"Kentucky Afield" TV Receives Two Emmy Awards

The Ohio Valley Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences honored the “Kentucky Afield” television show with two regional Emmy awards during a presentation at the Cincinnati Westin Hotel Saturday, August 9, 2008.
 
Stories focusing on the work of Kentucky conservation officers and Tim Farmer for the varied hats he wears as host and moderator of the program add two more Emmys to the program’s mantel.

In the crime program category, Executive Producer Scott Moore followed Lt. Stuart Bryant with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources’ Division of Law Enforcement while on patrol at Lake Cumberland Memorial Day weekend, the official opening of boating season. Boating under the influence and reckless operation is the leading cause of boating fatalities in Kentucky.

Farmer, who has hosted the show since 1995, never expected this distinction and this, his second, Emmy. In a composite assembled by program producers, it’s clear that the moderator of “Kentucky Afield” television, or any current events production, requires being articulate in a variety of forums and broad ranging subject matter, such as the state’s fish, wildlife, game laws and environmental issues.

The Ohio Valley Chapter presides over the 13 television markets in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana and West Virginia including Louisville, Lexington and Cincinnati. “Kentucky Afield” has now received a total of four Emmy awards.

“Kentucky Afield” is a production of the Kentucky Fish and Wildlife. It is the longest continuously-running outdoor television show in the nation. The program airs Saturday at 8:30 p.m. Eastern /7:30 p.m. Central and is repeated Sunday at 4 p.m. Eastern/3 p.m. Central on KET 1.