Jackson Purchase Historical Society Minutes for April 28, 2012 A business session was conducted by President Gil Mathis. The minutes and the Treasurer’s report were given. Melissa Earnest handed out her Editor’s 2012 Journal Status Report. Lonnie Maness moved we thank Melissa for her efforts. It was expressed that the JPHS host a meeting at a Historic Church. The report from The Board of Directors’ was that “the organization is running well.” It was reported that the Society has an Employee ID #, but no tax-exempt status, at this point. The Officer Elections were Dr. Bob Lochte, President, Kate Reeves,…

Date: Saturday, April 28 Location: WPSD, Channel 6, 100 Television Lane, Paducah KY Program: The Fight for Paducah’s Channel 6 Featured Speaker: Bill Evans, Vice-President of News and Operations, WPSD. Description: Bill Evans will discuss how the Paxton family of Western Kentucky dominated the newspaper business for almost six decades and owned two radio stations when they battled two other families for the new television license the federal government would award to Paducah, Kentucky. In preparing his historical presentation he had rare access to Federal Communication Commission testimony from the 1950’s, original Associated Press dispatches to the Paducah Sun-Democrat, and…