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KET revives coverage of Fancy Farm 2025

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KET revives coverage of Fancy Farm 2025

For Release: 07/22/25 4:49 PM

Because of a generous donation, KET is pleased to revive plans to cover this year’s political gathering at Fancy Farm.

“We’re grateful to the Kentucky Chamber, a longtime corporate partner and supporter of KET, for helping us to continue this decades-long tradition of bringing viewers across the state coverage of this iconic event,” said Shae Hopkins, KET executive director and CEO.

Host Renee Shaw will be joined by analysts Bob Babbage and Trey Grayson. Fancy Farm 2025 broadcasts live Saturday, Aug. 2 beginning at 2:30/1:30 pm CT on KET.

KET had previously made the difficult decision to not cover the annual political event due to the elimination of federal funding through the Rescissions Act.

KET will air highlights from the event on Monday, August 3 at 8/7 pm.

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Contact:

Todd Piccirilli
Senior Director, Marketing and Communications
859-258-7242
tpiccirilli@ket.org