Ken Berthelot is the Director of Sports Programming and an Account Executive and for WHNO- TV-20 in New Orleans. Ken is responsible for developing sports programming that fits the mission and vision of the family, Christian, and sports oriented WHNO-TV-20, which is part of the LeSea Broadcasting network founded by Lester Sumrall and his World Harvest Television Network. With the sports programming expanding to a weekday two hour block, the viewing audience of WHNO-TV-20 has doubled over the last year.
Prior to returning to New Orleans and WHNO-TV, Berthelot was the Associate Director of Athletics for External Affairs and the Director of Development for the Nicholls State University Athletics Department. In that role, Ken oversaw the Colonel Athletics Association, the fundraising arm of Nicholls athletics, and also coordinated all corporate fundraising, marketing and promotions. With his long-time experience in broadcast media, Ken also directed Colonel Athletics broadcast services and served as the radio voice of Nicholls State football and the television voice for all Nicholls televised games on WHNO-TV.
Prior to joining Nicholls, Ken was the Director of Training for Paul Phillips & Associates, the licensee for Dale Carnegie Training of most of Louisiana and Mississippi. In that role, Ken recruited, trained, and developed instructors throughout Louisiana and Mississippi, instructed the Leadership Training for Managers® Class, the Dale Carnegie Course®, and customized courses for major corporations and small businesses, and he customized curriculums for businesses to meet specialized needs including sales training, management, and employee development. Ken continues to serve as an adjunct instructor for the Dale Carnegie programs.
Ken spent 15 years at Tulane University as an Assistant Athletics Director and was the radio “Voice of the Green Wave” where he broadcast Tulane football, basketball, and baseball games. Berthelot oversaw all Tulane Broadcast Properties and hosted the head coaches’ radio and television weekly shows. He also developed highlight films, documentaries, and served as the master-of-ceremonies and motivational speaker for numerous Tulane and community events. Ken was the coordinator for the athletics booster clubs.
Prior to Tulane, Berthelot spent 15 years as a television sportscaster anchoring the Live-at-Five weekday sports for WVUE-TV, New Orleans. He has broadcast games on radio and television for the University of New Orleans, Nicholls State, Louisiana College, the New Orleans Zephyrs triple-A baseball team, and numerous high school sports. After graduating from Louisiana Tech University in 1970 with a Bachelor of Science degree, Ken began a career in broadcasting at stations in Thibodaux, Houma, and Alexandria, Louisiana.
Berthelot was inducted into the class of 2007 St. Bernard Parish Athletics and Sports Hall of Fame. He was honored three-time as Best Play-by-Play Sportscaster by The Louisiana Sportswriters and Sportscasters Association and was the 2001 American Football Foundation’s Regional Lindsey Nelson Sportscaster of the Year. He is a member of the Allstate Sugar Bowl’s Greater New Orleans Hall-of-Fame committee and is a motivational speaker for clubs and organizations.
Berthelot and his wife of 37 years, Karen Theresa Fanguy from Houma, LA have three children, and four grandchildren. His daughter, Michelle was Miss Louisiana USA 2008 and was married in June 2010 in New Orleans.