Meteorologist Todd Yakoubian will move to weekdays, providing forecasts for 11:30 a.m., 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. shows. KATV News Director Nick Genty confirmed . He said if he does miss it, its only during really big stories. 1 min read, Arkansas Bar Association Legal Hall of Fame, Anchors Away at KATV, KTHV: Courtney, Jaeger Depart, ArcBest Sells FleetNet to Cox in $100M Cash Deal, Lindsey Millar to Leave Arkansas Times Editorship in May, Owens Corning to Build New Facility in Russellville, East Village Brewery Seeks $4.5M Planning Permit, 2024 Eclipse Seen as Historic Tourism Opportunity, PCME Receives $766,100 Judgment in Federal Court, New Heights Restaurant George's Hints at Summer Opening, Outdoor Recreation is 'Big Business,' With Room to Grow. [36] The license for the station's analog signal continued to reference the Redfield tower as its transmitter site while the station was broadcasting in analog from the temporary site on Shinall Mountain, as well as in digital over a subchannel of KWBF. Brandt, who will handle the 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. newscasts, has been with KATV since 1997. News Anchor at KATV Channel 7 Little Rock, Arkansas, United States. Cooper, who went by Lisa Benson and is African American, originally sued KSHB Channel 41 for race discrimination, alleging she was consistently sent to the urban core for her stories and had been denied promotions since joining the station in 2004. Kate Sullivan (born June 19, 1976) is an American television show host, producer, and television news anchor. Tony Brooks, Donna Dickson, Terry Wood and Dick Clay. According to her lawsuit, the average age of female anchors at Meredith's 17 TV stations across the country is 40; the average age of its male anchors is 51. And the rest is Arkansas television history. AMP reported that Inman will be leaving the station when his contract is up to become director of business development for GenWealth Financial Advisors in Bryant. Karen Fuller Age She was born in 1968 in the northern part of Arkansas State, United States. Like other former colleagues, she contributed an on-air goodbye message to longtime KATV chief meteorologist Ned Perme who retired in December. Alyson Courtney has announced she is leaving her spot at the anchor desk for KATV-Channel 7. In November 1963, the Griffin-Leake interests reached an agreement to buy out the respective 25% interests in KWTV held by former Oklahoma Governor Roy J. Turner and Luther Dulaney which had expanded their interest in the Oklahoma City station in August 1962, after RKO General sold its stake in KWTV to address ownership issues related to RKO's multi-layered purchase-swap transaction involving WRC-TV and WRC-AM-FM (now WTEM and WKYS) in Washington, D.C., WNAC-TV (now defunct; former channel allocation now occupied by WHDH), WNAC-AM (now WRKO) and WRKO-FM (now WBZ-FM) in Boston, the WRCV television and radio stations (now KYW-TV and KYW [AM]) in Philadelphia, and the Washington-based WGMS radio stations (now WWRC and WTOP-FM) for an initial payment of $200,000 and title rights to the equipment used by KWTV, KTUL and KATV. Chris May A former anchor who spent 5 years with KATV in the 1990s returned to the anchor desk Monday, filling a role left empty since Scott Inman departed the station earlier this year.. All rights reserved. Mike Beebe; Cecillea Pond-Mayo, a onetime TV reporter, who is now communications director for the Arkansas House of Representatives; Meg Matthews, a onetime TV reporter on KTHV, who served as communications director for the city of Little Rock; and, Fri, Mar 03 @3:00pm. Granted, we never wouldve heard Eels and none of us knew Chuck in any capacity before being the voice of the Razorbacks. She is a winner of two Emmy Awards, considering her contribution to the news network. But she said both her girls are actresses, and they need her. Inman closed out his 17-year-old career at KATV in March to begin a job at GenWealth Financial Advisors. List of Local Children's Television Series (united States), Erin Hawley - Saturdays at 6, Sundays at 5, and weekends at 10 p.m.; also investigative reporter, Scott Inman - weeknights at 5, 6 and 10 p.m.; also reporter, Christina Muoz - weeknights at 6 and 10 p.m.; also reporte. Inmans his actual departure date is not yet set. May started out at KATV as a general assignment reporter in December 1993, according to a cached biography on the station's website dating back to July 1998. Click to reveal In 2009, KATV donated approximately 300 hours of film and 26,000 hours of video tape to the University of Arkansas David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History. She was known as the anchor for the 5:00 p.m news for 8 years. Over the last [] Meredith and Fuller did not respond to requests for comment. [8] It became a full ABC affiliate in 1955 after KTHV (channel 11) signed on and took the CBS affiliation due to KTHS (now KAAY) having a long time relation with CBS Radio; during the late 1950s, the station was also briefly affiliated with the NTA Film Network. Weather forecast delivered at 9:00 am daily. The AP will not be held liable for any delays, inaccuracies, errors or omissions therefrom or in the transmission or delivery of all or any part thereof or for any damages arising from any of the foregoing. