{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The News Journal","provider_url":"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net","title":"W'burg native moving up to WKYT evening anchor &ndash; The News Journal","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"fmYdKaOPpc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/wburg-native-moving-up-to-wkyt-evening-anchor\/\">W&#8217;burg native moving up to WKYT evening anchor<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/wburg-native-moving-up-to-wkyt-evening-anchor\/embed\/#?secret=fmYdKaOPpc\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;W&#8217;burg native moving up to WKYT evening anchor&#8221; &#8212; The News Journal\" data-secret=\"fmYdKaOPpc\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/qa.thenewsjournal.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/BW-Bill-Bryant-4x.jpg","thumbnail_width":480,"thumbnail_height":335,"description":"One of Williamsburg\u2019s favorite sons is moving up in the television news business. Longtime anchor Bill Bryant has been named to succeed Sam Dick on WKYT\u2019s award-winning evening anchor team. \u201cThis is a tremendous honor. I grew up watching WKYT and walked through the door here and went to work when I was 21 and I\u2019ve really never looked back,\u201d Bryant said during the June 17 announcement on WKYT. \u201cI\u2019ve covered about everything and worked every shift over the years and they\u2019ve all been fun and challenging in their own way. I\u2019m well aware that not everybody gets the chance to do what they always wanted to do in their home state, and I\u2019m grateful that the opportunities have kept coming including this one.\u201d Dick announced on May 25 that he planned to retire after 34 years at the helm of WKYT\u2019s evening newscast. In December, Bryant will join the evening anchor team of Amber Philpot, Chris Bailey and Brian Milam. \u201cAs with many of our viewers, I have admired and respected Bill\u2019s work at WKYT over the years,\u201d said WKYT Vice President and General Manager Jeff Anderson. \u201cHe\u2019s a privilege to work with each day, and by adding him to our evening team, we know our success will continue to be in good hands.\u201d Bryant attended Cumberland College, which is now the University of the Cumberlands, from 1981-1983, and Eastern Kentucky University from 1983-1985 where he graduated with a bachelor\u2019s degree in broadcasting and political science. In 2000, Eastern Kentucky University named Bryant as a \u201cdistinguished Alumni.\u201d Bryant got his start in broadcasting on hometown radio station WEZJ and TV-3, a cable news channel in Williamsburg, where from April 1978 \u2013 August 1983, he oversaw and executed local newsgathering, was an anchor on the hour-long \u201cLive Wire\u201d newscast in the morning, and was an announcer on various other live and pre-recorded programs. Bryant was then an announcer\/news anchor on WEKC radio in Williamsburg until August 1984 when he went to WKYT as an intern and never left. Since 2006, he\u2019s anchored WKYT\u2019s weekday morning newscasts in addition to newscasts at 10 a.m. and noon. Bryant also hosts the state\u2019s longest running weekly public affairs program, \u201cKentucky Newsmakers,\u201d and was named host of Kentucky Education Television\u2019s \u201cComment on Kentucky\u201d in 2015."}