Nick Clooney is a native of Maysville. He began his broadcasting career on radio station WFTM while a high school student. He had an early career in Wilmington, Delaware, and the American Forces Network in Germany. He was a weekend news anchor and production director for five years at WKYT-TV, Lexington; and program director for WLAP Radio. He has written three columns a week for Cincinnati and Kentucky Post since 1989. His work has been reprinted nationally. He was host and writer-researcher for American Movie Classics’ cable channel and a syndicated radio program, in each case searching for little-known facts about movies and music of the past 75 years. He has been in news and broadcasting for nearly 50 years. He has accumulated more than 300 awards, including honorary doctorate of Fine Arts from Northern Kentucky University and Thomas More Presidential Medal from Thomas More College.