Each one threw down his staff, and they became snakes; but Aarons staff swallowed up theirs.Bible: Hebrew, Exodus 7:12. Sinclair Group Manager John Seabers said Nick Genty was suspended Sept. 17, but Seabers. He thanked viewers for making Daybreak a top ratings performer for over a decade, and promised to deliver more news on his future soon. 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. 2023 Five Legged Stool LLC. Daily Forecast. 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. Inman and his wife have four children. Pearsons story is a little different in how it happened, but similar in the outcome. He retired as a reporter in December 2022 after a 37-year journalism career. Erin Hawley Age A former news anchor for KCTV-5 in the Kansas City area is suing the station's owner for age and gender discrimination. Paul Eels, Inman, Ned playing the piano at Christmas with his spray on tan. The Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau (LRCVB) has released its 2022 annual report, reflecting the citys performance as a leisure and convention destination. KATV news director terminated, company confirms nwaonline.com. He says, "We are about 40 percent of the way through climatological weather already (Dec. 1-Feb. 28), and we are running above average temperature-wise so far. [22], In April 1969, Griffin-Leake TV announced that it would break up its holdings into two separate companies. This is what he expects to be doing as he leads GenWealth Financials marketing, which includes the companys regular wealth-management radio show and other outreach efforts. Like other former colleagues, she contributed an on-air goodbye message to longtime KATV chief meteorologist Ned Perme who retired in December. Inman started in broadcasting at age 16, But I started dreaming about it when I was nine, he remembered. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. The KABC team covers the Los Angeles and Southern California area like no one else. 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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). They may stop being reporters or anchors to become the person who shapes the message others report on. The station first signed on the air on December 19, 1953. She was 47 at the time. The station held a Zoom meeting Wednesday. The station moved its operations to the Worthen Bank Building in downtown Little Rock in October 1970, after Worthen vacated it and moved into a new downtown skyscraper. Her coming to KATV was a bit of a promotion because she gets to anchor. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Former KATV (Little Rock) Anchor Christina Munoz isn't the first former TV Anchor to be shilling for a furniture store, but she is catching heat for doing so. "So, I'd say at least one round of wintry precipitation is a good bet. "It's where generations of Arkansans have instinctively turned in times of triumph and tragedy. 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. Chris Kane, a KATV morning anchor and a familiar face on Channel 7's newscasts for more than a dozen years, has left the station. Click to reveal 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. After nearly a decade with. KATV Channel 7 News -- The Spirit of Arkansas -- For more news and weather visit www.katv.com or follow us on Twitter -. "After 14 years of getting up at 2:30 in the morning, I'm stepping away from the anchor desk," Courtney wrote. I talked to Ned Perme recently (super nice guy, btw) and he said that Barry Brandt and Todd Yakobian were very unhappy at KATV. KATV, channel 7, is an ABC affiliated television station serving the Little Rock television market and central Arkansas. In turn, the three Griffin-Leake stations would be folded into a single corporate umbrella under KATV parent licensee KATV Inc. (subsequently rechristened as Griffin-Leake TV), which would enter into a ten-year equipment leasing agreement with Voss and Kite for a total of $4.5million (or $37,500 per month). [39][40][41][42] The sale's regulatory process was held up for nearly a year, however, as Sinclair attempted to address ownership issues involving stations it already operated in three markets (WTTO/WDBB and WABM in Birmingham, Alabama, WMMP in Charleston, South Carolina, and WHP-TV and WLYH-TV in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) and Albritton-owned stations that placed Sinclair in conflict with FCC regulations on local station ownership (WBMA/WCFT/WJSU, WCIV and WHTM, respectively), specifically with regard to LMAs that were grandfathered following a 1999 ruling by the Commission that such agreements made after November 5, 1996, covering the programming of more than 15% of a station's broadcast day would count toward the ownership limits for the brokering station's parent licensee. Melissa Simas - she joined the station in 2006, working as reporter, morning/noon news anchor and evening anchor before leaving KARK in 2011. Ned Perme (NWA Seal of Appoval) - chief meteorologist; weeknights at 6 and 10 p.m. Barry Brandt (AMS Seal of Appoval) - meteorologist and co-host; weekday mornings, Melinda Mayo (AMS Seal of Appoval) - meteorologist and co-host; weekday mornings, Todd Yakoubian (AMS Seal of Appoval) - meteorologist; Saturday mornings. A Little Rock native enchanted by the Jacksonville Jaguars after moving to Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, at age 10, Kane got a radio and television journalism degree from the University of Central Florida in Orlando, but he never lost his fervor for the Razorbacks, and he covered them extensively. As for the changes hes experienced since becoming the co-anchor, Inman was quick to say, There was no Twitter or Facebook back then. 