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. And part of that is the availability of video from citizens and their ability to capture pictures on smartphones as news happens before TV videographers can get to the story. [52] A city zoning variance request to build a 100-foot (30m) studio-to-transmitter link tower next to the building had initially been withdrawn, amid opposition from residents of a nearby condominium complex on visual and property value concerns, but was granted by the Little Rock Board of Adjustment to the building's former owners in December 2019. Miss him being on the air, and he should be the voice of the Hogs! Read more about Inmans departure here, and his new job here. "For the last time", For the last time pic.twitter.com/zo6CF5SCDn. Turner and Dulaney would then sell the equipment, valued at $2.3million, to First National Bank of Oklahoma City executives C. A. Voss and James Kite for $3million. He left television when the station chose not to renew his contract in 2007. Chris May | KATV WATCH MURDAUGH PODCAST Chris May Evening News Anchor Connect With Chris May Chris May, a Little Rock native and a versatile, experienced journalist, anchors the. Both Fullers and Merediths attorneys declined to comment on the settlement. The KATV news release about his departure pointed out that thestation led the ratings for the years Inman has been a part of the news department. 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Two white TV reporters were suspended after wearing Afro-like wigs on-air for a 1970s-themed segment last month, the Arkansas Times reported. May first joined the Little Rock station in 1993 and served as the weeknight co-anchor from 1995 to 1998. KARK 4 News Anchors Bob Clausen Laura Monteverdi Caitrin Assaf Hilary Hunt D.J. According to the Kansas City Star, Fuller filed suit against the station's parent company in June of 2017, saying she was terminated without cause and alleging age discrimination: "In the eyes of Meredith Corporation, women news anchors like Ms. Fuller, unlike their male counterparts, simply become too old to deliver the news.". KWCH is owned by the Gray Television chain of Atlanta; KTHV belongs to the Tegna chain of Tysons Corner, Virginia. However, it lost the appeal in April 2010.[33]. "I'm also looking forward to being able to see my husband a lot more," Courtney said. "After 14 years of getting up at 2:30 in the morning, I'm stepping away from the anchor desk," Courtney wrote. Former KCTV Channel 5 anchor Karen Fuller has settled her age and discrimination lawsuit against the stations owner, Meredith Corp. Both anchors were clearly tired of their alarm clocks. Anchors Alyson Courtney - weekday mornings Daybreak Chris Kane - weekday mornings Daybreak Erin Hawley - Saturdays at 6, Sundays at 5, and weekends at 10 p.m.; also investigative reporter Beth Hunt - weekdays at 11:30 a.m. ( Mid-Day Arkansas ), and weeknights at 5 p.m.; also reporter and fill-in 6 and 10 p.m. anchor I wish I could say I did, he told AMP. KATV first announced May's hiring in May. Currently, Beth serves as an evening anchor at KATV Channel 7. A court filing on Monday said attorneys for the parties had settled and compromised the claims in this lawsuit and that the case was being terminated. Meteorologist Melinda Mayo will continue to work mornings. During this time, in July 1958, KATV successfully filed to change its city of license from Pine Bluff to Little Rock, completing the move that October. The KABC team covers the Los Angeles and Southern California area like no one else. [48][49][50][51], On February 20, 2019, KATV announced that it would relocate to a renovated facility in the city's Riverdale district in a building Sinclair purchased for $4.36 million. Ryan Houston, a Pine Bluff. KATV was also carried on cable systems in those areas, including Greenville, Cleveland and Clarksdale. KATV News.Sinclair Digital Interactive Solutions. If you watched KATV's. KATV (channel 7) is a television station in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States, affiliated with ABC and owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group. As of August 2019, the first digitized images are available on the Pryor Center's website. It issues in a spate of words from the loudspeakers and the politicians. Albuquerque 27 . Dan Margolies has been a reporter for the Kansas City Business Journal, The Kansas City Star, and KCUR Public Radio. We put chief meteorologist Brandt to work and asked for his winter weather predictions. Recently, however, she's been the news. Published under: CBS , NBC Culture KATV's parent company is Sinclair Broadcast Group of Maryland. I happened to see Ned Perme several years ago at an airport in Cincinnati. KATU ABC 2 offers coverage of news, weather, sports and community events for Portland, Oregon and surrounding towns, including Beaverton, Lake Oswego, Milwaukie . Daniel Brown. She is currently working as a News anchor for KGAN-TV in Cedar Rapids. 317 followers . Also known as newsreaders, newscasters or news presenters, these professionals narrate the day's news in the format of a cohesive television program. Fullers case got a boost in August when U.S. District Judge John Lungstrum declined to throw out her lawsuit, finding shed produced sufficient evidence for the case to proceed. Inman is a good dudeall the way back to his Sugatown days. The Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau (LRCVB) has released its 2022 annual report, reflecting the citys performance as a leisure and convention destination. On June 18, 1953, the FCC granted the construction permit to Central South and dismissed Shaw's application on the "strike" grounds.[5][6]. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Wendy Suares - KARK 4 Today anchor 2010-2013. 69.163.202.234 KATV presently broadcasts 31 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with 5 hours each weekday, three hours on Saturdays and one hour on Sundays); in addition, the station produces the Sunday morning business and political discussion program Talk Business and Politics, hosted by Roby Brock (the program previously aired on Fox affiliate KLRT-TV (channel 16) from its debut in 2000 until its move to KATV on March 2, 2014). Chris Kane Leaves KATV Little Rock After 12 Years By Kevin Eck on Aug. 18, 2022 - 10:32 AM The morning anchor announced the news on social media that last Friday would be his last day. PublishedDecember 18, 2018 at 3:43 PM CST. A former anchor at KATV-TV whose history with the Little Rock ABC affiliate dates back to 1993 will return to the station and his home state this summer. "Twelfth Night" Campus Performance. Ive anchored my last broadcast at CBS3. In a post-Oscars clip seen 2.6 million times, she jokes about the Will Smith-Chris Rock episode: "Update this morning, apparently everyone still hates Chris," and "studies say two things we shouldn't talk about: Bruno, and Jada.". "I can't remember Matt without a smile," meteorologist Todd Yakoubian said. Pearson is also a father and mentionedthe same challenges Inman faced as a parent. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 22. )[23][24][25][26], On November 3, 1982, Leake Industries sold KATV and KTUL to Washington, D.C.-based Allbritton Communications in an all-cash transaction for $80million; the sale received FCC approval on February 14, 1983. At 12:48 PM, November 05, 2013, Anonymous said. Inman started in broadcasting at age 16, But I started dreaming about it when I was nine, he remembered. All rights reserved. Television anchors are the newscasts who present news programs on the television. Meet the anchors, reporters and meteorologists of THV11 KTHV-TV in Little Rock, Arkansas. The post A Day in the Life: Arnetta Pugh, Reed Elementary Cafeteria Manager appeared first [], Noah Washington takes Cameron Little for a ride in the latest episode of The Ridin Around Show. Washington is the student entrepreneur at the University of Arkansas who launched a YouTube series in which he rides around campus and town The post Cameron Little Featured in this Episode of The Ridin Around Show appeared first [], Arkansas Health Network (AHN), a physician-led, Clinically Integrated Network (CIN) serving Arkansas patients, providers and employers through a value-based approach to healthcare, recently revealed it has earned dual URAC accreditations for Clinical Integration and Employer-Based Population Health. Monday, March 4th 2019 Matt DeCample, a former KATV reporter and spokesman for Arkansas Governor Mike Beebe, died after a four-year battle with cancer (Photo: KATV) LITTLE ROCK (KATV) . Said both were looking at exit strategies and referenced how politically slanted and woke the media has become. "That young man was me. AB.com reports Yancy left her job at KATV April 1st. Inman, a 17-year veteran at