PSC to Hold Meetings on Possible New Area Code in Kentucky

WKU Public Radio | By Lisa Autry,

Associated Press

Published October 8, 2012 at 1:42 PM CDT

The Kentucky Public Service Commission will hold six public meetings to discuss the options and process for creating a new area code in all or part of western Kentucky. Area code 270 is projected to run out of available numbers by the first quarter of 2014.

Plans under consideration include an overlay of a second area code and a split, which would assign area code 364 to a portion of the current area code 270 territory.

The public meeting schedule:

Hopkinsville, Oct. 17

Paducah, Oct. 19

Henderson, Oct. 22

Owensboro, Oct. 24

Bowling Green, Oct. 29

Elizabethtown, Oct. 30

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Lisa Autry

Lisa is a Scottsville native and WKU alum. She has worked in radio as a news reporter and anchor for 18 years. Prior to joining WKU Public Radio, she most recently worked at WHAS in Louisville and WLAC in Nashville. She has received numerous awards from the Associated Press, including Best Reporter in Kentucky. Many of her stories have been heard on NPR.

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