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LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY, October 18, 2007: Alan G. Watts, news director of WKDZ AM, WKDZ FM and WHVO radio stations in Christian and Trigg Counties, has been named recipient of the 2007 Kentucky Farm Bureau Communications Award for a broadcaster.
He was presented the award today at the Kentucky Broadcasters Association annual conference at the Capital Plaza Hotel in Frankfort.
The Farm Bureau communications award consists of an engraved plaque, a $300 cash award, and an expense paid trip to Washington D.C for the annual Farm Bureau Congressional Tour.
It has been presented by Farm Bureau since 1960 to a broadcaster who has done exceptional work in building better relations and understanding between farmers and the non-farm public. A similar award is presented annually to a writer.
Watts graduated from Christian County High School in 1986 and Western Kentucky University in 1990.
Watts was the assistant farm director at WHOP prior to becoming news director in 1993. As news director for WKDZ-AM and WKDZ-FM in Cadiz, and WHVO-AM in Hopkinsville, he coordinates two half-hour daily news casts for all three stations. He also hosts a weekly ag related show which includes regular features on topics ranging, this year, from the drought to farm safety and from FFA features to coverage of Trigg County Ham Festival.
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CONTACT TERRI BRADSHAW
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