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. It doesn't mean it will be bitterly cold, but we should start to turn colder and we will have several chances for precipitation. This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. All rights reserved. A jury awarded Craft $500,000 but the judge threw out the award and ordered a retrial. Fuller was a news anchor at KCTV from 2003 to 2015, when she was . "Management decided we needed a female and they went to Mississippi and found Carolyn Long," says Dave Woodman, Former KARK Anchor. On-air personalities at KATV during its early years of operation included the station's first announcer, Don Curran; the first news director, Bill Hadley; and news announcer, Oscar Alagood. Lauren Trager - weekend anchor left the station in 2012. Right now were searching for the right team to continue the KATV legacy, she told Arkansas Business. 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. Local television station KATV decided to celebrate with wordplay in a "return to the 70s" segment in which on-air personalities sported looks popular . 114 Scott St. Granted, we never wouldve heard Eels and none of us knew Chuck in any capacity before being the voice of the Razorbacks. KATV buys Riverdale site for $4.4M Arkansas Online. She was known as the anchor for the 5:00 p.m news for 8 years. [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). Fred Debrine, did news with Steve Barnes on KATV in the 1970's. Tom Mcbee did weekend weather on KATV in the late 70's or early 80's. Lori Johnson, Daybreak with Ron Sherman. He said he always wanted to be the weather guy when he was a kid. A KATV reporter since September 2016, the Louisiana native and former Miss Bossier City will be a news anchor at KFDM in Beaumont, Texas. Also known as newsreaders, newscasters or news presenters, these professionals narrate the day's news in the format of a cohesive television program. Doubleday was replaced in his former position by general sales manager Thomas Goodgame, who would later move to Tulsa as general manager and would eventually become president of Westinghouse Broadcasting.). Hope to see you all again, May wrote in his farewell to KYW-TV viewers June 30, 2015, on Twitter. KATV anchor Chris May was suspended after wearing an Afro wig on air. I still wish I could be in the midst of it when that happens, he added. 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 believe our coldest days this winter are ahead of us. [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. He also points out the impact technology has had on the on-screen product. Shuster began his journalism career in CNN's Washington, D.C. bureau. Steve Sullivan - sports director; weeknights at 5, 6 and 10 p.m. Robert Burton - sports anchor; Saturdays at 6, Sundays at 5 and weekends at 10 p.m., also sports reporter, Joan Early - "Family First" feature reporter, Matt Johnson - general assignment reporter, Michael Knight - weekday morning traffic reporter, Justin Lewis - general assignment reporter, Scott Munsell - "Chopper 7" pilot/reporter, Jannette Reyes - general assignment reporter, Roger Susanin - general assignment reporter; also, Katherina-Marie Yancey - general assignment reporter. Craft claimed that female anchors were judged by different standards than male anchors. Miss him being on the air, and he should be the voice of the Hogs! She is a winner of two Emmy Awards, considering her contribution to the news network. kATV LAST THURSDAY; Dr. Anika Whitfield, who made this screenshot, was prompted to complain to station management over a prop used to make a joke about the weather. "That young man was me. Elliott, a former co-host of "Good Morning America" on ABC, has now been fired from three main networks-ABC, NBC, and now CBS. Upon its move to the Riverdale building, the Main Street facility is to be redeveloped as part of the planned Little Rock Technology Park complex. I can count on one hand the number of times I actually helped someone in their life when I was on TV. Neither these AP materials nor any portion thereof may be stored in a computer except for personal and noncommercial use. For nearly eight years, the donated footage remained untouched until the Tyson family donated $1.5million to the Pryor Center to digitize the footage. A new recreation concept is about to call the old Conway Block Plant home. That's good TV. Tegna , Arkansas , Little Rock , Sar Lamou . From 2001 to June 30, 2005, KATV rebroadcast its weeknight 6:00 and 10:00p.m. newscasts on Pax TV affiliate KYPX (channel 49, now Me-TV affiliate KMYA-DT) under a news share agreement, which was discontinued as a result of a decision by Paxson Communications (now Ion Media) to terminate news share agreements with major network affiliates in the markets it had a Pax station, due to financial troubles as well as its rebranding as i: Independent Television (now Ion Television). Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. The fundraising event will take place on Thursday, Sept. 28 at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock. This years list highlights the businesses at the forefront of their respective industries, paving the way for future innovations. Less than a year after its debut, KATV purchased the Little Rock studios of KRTV when that station closed down. Inman doesnt know if hell miss TV. Inmans his actual departure date is not yet set. A native of Columbia, Missouri, and graduate of the University of Central Missouri, Jaeger joined KTHV after two years at KWCH in the Wichita, Kansas, market. 