Jordan Smith 6pm Live 121515

SHORT. BUT IN THE END ... WE ALL COME AWAY WITH A WIN ... THANKS TO JORDAN SMITH. (2-SHOT) (angela) GOOD EVENING... FOR YEARS ... THE NATIONAL MEDIA AND OTHERS HAVE PAINTED A GRIM PICTURE OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. BUT ONE VOICE ... GAVE AMERICA A REASON TO CHEER FOR THE MOUNTAINS. (steve) HIS SONGS LAST NIGHT HIT NUMBER ONE, THREE AND FIVE ON THE I-TUNES CHARTS. NOW IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THE VOTE. WILL JORDAN SMITH TAKE HOME THE PRIZE? WE WILL LEARN THAT JUST BEFORE 11 TONIGHT. (STINGER) W-Y-M-T'S CALEB NOW IS LIVE AGAIN FOR US IN HARLAN WHERE FOLKS WILL GATHER TO WATCH THE RESULTS. CALEB? (CALEB LIVE SHOT) PEOPLE SHOULD START SHOWING UP HERE IN A COUPLE HOURS FOR THE JORDAN SMITH WATCH PARTY. THEY'RE ALSO HAVING A GATHERING AT THE COURTHOUSE, AT 6:30. TODAY IS TRULY A DAY THAT MOST PEOPLE IN HARLAN COUNTY WILL NEVER FORGET. (PKG) ON THE SURFACE, IT'S LIKE ANY OTHER DAY IN HARLAN COUNTY. COAL TRUCKS, FRIENDLY, BLUE SHORT. BUT IN THE END ... WE ALL COME AWAY WITH A WIN ... THANKS TO JORDAN SMITH. (2-SHOT) (angela) GOOD EVENING... FOR YEARS ... THE NATIONAL MEDIA AND OTHERS HAVE PAINTED A GRIM PICTURE OF EASTERN KENTUCKY. BUT ONE VOICE ... GAVE AMERICA A REASON TO CHEER FOR THE MOUNTAINS. (steve) HIS SONGS LAST NIGHT HIT NUMBER ONE, THREE AND FIVE ON THE I-TUNES CHARTS. NOW IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THE VOTE. WILL JORDAN SMITH TAKE HOME THE PRIZE? WE WILL LEARN THAT JUST BEFORE 11 TONIGHT. (STINGER) W-Y-M-T'S CALEB NOW IS LIVE AGAIN FOR US IN HARLAN WHERE FOLKS WILL GATHER TO WATCH THE RESULTS. CALEB? (CALEB LIVE SHOT) PEOPLE SHOULD START SHOWING UP HERE IN A COUPLE HOURS FOR THE JORDAN SMITH WATCH PARTY. THEY'RE ALSO HAVING A GATHERING AT THE COURTHOUSE, AT 6:30. TODAY IS TRULY A DAY THAT MOST PEOPLE IN HARLAN COUNTY WILL NEVER FORGET. (PKG) ON THE SURFACE, IT'S LIKE ANY OTHER DAY IN HARLAN COUNTY. COAL TRUCKS, FRIENDLY, BLUE COLLAR PEOPLE, AND SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SIGHTS YOU'VE EVER SEEN. BUT MANY WONDERED IF THIS DAY WOULD EVER COME. nat THEY GATHERED EVERY WEEK AND WATCHED... WAITING AND HOPING... BUT MOST OF ALL, VOTING. VOTING FOR HIM, AS A ROLE MODEL. "Young people that think they have no talent. They can realize, when they're older, that they have a really big talent." "I'm definitely going to follow in his footsteps and put myself out there more." VOTING FOR HIM, BECAUSE OF HIS FAITH. "To witness his faith in song, it's beautiful. It's amazing." AND OF COURSE BECAUSE OF HIS VOICE. "I want to go ahead and be the first to congratulate him. He's already won it." "When he wins tonight, you're going to hear it ou the r.ur community is going to be so ld." EY SAY, IF HE DOES WIN IT LL BE A MOMENT TO REJOICE. "I'll probably cry." 'll definitely be really ced. I'm just going to scrm 'm going to praise God, first all." THISIME OF ECONOMIC WNTURN, A THE RUGGLES OF AT WAS ONCE A BOOMING DUSTRY...HARLAN COUNTY HAS FOUND A RAY OF GLIMMERING HOPE... nat AND HIS NAME IS RDAN SMITH. (CALEB LIVE SHOT) W, HOW INSPIRING, TO HEAR WHAT MEANS THIS AREA. OF URSE, HE HASN'T CHNICALLY WON YET. THE RESULTS OIS TONIGHT AND OFFICIALS E EXPECTING NDREDTO SHOW UP AT THE WATCH PARTY HE AT THE HARLAN CENTER. D JOAN OKS TO BE PRETTY GOOD APE. HE WAS THE OY NTESTANT, WITH ALL 3 OF HIS RFOANCES FROM LAST NIGHT, IN (SPLIT) THE I-TUNES TOP-10, WHEN VOTING OSED AT NOON TODAY. PLENTY OF CITEMENT HERE IN HARLAN I WOULD ENCOURAGE EVEO TO GET OUT HERE. (2-shot) (steve) RDAN SMITH HAS CERTAINLY PRESSED MILLIONS OF PEOPLE ODHE GLOBE.