Andrew Shenkan

Shenkan has served as vice president and general manager of Scripps' KATC in Lafayette, Louisiana, since 2006. He is returning to the Lexington market, where he was previously WLEX's director of sales and marketing from 2002-2005.

Shenkan is an industry veteran who has focused his career on news operations and sales. Prior to his first stint at WLEX, Shenkan held several sales management positions with WBRZ in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, WCJB in Gainesville, Florida, and WCTI in New Bern, North Carolina. He also worked as an account executive for Blair Television.

Shenkan is a recipient of the Louisiana Association of Broadcasters' Broadcaster of the Year Award. He is the immediate past chairman of the board for the Louisiana Association of Broadcasters and a board member of Our Lady of Lourdes Regional Medical Center and Ascension Episcopal School in Lafayette.

He holds a bachelor's degree in American studies from Tulane University and an MBA from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.