Kentucky Afield

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Kentucky Afield is a magazine, radio show and television program, and is the official publication of the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. The magazine is a quarterly periodical while the television and radio programs are a 30-minute broadcast, all of which is devoted to the fish and wildlife resources of Kentucky and covers a broad range of outdoor topics, including angling, hunting, conservation and land management. [1] [2]

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The television show is the longest continuously running outdoors television show in the United States and the fourth oldest in the nation for all television shows. [2]

Magazine

Kentucky Afield
Editor/WriterDave Baker
Associate Editor/WriterLee McClellan, Associate Editor/Writer
Frequency4 times per year
PublisherKentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife
FounderHarry Towles
FoundedDecember 1952;71 years ago (1952-12)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Website fw.ky.gov/Kentucky-Afield/Pages/Magazine.aspx

Kentucky Afield magazine began as Kentucky Happy Hunting Ground under the leadership of Editor Harry Towles in December 1945 as a bi-monthly publication. [3] The initial press run was 15,000 copies, with the subscription price set at 50 cents a year. The first issue featured a hunting dog on the cover and a drawing of pioneer Daniel Boone in the upper left hand corner. The League of Kentucky Sportsmen (Kentucky's oldest conservation group) took over the magazine from May 1947 to June 1948, before giving it back to the department.[ citation needed ]

In 1992, the magazine's name changed to Kentucky Afield. The name change not only mirrored the names of the department's television and radio shows, but it emphasized all the outdoors, not just hunting. Since 2000, staff artist Rick Hill has painted the covers of the magazine. The exception was 2004, when the magazine switched to photo covers while Hill painted "Kentucky Fish", a department poster featuring 27 of the state's most recognized fish.[ citation needed ]

Radio

Kentucky Afield
Running time30 minutes
Country of origin United States
Language(s)English
Executive producer(s)Charlie Baglan
Original release1952 (1952) 
present
Website fw.ky.gov/Kentucky-Afield/Pages/Radio.aspx

A radio program was added in 1952. [2]

Television

Kentucky Afield
Presented byRon Rhody (1953–1957)
Hope Carleton (1957–1980)
Jeremy Dreier (1980–1988)
Tim Michaels (1988–1989)
Dave Shuffett (1989–1995)
Tim Farmer (1995–2016)
Chad Miles (2016–present)
Country of origin United States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerNathan Brooks
Production location Lexington, Kentucky
Running time30 minutes
Original release
Network Kentucky Educational Television
Release1953 (1953) 
present

The radio program was followed by a television show in 1953 when it debuted on WAVE TV. [2] Ron Rhody delivered a weekly fishing report on Saturday mornings. In 1957, Hope Carleton, who was a Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources conservation officer, was named host and remained so until his retirement in 1980. [4] He was replaced with Jeremy Dreier.

In 1985, Dreier forged a deal with Kentucky Educational Television to air the show statewide. [2] Dreier was replaced as host by Tim Michaels in 1988 and then Dave Shuffett from 1989 until 1995. [2] [5] Under Dave, the format of the show changed into a magazine-styled format. [2] Tim Farmer took over from Dave from 1995 [6] until December 2015. [7]

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References

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