Harry C. Barfield was a broadcast executive in North Carolina and Kentucky for 50 years and was with WLEX-TV in Lexington since 1954. He started his career as a radio announcer and advanced in small to medium markets in programming, sales and management. He was president of the Kentucky Broadcasters Association in 1983 and served three terms as director. Barfield received the Kentucky Mike Award from KBA in 1973. He was president of the Television Association of the Bluegrass between 1990 and 1991. He also served as chairman for the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children, Kentucky Division for the American Cancer Society. He was a board member of the Lexington Better Business Bureau, Kentucky Chamber of Commerce and Salvation Army. He was chairman, president and general manager of WLEX-TV at the time of his death on October 11, 1991.