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5 days ago –
Gannett said it reached a deal to buy Belo for about $1.5 billion in cash, significantly boosting its presence in television broadcasting. read more >
5 days ago –
Gannett Co., which owns KTHV-TV, Channel 11, in Little Rock and the Baxter Bulletin in Mountain Home, announced Thursday that's buying Belo Corp. of Dallas in a $2.2 billion deal that includes $175 million of debt. read more >
2 weeks ago –
Dale Nicholson, who presided over one of Arkansas' most influential television stations for 25 years as general manager, died Saturday. He was 74. Bob Steel, KATV's news director from 1994-2001, called him "a terrific individual" and "a great broadcaster." Includes video. read more >
2 months ago –
Politico, the daily political news website, is reporting that its owner, Allbritton Communications, is exploring a potential sale of its TV stations, which includes ABC affiliate KATV-TV, Channel 7, in Little Rock. read more >
2 months ago –
The local news shows of KATV-TV, Channel 7, in Little Rock came out on top in the February Nielsen sweeps. read more >
4 months ago –
Bradley left KABZ-FM, 103.7 (The Buzz), of Little Rock to start a new sports radio show on KKSP-FM, 93.3 (Sports 93.3 The Source), also in Little Rock. The new show will launch early in May, after Bradley's 90-day noncompete agreement ends. read more >
4 months ago –
Law enforcement officials, including agents from the FBI and Internal Revenue Service, search the west Little Rock home of Layton "Scooter" Stuart, who federal regulators last year removed from his position as chairman and CEO of One Bank & Trust. read more >
4 months ago –
Pat Bradley, former Arkansas Razorback basketball star, has a new radio gig. Bradley left KABZ-FM, 103.7 (The Buzz), of Little Rock to start a new sports radio show on KKSP-FM, 93.3. The new show will launch once his noncompete agreement ends in 90 days, or sometime in May. read more >
4 months ago –
By Federal Communications Commission standards, Nexstar Broadcasting of Irving, Texas, doesn't own Mission Broadcasting. However, recent developments make Mission and Nexstar look a lot like a single entity. And if they were a single entity, that entity would now own four TV stations in Little Rock. read more >
5 months ago –
KTHV-TV, Channel 11, President and General Manager Michael Caplan announces that Dave Parker will be joining CBS affiliate as news director. read more >
5 months ago –
Mission Broadcasting's $60 million deal to buy two Little Rock TV stations closes, and Nexstar Broadcasting enters into an "outsourcing agreement" with Mission to provide services to those stations. read more >
6 months ago –
William Nolan Jr., Casey Laman and Robert Wilson Sr. and Jr. were among 34 Arkansas business leaders and notable professionals who died during the last year. read more >
6 months ago –
A July story on how some Arkansans are ditching pay-television for online services like Netflix and Hulu is ArkansasBusiness.com's most-read story of the year, according to traffic numbers from Jan. 1 to Dec. 17. read more >
6 months ago –
KATV-TV, Channel 7, led Little Rock competitors in November's Nielsen ratings of local newscasts. However, household rating and share numbers were down or flat year over year for KATV's news shows. read more >
6 months ago –
Nexstar Broadcasting has laid off staff at two newly acquired stations in Utah. The two stations were part of a package of stations, including KLRT-TV, Channel 16, in Little Rock, that Nexstar purchased from Newport Television. read more >
7 months ago –
The Arkansas State University System has named Jeff Hankins vice president for strategic communications and economic development. read more >
7 months ago –
Bo Mattingly's sports talk radio show is jumping to KKSP-FM, 93.3, in central Arkansas as the "Fresh Talk" station tweaks its programming lineup. Other shows include Rex Nelson and Wess Moore. read more >
7 months ago –
Chuck Maulden, the former news director for KTHV-TV, Channel 11, is taking the news director's job at KOLR-TV, Channel 10, in Springfield, Mo. read more >
8 months ago –
A funeral is set for Wednesday for Matt Turner, the new news anchor for Gannett Co.-owned CBS affiliate KTHV-TV, Channel 11, in Little Rock, who died Saturday in a one-vehicle accident on Interstate 30 near Benton. He was 32 years old. read more >
9 months ago –
Chuck Maulden, news director of KTHV-TV, Channel 11, is leaving the Little Rock TV station, Arkansas Business has learned. read more >
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