{"id":243820,"date":"2025-05-15T23:10:40","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T23:10:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/business\/marketing\/forrest-tucker-leaving-wtvq-in-lexington-after-two-years\/"},"modified":"2025-05-15T23:10:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T23:10:40","slug":"forrest-tucker-leaving-wtvq-in-lexington-after-two-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=243820","title":{"rendered":"Forrest Tucker Leaving WTVQ in Lexington After Two Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Forrest Tucker<\/strong> is leaving Lexington, Kentucky ABC affiliate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtvq.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.wtvq.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">WTVQ<\/a> after two years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn a few weeks, I\u2019ll leave ABC 36 with a ton of fond memories.\u201d he wrote <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7327687898990858241\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/feed\/update\/urn:li:activity:7327687898990858241\/\" target=\"_blank\">on social media<\/a>.<br \/>\u201cThank you to the Kentucky sports community for helping my team the past two years. I hope we have made you feel that you and your favorite team matters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Tucker joined WTVQ in June of 2023 as the station\u2019s weekend sports anchor and reporter after working in Charleston, South Carolina at WCBD.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Forrest Tucker is leaving Lexington, Kentucky ABC affiliate WTVQ after two years. \u201cIn a few weeks, I\u2019ll leave ABC 36 with a ton of fond memories.\u201d he wrote on social media.\u201cThank you to the Kentucky sports community for helping my team the past two years. 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