Sam Dick is Lexington television’s longest-running evening anchor, for 34 years he was a trusted fixture at WKYT-TV covering everything from big stories to personality features. A reporter in 1979-82, he also co-hosted local segments of a nationally syndicated magazine show. He reported for WCBS-TV in New York in 1982-83 and WESH-TV in Orlando, where he specialized in consumer, medical and investigative reporting. In 1987, he rejoined WKYT as an anchor, often going into the field to cover major disasters and events. He was on air for more than 12 hours the day of a 2006 plane crash. He received five regional Emmy awards and two Edward R. Murrow awards. He retired in 2021 but joined WEKU-FM in 2022 as a part-time reporter, saying he had come full circle; his career began at the student radio station of the University of Georgia.