the station, concluded his run March 1 on KATVs 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. weeknight newscasts to begin a job at GenWealth Financial Advisors, Arkansas Online previously reported. The news director for KATV, Channel 7, has been fired, Sinclair Broadcast Group confirmed Friday. He was vice president/general manager of KARN Newsradio and the Arkansas Radio Network for over a decade, where he also hosted a morning talk show. Copyright @2023 SECRant.com. Nearly eight years later, in 2007, the FCC levied a $8,000 fine against KATV for violating the "host-selling" provision in the Children's Television Act that classifies the broadcast of a commercial that features characters from a children's program being televised (thus classified as the 'hosts') as a program-length commercial. Its a great work environment, he said of KATV. From 1994 - 1996, Shuster was a political reporter for KATV (ABC) Little Rock, Arkansas. Williams Gary Burton Jr. Mitch McCoy Arkansas Storm Team Chief Meteorologist Keith Monahan Pat Walker Joel Young, CBM Alex Libby Julianna Cullen KARK 4 News Reporters Ashlei King Haven Hughes Rylie Birdwell Samantha Boyd Neale Zeringue Jessica Ranck Claire Kreuz He joined KATV in March 1999 as a weekend sports anchor, became news anchor in September 2003, and the anchor chair has been his TV home ever since. Contests. It doesn't mean it will be bitterly cold, but we should start to turn colder and we will have several chances for precipitation. Neither these AP materials nor any portion thereof may be stored in a computer except for personal and noncommercial use. Chuck is good at baseball as it was slow enough for him to keep up. KATV, channel 7, is an ABC affiliated television station serving the Little Rock television market and central Arkansas. Odds tilt to above normal precipitation anyway during January and February. KATV's use of the Circle 7 logo predates even the variant Circle 7 used by Allbritton flagship station WJLA-TV in Washington, D.C. from 1977 until it switched to the standard version in 2001. Its so interesting how different generations perceive Chuck. ", Jaeger, who competed in the Miss America Pageant after her 2014 Miss Kansas victory and joined Channel 11 in Little Rock in 2016, started recently in the new Walmart job. The settlement was reached just before the case was set to go to trial in federal court in Kansas City, Kansas, next month. Under Doubleday, KATV became a major competitor in the Little Rock market. This years list highlights the businesses at the forefront of their respective industries, paving the way for future innovations. KATV buys Riverdale site for $4.4M Arkansas Online. Jean was born and raised in Memphis, TN, which isn't too far from the Natural State. Its been weighing heavily on me for a long time, he told AMP in a follow-up interview. The return of May, who co-anchored KATVs weeknight newscasts from 1995 until his departure in 1998, comes as the station is looking to fill a void left open by former weeknight anchor Scott Inman. The KATV news station in Little Rock. Performance & security by Cloudflare. He also worked for stations in Boston after leaving KATV in 1998. The Brandon Burlsworth Foundation will be honoring Kevin Scanlon of Stephens Inc. with the 2023 Legends Award. KATV ABC 7 in Little Rock, Arkansas covers news, sports, weather and the local community in the city and the surrounding area, including Hot Springs, Conway, Pine . Bowen Law Altheimer Symposium: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), Trauma and the Law. The report offers a comprehensive overview of the LRCVBs year-over-year accomplishments in the areas of convention The post Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau Releases 2022 Report appeared first on AMP. The article says the station met with Soul of the South executives concerning their hiring of Yancy. Griffin and James C. "Jimmy" Leake (who also founded sister station KTUL in Tulsa and original sister station KWTV in Oklahoma City, the company founded by the former of the two founders would later become the present-day Griffin Communications). Hilary had previously worked for us as a general assignment reporter. A husband and wife who both worked on-air at KARK-TV in Little Rock, Ark., were fired this week, along with two other station employees, after two videos they made and posted on YouTube became the. )[43][44][45][46][47] After nearly a year of delays, Sinclair's deal to acquire Allbritton was approved by the FCC on July 24, 2014, and was completed on August 1. Elliott, a former co-host of "Good Morning America" on ABC, has now been fired from three main networks-ABC, NBC, and now CBS. UPDATE, Oct. 7: KATV anchor Chris