‘Comment’ will discuss child abuse; ‘KY Tonight’ will focus on foreign policy

The state’s handling of child death and abuse cases will be one of the topics on this weekend’s “Comment on Kentucky,” a public affairs show of the Kentucky Educational Television network.

Joining host Ferrell Wellman on the show will be Bill Estep, Somerset bureau reporter for the Lexington Herald-Leader; Ronnie Ellis, Frankfort reporter for CNHI, Inc.; and Adam Walser, investigative reporter for WHAS-TV in Louisville.

The show will air live at 8 p.m. EDT Friday on KET1.

On the Monday, July 23, edition of “Kentucky Tonight” at 8 p.m. EDT on KET1 and at www.ket.org/live, host Bill Goodman and guests will discuss foreign policy and national security.

Scheduled guests are George Herring, professor emeritus of history at the University of Kentucky; Shiping Hua, political science professor at the University of Louisville; Michael Cairo, political science professor at Transylvania University; and Hossein Motamedi, political science and history professor at Bluegrass Community and Technical College

Viewers with questions and comments may send e-mail to kytonight@ket.org or use the message form at ket.org/kytonight. Viewers may also submit questions and comments on Twitter @BillKET, #kytonight, or on Kentucky Educational Television’s Facebook page. All messages should include first and last name and town or county. The phone number for viewer calls during the program is 1-800-494-7605.

“Kentucky Tonight” programs are archived online, made available via podcast, and rebroadcast on KET and KET KY. Archived programs, information about podcasts, and broadcast schedules are available at ket.org/kytonight.

The show is a weekly KET production, produced by Deidre Clark. Goodman is host and managing editor.

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