Gene first came to WBKO-TV as Sports Director in 1986. He left in 1993, then returned as the primary News Anchor in 1994. He graduated with a BS degree in Radio-TV from Southern Illinois University in 1972. He worked in radio in Beloit, Wisconsin and Crystal Lake, Illinois; and in television in Dubuque, Iowa; Mobile, Alabama; and Amarillo, Texas.
It’s great to be back in Bowling Green, Kentucky where I launched my career in journalism covering SOKY in 2010. My various newsroom roles including multi-media journalist, producer, intern coordinator and most recently digital executive producer make me uniquely qualified to be WBKO’s newsroom leader.
Kelly Austin joined the WBKO News team in November of 2019 as the morning show producer. During her time with WBKO, she has anchored WBKO News at 4 and now anchors AM Kentucky.
Isaac Calvert joined WBKO in August 2022 as a Multimedia Journalist. He is currently living in Bowling Green, but is originally from Island, KY in McLean County.
Sarah Phipps graduated from Western Kentucky University 2022, Station Manager for NPR's Revolution 91.7, Society of Professional Journalists president 2020-21. Currently living in Bowling Green but originally from Louisville. Lover of cats, hockey, and food.
Presley is a California native who joined WBKO in September of 2023 as a multi-media journalist. She graduated from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo in June of 2023 with a B.S. in Journalism.
Will is a native of Fayette, Alabama and has spent the majority of his news career in newspapers until making the change to television at WBKO in 2021.
White House Correspondent and Senior National Editor
Jon Decker is the White House Correspondent and Senior National Editor for Gray Television and has been a member of the White House Press Corps since 1995.
Brendan Cullerton joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in March 2022 as a multimedia journalist after spending four years covering state, local, and federal politics for the CBS affiliate in Milwaukee.
I started working at Gray TV’s Washington D.C. bureau in May of 2023.
I found my calling for news while attending Butler University during the Ferguson Riots after the killing of Michael Brown, an unarmed teenager. During the chaotic times is when I realized how facts and storytelling can really impact a community.
Molly Martinez rejoined Gray Television in March 2022 as a multimedia journalist in the Washington News Bureau. She previously covered politics at Gray TV's KFYR-TV in Bismarck, N.D.
Ashonti Ford joined Gray Television in August of 2023.
Ford is a well-traveled watchdog journalist who has worked for newsrooms around the nation, including; Tampa, Kansas City, Decatur, Wichita and Salisbury.
Stetson Miller joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in February 2023 as a multimedia journalist after working at WTOP, WJZ in Baltimore and WCBD in Charleston, SC.
Annie has worked at various news outlets in Washington, D.C., including covering the 2020 and 2022 election cycles for C-SPAN. Before that she worked at local stations in Louisiana and Virginia.
Joshua worked at several local stations before moving to Washington, D.C.. There he launched a national morning show, "The National Desk" for Sinclair. He now works as a producer for the Gray Washington News Bureau.
Leah Vredenbregt joined the Gray Washington Bureau team in June 2023 as a weekend producer. She is a recent University of Missouri grad who worked for three years in mid-Missouri news, with internships across the country in both local and national news outlets.
Michael is a born and raised Ohioian who got his photojournalism start at his alma mater Ohio University working for PBS in 2007. He has gone on to work for several media outlets both locally and nationally, shooting award winning news and documentary stories, garnering him an Emmy and Edward Murrow award.
Sarah Meklir joined the Gray Television Washington News Bureau in September 2023 as a production assistant after working as an intern for the DC Bureau in the summer of 2023. She is currently studying journalism at the University of Maryland.
Jamie is InvestigateTV's managing editor. She coordinates content and produces stories with a particular passion for digging into government programs and waste, health care policy and education.
Joce is a national investigative reporter focused on accountability reporting on the
failures of government agencies, product flaws and other transparency issues.
White House Correspondent and Senior National Editor
Jon Decker is the White House Correspondent and Senior National Editor for Gray Television and has been a member of the White House Press Corps since 1995.
