Dia Davidson - LEX 18 News At Sunrise Co-Anchor

Posted: May 1, 2009 4:29 PM

 

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Hometown: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Years at station: Started in December, 2000
Position: News Anchor/Reporter
Newscasts: LEX18 News at Sunrise, Noon and 12:30 pm.
Other professional experience: Membership coordinator/Temple University Public Radio, Promotions Manager/WJJZ-FM Philadelphia, Instructor/Morris College, Anchor-Reporter/WIS News Radio 1320 Columbia, Anchor-Reporter/South Carolina Educational Television, Columbia, Anchor-Reporter/WOLO-TV, Columbia, Anchor-Reporter/WXLV-TV, Winston-Salem, Adjunct Instructor, North Carolina A&T State University.
Awards/recognitions: 2004 Lexington-Fayette Urban County Division of Police - Certificate of Appreciation Award for Community Support, 2003 YMCA Black Achiever, 2002 Emmy Nominee for Anchoring, 2002 Kentucky Special Needs Adoption program, 2001 Kentucky Personnel Cabinet Service Appreciation Award, 2000 Community Service Image Award, 1998 National Education Association Award for Advancement of Education through Broadcasting.
Education: Master of Journalism, Temple University, Bachelor of Arts, University of Georgia.
Hobbies/Interests: Learning foreign languages, travel and collecting international dolls.
Community involvement: Board Member - Special Needs Adoption, Board Member - YMCA Black Achievers, Speaker - 2002 University of Kentucky Women in Media, Panelist - Lexington Mayoral debates, Motivational speaker - Various Public/Private grade schools and universities.
Family:
Husband - Ray Smith
Pet: Female Pekingese - Chiang mei lei.
Favorite book: The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran.
Favorite movie: The Way We Were.
What I like most about the area: Lexington is a beautiful place to live and grow professionally! Since moving to the Bluegrass, I've learned how to ride a horse and continue to develop a special appreciation for stylish Derby hats.
Describe your most interesting assignment: The most interesting assignment to date -- covering the 2003 ice storms here in Central Kentucky. Staying on the air for nearly 7 hours straight on just one day, sharing information and helping my neighbors get through a difficult time, was physically a challenge. Professionally, it was a thrill!!

 

  • Avatar for Heather in Nicholasville
    Heather in Nicholasville at Feb 13th 2010 10:56 PM

    Hello Dia! I miss seeing you on the news. I always looked forward to you and Lee at noon time acting silly. I enjoy seeing 2 co-workers that get along as well as the 2 of you all do and you all make me laugh. I can be having a bad day and I turn you all on and I start laughing because of the fun you all have.  I was so happy to see you pregnant and I hope everything is going well with the new baby. The best advice I got after having my little girl 3 years was "Don't look up or she will be grown." And that is so true. Cherish every precious minute that you can now with her. And little girls are so much fun. All babies are Blessing sent from Heaven and I am so glad that you and your husband have been blessed. I just love you and miss. I think you are the one woman I look up to and wish I could be like. You are a beautiful woman and a very great example for women. I would love to meet you some day and just talk and maybe have coffee. I know everyone has that one celebrity that they want to meet and you are mine. I have thought many times how wonderful it would be to sit down and have a cup of coffee and just talk with you and become friends. You are my hero! Miss you and can't wait for you to come back to the noon news with Lee. Take care of yourself and that precious bundle of joy. And Congratulations!!!
    Love You Loads,
    Heather

  • Avatar for LaWandalyn
    LaWandalyn at Jan 29th 2010 1:04 PM

    Congrats!!I miss seeing you in the morning.  Take care of yourself and that beautiful baby God has blessed you and your husband with.

  • Avatar for Larry Napier
    Larry Napier at Jan 28th 2010 6:45 AM

    Dia
    Hi, miss your presence on the morning news very much, hope all is well with the new baby! hurry back
    Larry
    Semper Fidelis

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    mary rowland at Jan 26th 2010 6:47 PM

    cute baby congratulations  this is mary rowland from lincoln co my email is countrygirl472010@yahoo.com

  • Avatar for Baby Belly Spa
    Baby Belly Spa at Jan 25th 2010 10:56 AM

    Congratulations Dia!
    She's beautiful!
    Love all the Girls at Baby Belly Spa!

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