LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — The Kentucky Humanities Council has named longtime television host Bill Goodman its new executive director.
Goodman has served as host and managing editor of the public affairs series “Kentucky Tonight” on Kentucky Educational Television since 1996. He also has anchored the network’s election night coverage and hosted the KET interview show “One to One with Bill Goodman.”
The Kentucky Humanities Council, Inc. is a non-profit affiliated with the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Goodman says he will work to “support the history, heritage and cultural environment in the Commonwealth” in his new job. He starts Jan. 1.
Goodman replaces former executive director Ben Chandler, who left the position on Aug. 31.