May and meteorologist Barry Brandt returned to Channel 7's 10 o'clock newscast Wednesday, Oct. 6. All rights reserved. If the COVID-19 pandemic increased challenges and concerns for adults, then it certainly amplified those concerns for children. KCTV claimed Fuller was terminated because of poor on-air and off-air performance, even though her contract had been renewed numerous times and her performance appraisals had been positive. Kane, who anchored "Daybreak" and "Good Morning Arkansas" after starting as a sports desk intern, announced on social mediathat Friday, Aug. 12, was his last broadcast day. I guess the meteorologists are exempt from getting into reporting the woke news. [13], KATV subsequently moved to a two-story building at 310 West 3rd Street; the first floor had been occupied by a furniture store, while the second floor served as studio facilities for a local radio station and also housed the offices of an insurance agency. 2 min read, Arkansas Bar Association Legal Hall of Fame, ArcBest Sells FleetNet to Cox in $100M Cash Deal, Lindsey Millar to Leave Arkansas Times Editorship in May, Owens Corning to Build New Facility in Russellville, East Village Brewery Seeks $4.5M Planning Permit, 2024 Eclipse Seen as Historic Tourism Opportunity, PCME Receives $766,100 Judgment in Federal Court, New Heights Restaurant George's Hints at Summer Opening, Outdoor Recreation is 'Big Business,' With Room to Grow. GoGoMag.com & TVHeads.com are not affiliated with ABC, Al Jazeera America, Bloomberg, CBS, CNN, ESPN, Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network, Fox Sports, NBC, NFL Network, The Weather Channel, Univision or any other news concern. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. Im in my 20s and all of my friends and I have no problem with Chuck at all. The CBS affiliate is a sister station to KATV, owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. She'll fill the main anchor position, Genty said. KATV Channel 7 News -- The Spirit of Arkansas -- For more news and weather visit www.katv.com or follow us on Twitter -. Neal Gladner spent more than 25 years as a broadcaster in Arkansas. Who would have ever thought old circle 7 would have so many 11 Action News folks grace there screen. She was 58 at the time. KATV originally transmitted its signal from a tower near Jefferson, until a taller tower was built farther north in Redfield in 1965. Karen Fuller is an American two-time Emmy Award-winning Broadcast journalist. His experience is in anchoring, and that is probably where we would like him most, Genty said, adding that the station will likely have a more finalized plan for his role at KATV within two weeks. Beth anchors Channel 7 News at 6 and 10. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Copyright 2020 Arkansas Money and Politics. Vintage Market Days of Little Rock. You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. Arkansas Business Publishing Group In a post about his return on Facebook, May said he was "coming home" and called KATV one of the "greatest success stories in all of American broadcasting. [16][17][18][19][20][21], KATV has used the Circle 7 logo since 1965, a logo that had traditionally been associated at the time with ABC owned-and-operated stations, and was one of the network's first affiliates to have used the logo (as designed by G. Dean Smith in 1962). At 11:09 PM, October 07, 2013, Anonymous said. He said,Its a possibility, maybe even a likelihood.. (CBS/AP) Curtis Lavelle Vance, the man accused of killing beautiful Arkansas television anchorwoman Anne Pressly, told police he beat her with a wood-handled garden tool after she. Craft claimed that female anchors were judged by different standards than male anchors. [27][28][29][30][31][32], In February 1999, KATV aired commercials for the Walt Disney Pictures animated film Doug's 1st Movie during an ABC network broadcast of Disney's Doug. [14][15] In 1959, Robert Doubleday became one of the youngest television station managers in the country at the age of 26. The station broadcasts its digital signal via UHF channel 22, using its former analog assignment of 7 as its virtual channel via PSIP. A former anchor at KATV-TV whose history with the Little Rock ABC affiliate dates back to 1993 will return to the station and his home state this summer. Syndicated programming on KATV includes Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune, Modern Family, Inside Edition, and Sherri, among others. Lauren Trager - weekend anchor left the station in 2012. Melissa Simas - she joined the station in 2006, working as reporter, morning/noon news anchor and evening anchor before leaving KARK in 2011.
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