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Politicians in Radio and Television Broadcasting in Kentucky

William Venoid Banks (1903-1985) — also known as William V. Banks — of Detroit, Wayne County, Mich. Born in Geneva, Henderson County, Ky., May 6, 1903. Lawyer; ordained minister; candidate in primary for circuit judge in Michigan 3rd Circuit, 1941; candidate in Democratic primary for Michigan state senate 3rd District, 1942; founder and president of WGPR-FM radio and WGPR-TV television station (in 1975, the first Black-owned and operated television station in the U.S.); candidate in Democratic primary for Michigan state house of representatives 10th District, 1966; delegate to Republican National Convention from Michigan, 1976. Baptist. African ancestry. Died in Detroit, Wayne County, Mich., August 24, 1985 (age 82 years, 110 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Married to Ivy Banks.   See also Wikipedia article   Orestes Hampton Caldwell (b. 1888) — also known as Orestes H. Caldwell — of New York; Cos Cob, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn. Born in Lexington, Fayette County, Ky., 1888. Electrical engineer; editor of trade journals in radio and electronics; member, Federal Radio Commission, 1927-29; resigned 1929. Burial location unknown.   Nicholas Clooney (b. 1934) — also known as Nick Clooney — Born in Maysville, Mason County, Ky., January 13, 1934. Democrat. Local television news anchor; candidate for U.S. Representative from Kentucky 4th District, 2004. Still living as of 2007.   Relatives: Married, August 13, 1959, to Nina Warren; father of George Clooney.   See also Internet Movie Database profile   Walter Darlington Huddleston (1926-2018) — also known as Walter Huddleston; "Dee" — of Elizabethtown, Hardin County, Ky. Born in Burkesville, Cumberland County, Ky., April 15, 1926. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; radio disk jokey and sportscaster; member of Kentucky state senate, 1965-72; U.S. Senator from Kentucky, 1973-85; defeated, 1984; lobbyist. Methodist. Member, Rotary. Died in Warsaw, Gallatin County, Ky., October 16, 2018 (age 92 years, 184 days). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of William Huddleston and Lottie B. (Russell) Huddleston; married to Jean Pierce.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier   Pierce Eubanks Lackey (1898-1967) — also known as Pierce E. Lackey — of Paducah, McCracken County, Ky. Born in Paducah, McCracken County, Ky., December 21, 1898. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; insurance and real estate business; mayor of Paducah, Ky., 1940-44; defeated, 1963; president, Paducah Broadcasting Co., operator of radio station WPAD; founder of six other radio stations in Kentucky, Illinois and Indiana. Died, in Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, Mo., February 16, 1967 (age 68 years, 57 days). Interment at Maplelawn Park Cemetery, Paducah, Ky.   Relatives: Son of Ernest Lackey; brother of Hecht S. Lackey and Frederick Ernest Lackey; uncle of Sherrill Lackey Jeffers and Henry G. Lackey.   Political family: Lackey family of Kentucky.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Neville Miller (1894-1977) — of Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky. Born in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., February 17, 1894. Democrat. Lawyer; first dean, University of Louisville School of Law, 1930-33; mayor of Louisville, Ky., 1933-37; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 1936; president of the National Association of Broadcasters, 1938-44. Presbyterian. Died in Washington, D.C., March 27, 1977 (age 83 years, 38 days). Interment at Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Ky.   Relatives: Son of Shackelford Miller; brother of Shackelford Miller Jr..   Political family: Miller family of Louisville, Kentucky.   See also Wikipedia article   John A. Yarmuth (b. 1947) — of Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky. Born in Louisville, Jefferson County, Ky., November 4, 1947. Democrat. Staff member, U.S. Sen. Marlow Cook, 1971-75; writer; television journalist; stockbroker; U.S. Representative from Kentucky 3rd District, 2007-; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Kentucky, 2008. Jewish. Still living as of 2014.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier

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