are responsible for creating compelling content that is aligned with and enhances the... station's and/or Scripps brand.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:
• Write and edit content including headlines, short news alerts and teases, enhancing content with outside links, maps, slideshows.
• Publish and manage content on multiple digital platforms, including the station's local website, mobile and social networks using current production and web-delivery tools.
• Produce digital video when assigned.
• Assist in online coverage of major news events, breaking news and severe weather to ensure high quality consistent community coverage online.
• Build out special sections and site features to enhance coverage and increase user engagement.
• Update and interact with fans/followers on social media.
• Anchor/host content for digital platforms as assigned.
• Coordinate with editorial and technical staff to facilitate the migration of multimedia content to new media platforms, including video, audio, still photos and graphics.
• Work with other departments, including sales and marketing, as needed on site and/or station initiatives that require content integration.
• Optimize the user experience by tracking live web metrics and user experience best practices.
• Apply SEO best practices to every piece of content.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED:
• BS/BA in related discipline or commensurate experience.
• Generally 2-5 years of experience in related field.
• Experience with Content Management Systems, HTML, Audio Editing, Image Editing, CSS and Social Networking preferred.

WHAT YOU'LL BRING:
• Must have a strong desire to focus on web-based content.
• Must have basic HTML formatting skills and knowledge of how to FTP/publish web content.
• Must be creative, have good people skills and be able to handle deadline pressure and need to multi-task.
• Must have strong newspaper-style writing, editing and headline skills.
• Must have knowledge and experience with still-image photography using digital cameras/hand held video cameras.
• Must have working knowledge of how to use and update social media platforms.
• Must have photo editing skills with ability to manipulate, crop, enhance images as needed for publishing on website.
• Basic video editing skills a plus.

SCRIPPS' COMMITMENT TO EQUITY, DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION:

At Scripps, we are committed to a diverse and inclusive culture that reflects the communities we serve. We are intentional about creating an environment where employees, our audiences and other stakeholders feel valued and inspired to reach their full potential and make authentic connections. We foster a workplace culture that embraces each person’s diversity, including the extent to which they are similar or different. Scripps leaders believe that an equitable and inclusive culture is not only the right thing to do, it is a business imperative. Read more about our commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion at scripps.com.

ABOUT SCRIPPS:

The E.W. Scripps Company (NASDAQ: SSP) is a diversified media company focused on creating a better-informed world. As one of the nation’s largest local TV broadcasters, Scripps serves communities with quality, objective local journalism and operates a portfolio of 61 stations in 41 markets. The Scripps Networks reach nearly every American through the national news outlets Court TV and Scripps News and popular entertainment brands ION, Bounce, Defy TV, Grit, ION Mystery and Laff. Scripps is the nation’s largest holder of broadcast spectrum. Scripps runs an award-winning investigative reporting newsroom in Washington, D.C., and is the longtime steward of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Founded in 1878, Scripps has held for decades to the motto, “Give light and the people will find their own way.”

As an equal employment opportunity employer, The E.W. Scripps Company and its affiliates do not discriminate in its employment decisions on the basis of race, sex, sexual orientation, transgender status, gender, color, religion, age, genetic information, medical condition, disability, marital status, citizenship or national origin, and military membership or veteran status, or on any other basis which would be in violation of any applicable federal, state or local law. Furthermore, the company will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities unless doing so would result in an undue hardship for the company
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