Meet The Team
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Neil Middleton
VP/General Manager, WYMT
Neil is a Harlan County native. His broadcasting career spans 42 years serving the people of Eastern Kentucky.
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Steve Hensley
News Director, WYMT
Steve began his full-time career at WYMT in 1999 but even before that, he was a high school and college intern. He’s held almost every title in the newsroom and became news director in 2013.
AJ Cabbagestalk
Digital Executive Producer
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Will Puckett
Morning Anchor/Reporter, WYMT
Will started at WYMT in 2017. You will find him on the anchor desk and out in the field reporting on news and sports.
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Lacey Roberts
Morning Anchor/Reporter, WYMT
Lacey started at WYMT in 2019. You can find her on the anchor desk or out in the field reporting.
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Phil Pendleton
Reporter, WYMT/WKYT
Phil started at WKYT in 2003. He covers the southern region of our viewing area.
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Buddy Forbes
Reporter, WYMT
Buddy is an Eastern Kentucky native who is usually telling stories in the Big Sandy Region.
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Kelsey Deakin
Producer, WYMT
Kelsey was born and raised in Perry County. She produces Mountain News This Morning.
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Alec Jessie
Producer, WYMT
Alec is a Kentucky native who works behind the scenes. He started at WYMT in March of 2020.
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Cory Sanning
Reporter, WYMT
Cory is a Dayton, OH native and 2020 graduate of the University of Tennessee who joined the WYMT newsroom in May 2020.
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Paige Noel
Chief Meteorologist, WYMT
Paige started at WYMT in May of 2018. She was promoted to Chief Meteorologist in 2019.
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Brandon Robinson
Morning Forecaster, WYMT
Brandon is a Harlan County native and has been at WYMT for more than 13 years.
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Brooke Marshall
Meteorologist, WYMT
Brooke joined the WYMT Weather Team in 2019. Her love for math, science and broadcasting made it easy to decide to be a broadcast meteorologist.
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Willie Hope
Sports Director, WYMT
Willie started working at WYMT in July of 2018. He was later promoted to Sports Director in August of 2019.
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Tommy Pool
Sports Anchor/Reporter, WYMT
Tommy started at WYMT in May of 2018. You can find him on the sidelines of football and basketball games all throughout the mountains.
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Camille Gear
Sports Anchor/Reporter, WYMT
Camille started in the sports department in 2019. You can find her on the sidelines of basketball and football games.
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Jacqueline Policastro
Washington Bureau Chief
Jacqueline Policastro created the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in 2014. She’s covered Congress and the White House for more than a decade.
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Ted Fioraliso
Senior Reporter/Executive Producer
Ted Fioraliso returned to Washington, D.C. in April 2016 as a senior reporter/executive producer at the Gray Television Washington News Bureau.
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Peter Zampa
Multimedia Journalist
Peter Zampa joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in June 2015 as a multimedia journalist.
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Alana Austin
Multimedia Journalist
Alana Austin joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau team in August 2017 after spending three years covering national and state politics in Richmond, Virginia at Gray TV's WVIR-TV.
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Kyle Midura
Multimedia Journalist
Kyle Midura joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in September 2017 from Gray TV's WCAX-TV.
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Timothy Knapp
Supervisor of Videography
Timothy Knapp joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in September 2018 as Studio Manager and Photojournalist. He now serves as Supervisor of Videography.
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Jillian Angeline
Multimedia Journalist
Jillian Angeline joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in January 2019 as a multimedia journalist.
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Karen Daborowski
Producer
Karen Daborowski joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in January 2019 as a producer.
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Natalie Grim
Multimedia Journalist
Natalie Grim joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau as a multimedia journalist in June 2019.
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Kristin Kasper
Multimedia Journalist
Kristin Kasper joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in July of 2019 as a multimedia journalist.
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Tyler S. Smith
Photojournalist/Editor
Tyler Smith joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in July 2019 as a photojournalist/editor.