On social media, reporter and anchor Brian. White TV Reporters Suspended for Wearing Afro-Like Wigs in - Insider Having Anne on was really strange. 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. Recently, however, she's been the news. Less than a year after its debut, KATV purchased the Little Rock studios of KRTV when that station closed down. The station held a Zoom meeting Wednesday. He saidthe youngsters are involved in a number of activities from music to athletics. 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. Arkansas TV NEWS: Where Are They Now - Blogger Kate Sullivan (born June 19, 1976) is an American television show host, producer, and television news anchor. "Twelfth Night" Campus Performance. Its the first thing we think of now, he concluded. Every day they tell us that we are a free people fighting to defend freedom. Aside KATV, Erin worked for WJXX, and other TV stations. Fuller, a graduate of Iowa's Drake University who worked for stations in Des Moines and Mason City before working at KATV, has since returned to the Hawkeye State where she's been an anchor for the Cedar Rapids CBS affiliate since September of 2015. Jean was born and raised in Memphis, TN, which isn't too far from the Natural State. Ryan Houston, a Pine Bluff. They're all so terrified of offending one person, they destroy their entire station for it. 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. From starting as an intern in the sports department with Sully, Dale Nicholson III and Anthony Eckert to having the opportunity to do Daybreak with Melinda Mayo and Alyson Courtney, its been an experience Ill never forget.. [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variance request to build a 100-foot (30m) studio-to-transmitter link tower next to the building had initially been withdrawn, amid opposition from residents of a nearby condominium complex on visual and property value concerns, but was granted by the Little Rock Board of Adjustment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. 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Life After Television: Inman & Others Who Seek Careers Outside Broadcasting, Who is Jonathan Bradshaw | Arkansas Sporting Dog Veterinarian, A Day in the Life: Arnetta Pugh, Reed Elementary Cafeteria Manager, Spotlight on Small Business: Keith Tucker Jr.s Truth Sauce, Stephens Appoints Eichler to COO, Bradbury to Vice Chairman, UPDATE: CTEH Confirms Fatal Plane Crash Near Little Rock Airport, Plan in the Works for Deck Park Over I-30 in Little Rock, What to Expect for Breckenridge Village in Little Rock, A Day in the Life: Jacob Arnold, Grandson of Frank Broyles, Continues Public Service Legacy, Arkansas-based Rock Town Distillery Gains International Attention, Black-Owned Business Spotlight: Korto Momolu, A Guide for All Seasons: Mike Mills, Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism. Inman had a successful career at Channel 7. "So, I'd say at least one round of wintry precipitation is a good bet. UPDATE, Oct. 7: KATV anchor Chris May and meteorologist Barry Brandt returned to Channel 7's 10 o'clock newscast Wednesday, Oct. 6. The station's transmitter tower in Redfield collapsed on January 11, 2008, while workers were adjusting guy wires[34] (the tower was also used by the Arkansas Educational Television Network for the analog signal of flagship station KETS (channel 2), whose analog signal remained off-air until June 13, 2008, when a temporary analog antenna was installed at the Clear Channel Broadcasting Tower Redfield, where its digital transmitter had already originated). 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. [22], In April 1969, Griffin-Leake TV announced that it would break up its holdings into two separate companies. She came to Channel 7 in November 2002 working as a General Assignment Reporter. Inman and his wife have four children. Main line: (501) 372-1443 [53][54] KATV originally planned to move to the Riverdale facility in early 2020; however, the relocation was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Hilary had previously worked for us as a general assignment reporter. She was known as the anchor for the 5:00 p.m news for 8 years. The station first signed on the air on December 19, 1953. 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. Local television station KATV decided to celebrate with wordplay in a "return to the 70s" segment in which on-air personalities sported looks popular . [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. News cameramen included Bob Donaldson and Lou Oberste. 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. Courtney announced in April that she was leaving the stations morning crew to help her two young daughters with potential acting careers. A jury awarded Craft $500,000 but the judge threw out the award and ordered a retrial. The KATV news station in Little Rock. 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. Ive anchored my last broadcast at CBS3. The fundraising event will take place on Thursday, Sept. 28 at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock. Inman closed out his 17-year-old career at KATV in March to begin a job at GenWealth Financial Advisors. From 1994 - 1996, Shuster was a political reporter for KATV (ABC) Little Rock, Arkansas. Little Rock, AR 72201, Toll free: (888) 322-6397 Layoffs hit the KATU-TV newsroom on Wednesday, according to reports posted on social media and confirmed by sources with knowledge of the situation. Jaeger, the popular former Miss Kansas, left Channel 11 at the start of April to become senior manager, digital strategy and brand management, at Walmart Inc. in Bentonville. Your priorities change over the years, he said. Chris Kane, a KATV morning anchor and a familiar face on Channel 7s newscasts for more than a dozen years, has left the station. Little Rock TV anchors at KARK, KLRT leaving for out-of-state jobs Courtney, who spent years in the anchor chair at KTHV before departing for KATV in March 2011, said on Facebook that she's leaving TV news to focus on family, particularly her girls' budding acting careers. Her coming to KATV was a bit of a promotion because she gets to anchor. Under Doubleday, KATV became a major competitor in the Little Rock market. )[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. 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.". The Little Rock Convention & Visitors Bureau (LRCVB) has released its 2022 annual report, reflecting the citys performance as a leisure and convention destination. Fast Company has named AcreTrader on its prestigious annual list of the Worlds Most Innovative Companiesfor 2023. Layoffs at Portland's KATU-TV include Brian Wood, others Leake who had moved from being a 3.5% minority partner in KATV to half-owner as a result of the earlier investor divestitures retained ownership of KATV, KTUL, Ponca City, Oklahoma-based cable television operator Cable TV Co. and a controlling 80% interest in the construction permit for Fajardo, Puerto Rico television station WSTE (now WORO-DT), while Griffin retained ownership of KWTV under the licensee Century Communications Co. (Griffin's company would eventually return to Arkansas in September 1985, when it purchased NBC affiliate KPOM-TV [now Fox affiliate KFTA-TV] in Fort Smith from the Ozark Broadcasting Company; Griffin would sell KPOM and the Rogers-based satellite station it signed on in October 1989, KFAA-TV [now KNWA-TV], to the Nexstar Broadcasting Group owner of KATV rival KARK-TV in September 2003.