WTVQ

The recently approved purchase of WTVQ by Scripps has resulted in a wave of layoffs that included one of the station’s longest serving on-air personalities. This week, longtime news anchor Doug High was let go after 17 years, along with more than a dozen other employees.

Beginning Tuesday, two Lexington television stations will combine their early morning newscasts. LEX 18 and ABC 36 will launch “LEXNews at Sunrise,” which will air on weekdays from 4:30 a.m. to 7 a.m. Sean Franklin, general manager for both stations, said Saturday that viewers will “start seeing the on-air talent share that space,” beginning May 26, though he said he didn’t want to “spoil the surprise” by naming the anchors.