Dylan’s friend was laid to rest today in Massac County.  Dylan was one of the football players who helped carry the casket.  We went to visitation with Dylan last night and there were a lot of ball players there.  Josh’s mother was in disbelief that her son had been taken from her at such a young age.  I know that Tyler, Danielle, and Dylan will miss Josh very much.  Josh was a great kid, a great person, and a good friend to the family.

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WKYQ Mourns Loss Of Legendary Broadcaster Kent King

WKYQ and the Bristol Broadcasting Company are in mourning, after long time personality Kent King died suddenly at his home Friday.  Kent was an employee at WKYQ for more than 30 years. Initial reports indicated he suffered a heart attack at his home in Paducah just after noon on Friday. He was rushed to the hospital, but attempts to revive him were not successful.

Kent’s on-air resume included virtually all styles of broadcast.   Kent was WKYQ’s longest-running on air personality, starting with the Q in 1975.  Bristol Broadcasting general manager Gary Morse remembers, "I personally hired him right after he graduated from Paducah Tilghman High School. Kent was a disk jockey for 23 years, and served the region as our morning traffic reporter for the past 10 years."

Kent was the creator of WKYQ’s unique and nationally recognized weekend program, "The Outlaw Hours".  He was also program director and afternoon air personality for a large part of his WKYQ tenure.

In addition to his broadcasting career, Kent also served as the Emergency Management Director for McCracken County. Kent King was 51.  He will be sorely missed, and fondly remembered by everyone here who had the privilege of working with him.

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After tonight’s storms, in Paducah, the sky turned bright red.  This is a photo of the sky.  There was a tremendous amount of cloud to ground lightning with the storm and blinding rain.  I couldn’t help but think about Kent while watching all of this and waiting for him to say something on the radio.

You will be GREATLY missed.  🙁  Kent put a tremendous amount of trust in me and I always tried to live up to his expectations.  I can say that Kent made me a better person and has encouraged me to continue my education and study of weather.  My respect for Kent was enormous.  I just can’t imagine him not being on the other side of that radio.

McCracken County Emergency Management Director Kent King died suddenly at his home today.

Initial reports indicate that King suffered from a heart attack at his home in Paducah just after noon on Friday. His official cause of death is yet to be announced.

51-year-old King was also a long-time employee of Bristol Broadcasting Company and was WKYQ’s longest running on-air personality, starting in 1975.