Andy Alcock

Andy Alcock is thrilled to be back in the Hearst Family at KMBC 9 after spending time at another Hearst station, WLKY-TV in Louisville as part of his career path.

He has a B.A. in politics and history from Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and an M.A. in journalism from Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana.

Andy is a native of the Chicago area and has been in the Kansas City area since 2015.

Among his stops before Kansas City, Andy has worked in television news in Chicago, Louisville, Nashville, Tallahassee and the Island of Guam.

Andy is a six-time Emmy Award winner. He’s also won a Kansas Association of Broadcasters award for “In Depth Coverage”, 13 Society of Professional Journalist awards in different places and nine Associated Press awards in Kentucky and Florida.

While in Florida in 2012, Andy had separate one-on-one interviews with then Vice President Joe Biden and a few months later, President Barack Obama.

He takes part each year in a charity bike ride in the suburban Chicago area his brother puts on through his church to benefit a school in Uganda. When he’s not working, Andy loves to ride his bike, swim and watch his son play soccer.

Andy is an avid Cubs, Bears, Bulls, Blackhawks and Wake Forest fan. He’s also adopted the Chiefs, Royals and Sporting Kansas City as his new hometown teams.

Andy is a Deacon and Stephen Minister at Village Presbyterian Church on Antioch Road in Overland Park.

He lives in Overland Park with his wife Sarah, son Gordon and their dog Apollo.