Jane Morton Norton was a publisher and editor, Radio-television executive, civic leader, and patron of the arts. She entered broadcasting at WAVE Radio in 1943 when her husband went overseas in World War II. She managed the station in his absence and became chairman and CEO of Orion Broadcasting, Inc., a Louisville-based group of five television stations and three radio stations, at his death in 1964. Norton helped establish WAVE-TV in 1948, Kentucky’s first television station. A year earlier she helped acquire WRXW-FM, Louisville’s first classical music station, which she later donated to the Louisville Free Public Library. Under her leadership, WAVE-TV and Radio tripled its news staff, added a Frankfort bureau, established the city’s first traffic helicopter and weather radar, and started a news documentary unit that won a Peabody Award. She served on the Jefferson County School Board and received the highest honors given by the Advertising Club of Louisville, Spalding University and the National Conference of Christians and Jews. As a trustee of Centre College, she donated the school’s performing arts structure. She served in leadership capacities in numerous arts organizations. Norton is a gifted painter and author. Jane Morton Norton died on August 29, 1988.