News Anchor: Marvin Bartlett
 Marvin Bartlett has been a co-anchor for the Fox 56 Ten O’clock News since its start on January 2, 1995. Since then, Marvin has won three regional Emmys for news writing and reporting and in his career, he's won more than a dozen reporting awards from the Associated Press.
Marvin is a native of Grafton, West Virginia. He's a 1983 graduate of Marshall University, where he obtained a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism. In 1985, he completed requirements for a master's degree in journalism at Ohio University.
After working for his hometown newspaper and radio station and then at the public TV station at Ohio University, Marvin's first job in commercial television was in Paintsville, Kentucky. There he served as the Eastern Kentucky Bureau Chief for WCHS-TV in Charleston, West Virginia.
In late 1987, Marvin moved to Lexington to work for the NBC affiliate, where he worked his way up from videographer/reporter to weekend anchor and then morning anchor.
Marvin’s wife Elizabeth works for the Kentucky Horse Park Foundation. They have one son, Cooper, who was born in 2006.
Marvin has also taught at the University of Kentucky School of Journalism. In 2002, he wrote “The Joy Cart,” a book about an inspirational young cancer patient he met while on the job. He’s a member of Southern Hills United Methodist Church. In his spare time, his interests include golf, photography and travel.
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News Anchor: Miranda Combs
 Miranda Combs co-anchors the FOX 56 Ten O'Clock news. She is also the crime reporter for WKYT. Miranda anchored the FOX 56 weekend news for a year before moving to co-anchor with Marvin Bartlett. She began her career in Joplin, Missouri, reporting for the CBS affiliate KOAM in 2001. Miranda was born in Lexington, although she lived in Marietta, Georgia for most of her childhood. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Florida State University with a major in broadcast journalism. Miranda had a spark for television news at a very early age. She says she used to use her grandparents’ video camera at Lake Cumberland and provide commentary about every boat that passed by. "My grandparents are still holding those tapes as ransom." Miranda loves being back in the bluegrass. She is married to John Harvey and they’re the proud parents of Condi, a beagle mix they adopted from the Lexington Humane Society.
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Chief Meteorologist: T.G. Shuck
 Weather has been a lifelong passion for T.G. Shuck. Born and raised in Lexington, his interest in weather took on a whole new perspective when the "Super Outbreak" of tornadoes occurred on April 3-4, 1974. He says, “ As a frightened 5-year-old just days short of my 6th birthday, this event fueled my desire to learn more about the atmosphere and how it works. I kept up with the weather growing up, reading and studying all the books I could get my hands on. I was fortunate enough to intern at the National Weather Service, and in the WKYT weather office while attending Lafayette High School. I knew then exactly what I wanted to do for a career, but it took a while for me to get there.”
A football scholarship led T.G. to Georgetown College where he graduated with a B.A. in Communication Arts in 1991.His career started at WKYT started in January 1990 when he was hired as a videographer. In 1993, he left for a brief stint at a Charlotte, N.C. television station. By September 1994, he was back at WKYT and began working on his education in meteorology. He started on-air as weekend meteorologist in May 1996, for both WKYT and the Fox 56 Ten O’clock News. T.G. received his Broadcast Meteorology Certificate from Mississippi State University in 1997 before being promoted to A.M./Noon meteorologist in November 1998. One of the highlights of his weather career here at WKYT came in April 1999 when he produced and hosted a 25th anniversary special about the "Super Outbreak" of tornadoes, the very event that captured his attention as a young boy. His story about the F-5 tornado that devastated Brandenburg, Kentucky received The Communicator Award, a distinguished national award that recognizes outstanding television reporting. In the spring of 2006, I was honored to receive the "Best Weathercast" award in the state of Kentucky from the Associated Press.
T.G. is a full member of the American Meteorological Society and the National Weather Association. In August of 2005, he was the first television meteorologist in Lexington to earn the "Certified Broadcast Meteorologist" (CBM) designation from the American Meteorological Society He also holds the Seal of Approval from the National Weather Association and is a member of the International Association of Broadcast Meteorology (IABM).
In his spare time, T.G. enjoys running, biking and swimming and has competed in several triathalons. He and his wife Angie have three beautiful girls, Sydney, Brooklyn and Raleigh. He says, “I’m definitely outnumbered by the gals at my place. We both love animals and I was lucky enough to serve on the Board of Directors for the Lexington Humane Society for 6 great years from 2000-2006. We have 2 pugs at home, Abby and Buster, and a tabby cat, Bailey. “
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Sports Extra Anchor: Drew Deener
 Drew says, “I guess I knew I needed to be a sportscaster when I would always talk to the TV as a child and then hear the broadcasters say exactly what I had just said. I've done just about everything in this business from hockey to baseball to football and basketball on radio and TV. It's great to get to work doing something that you truly love to do.”
Drew began working at WKYT in 1994 as an intern and quickly moved into a full-time position. He grew up in Louisville, but says his roots are truly in Lexington because he went to college at Transylvania and has been here for more than 15 years. His favorite sporting event is the Kentucky Derby, and his favorite pro teams are the Dolphins, the Knicks, and the Red Sox.
Drew anchors the WDKY Blue Sports Extra each weeknight at 10:45 p.m., which is the most in-depth sports report presented on local news in Lexington.
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