Sam Dick WKYT, Bio, Age, Wife, Family, Height, Salary, Prostate cancer, Lexington and Net Worth

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Sam Dick Biography and Wikipedia

Sam Dick is an American award-winning journalist, anchor and reporter currently serving as the evening news anchor at WKYT in Lexington, Kentucky. He also worked as a consumer, medical, and investigative reporter at WESH in Orlando, Florida.

Sam Dick Education

Sam attended and graduated from the University of Georgia with a bachelor’s degree in Journalism. More information about his educational background is currently under review.

Sam Dick Age

Dick was born and raised in Plum Lick, Kentucky, United States of America. However, information about when he was born and celebrates his birthday is currently under review. ALSO READ: Jenise Fernandez

Sam Dick Nationality | Ethnicity

Sam holds American nationality and citizenship by birth. He was born and raised in Plum Lick, Kentucky. He is of the white ethnicity/heritage.

Sam Dick Height

Dick stands at an average height of 5 feet 7 inches (1.70 m). Information about his other body measurements is currently under research.

Sam Dick Family

Sam was born and raised in Plum Lick, Kentucky by her parents. He is the son of the late father David, however, details regarding his mother and siblings are currently no available.

Sam Dick Wife

Dick is happily married to his wife Noelle Dick, owner of CycleYou in Lexington. The couple have been in marriage for more than 25 years. The duo are proud parents to three grown-up children, a son: Samuel III and two daughters Leah and Christian.

Sam Dick Prostate Cancer

Sam’s father David had fought prostate cancer for 18 years. In his final year on this Earth, he was really struggling. Determined to live, he had exhausted all medical help in Kentucky and taken the fight to MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas. His father encouraged Sam to go for the Prostate Specific Antigen test. READ: Marla Raderman

Dick had to consult his urologist every six months, and his PSA numbers ranged from 1.5 to 2.1. All good. Then in 2010, his dad’s last year, his PSA number suddenly doubled to 5.0. Red flag. His doctor told him the cancer was probably contained to the prostate. After finding the location of the cancer, he had the option to remove it before spreading it to other places. He went to a surgeon who had many years of using the da Vinci Surgical System. The robot also helps the surgeon avoid cutting too many nerves around the prostate.

Sam Dick Salary

Sam working as the evening news anchor at WKYT in Lexington, Kentucky earns an estimated annual salary ranging from $45,000 – $79,000.

Sam Dick Net Worth

Dick as an accomplished American award-winning journalist, anchor and reporter has an estimated net worth ranging from $500k – $1 million.

Sam Dick WKYT

Sam currently serves as the evening news anchor at WKYT-TV in Kentucky. He started his journalism profession at WKYT in 1979 as a news reporter and later he served as a Co-Host of PM Magazine, from 1979- 1982. After a couple of years, he headed to New York City where he served as a news reporter at WCBS from 1982-1983. He then moved to Orlando, Florida where he worked as a consumer, medical and investigative reporter at WESH-TV from 1983-1987.

In September 1987, he moved back to WKYT as a late-night news anchor. Sam is a winner of the Edward R. Murrow Awards and 5 Regional Emmy Awards. Sam had the opportunity to anchor all-day coverage of the crash of Flight 5191, all elections since 1987 and field anchored UK Final Four coverage since 1993, including the last 3 UK National Championships.