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. Industry veterans can think of many who moved from reporting or anchoring to public relations or jobs in communications for government agencies or nonprofits. Meet the anchors, reporters and meteorologists of THV11 KTHV-TV in Little Rock, Arkansas. Layoffs hit the KATU-TV newsroom on Wednesday, according to reports posted on social media and confirmed by sources with knowledge of the situation. Published under: CBS , NBC Culture As of August 2019, the first digitized images are available on the Pryor Center's website. KATV was one of a few television stations affiliated with a network other than NBC to participate in a news share agreement with a Pax TV station. 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. Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium. But he knows hell miss the people at KATV. Barbara Roberts - she was with the station in the early 2000s. It wasnt his idea to leave. Now, to have the chance to return and once again lead this truly great television station and finish that career in the place where it started is a blessing I can't find the words to describe.". Neither these AP materials nor any portion thereof may be stored in a computer except for personal and noncommercial use. School children across the country found themselves struggling with food insecurity, as they could no longer reliably turn to school for help. He now works for Ramsey, Krug, Farrell & Lensing, a division of BancorpSouth Insurance Services, helping individual clients and businesses on a variety of insurance products including group benefits and other business insurance. A new member of the weather team will work weekends: storm chaser James Bryant, a North Little Rock native with a meteorology degree from Mississippi State. UPDATE, Oct. 7: KATV anchor Chris May and meteorologist Barry Brandt returned to Channel 7's 10 o'clock newscast Wednesday, Oct. 6. Some examples include Matt DeCample, who left KATV to be communications director for former Gov. Westrock Coffee Company Acquires Bixby Roasting Co. Experience Little Rock in Color Kicks Off for 10-Year Master Plan for Tourism in Little Rock National Association Names Best in Arkansas Sports Media, 2023 AMP Influencer: Kalene Griffith, Visit Bentonville, Kanga Studio, Dave Creek Media to Merge Operations. This document may not be reprinted without the express written permission of Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. Material from the Associated Press is Copyright 2023, Associated Press and may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Two white TV reporters were suspended after wearing Afro-like wigs on-air for a 1970s-themed segment last month, the Arkansas Times reported. 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. On retrial, she won $325,000 but that award was overturned on appeal. Contests. May's Facebook page lists him as currently being on sabbatical. Pearson also worked in radio after leaving television, anchoring morning news on KARN Newsradio for several years. Albuquerque 27 . "It's been. [4] Shaw's applicationfiled as business colleague Estes withdrew his, with duplicate engineering data included in both applicationswas accused of being a "strike" bid, purposely intended to delay the grant of the channel 7 permit. He saidthere is no doubt social media has changed the television business. )[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. Originally licensed to Pine Bluff, the station was a CBS affiliate with a secondary ABC affiliation. [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. KATV began transmitting its digital signal from the new facility located on Shinall Mountain on February 1, 2009. KATV (channel 7) is a television station in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States, affiliated with ABC and owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group. Aside KATV, Erin worked for WJXX, and other TV stations. The station gained some national attention in 1969 when they had to air Turn-On, which among viewers, "jam[med] the station's switchboard" with complaints. Meteorologist Todd Yakoubian will move to weekdays, providing forecasts for 11:30 a.m., 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. shows. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. 52,470 talking about this. Jaeger, with her pageant looks and surprisingly stentorian voice, saw her popularity bound well beyond Arkansas when she took to social media, and particularly TikTok, with its funny video snippets, in 2020. Syndicated programming on KATV includes Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune, Modern Family, Inside Edition, and Sherri, among others. At 11:09 PM, October 07, 2013, Anonymous said. ", 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. In 2015, Mangham was named senior vice president/chief finance officer. 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. Copyright 2023, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. FORECAST CAST: And speaking of KATV and Perme, the station has named a replacement chief meteorologist. The former KATV reporter died Sunday after a four-year battle with cancer.
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