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Gannett Nearly Doubles TV Portfolio with $2B Deal for Belo

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 >

More Trouble at David Henry's Plaza Towers

Local NBC affiliate KARK-TV, Channel 4, reports today on more trouble at Plaza Towers. Anyone familiar with Arkansas Business' reporting on Henry's Henry Management Inc., won't be surprised. read more >

Politico: KATV Owner Allbritton Mulls TV Station Sale

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 >

KATV Is Top in Local News

The local news shows of KATV-TV, Channel 7, in Little Rock came out on top in the February Nielsen sweeps. read more >

Nexstar, Mission Get Control of 19 Stations in 10 Markets

The Nexstar Broadcasting/Mission Broadcasting juggernaut continues, as a single, $270 million deal gives the two companies control of 19 stations in 10 markets. read more >

Tommy Maxwell Joins Hardwood Federation Board of Directors (Movers & Shakers)

Tommy Maxwell has 35 years of experience in the flooring business and is the president and CEO of Maxwell Hardwood Flooring. read more >

Alice Stewart to Host Political Radio Show on KHTE

Republican political operative and former KARK-TV, Channel 4, anchor Alice Stewart returns to Arkansas airwaves on Monday as the host of "The Alice Stewart Show" on KHTE-FM, 96.5, The Voice. read more >

Nexstar Broadcasting Purchases Mean 2 New Duopolies in California

Nexstar Broadcasting Corp. of Irving, Texas, is continuing its run of television station acquisitions with the purchase of three stations in California from two companies, Newport Television and Granite Broadcasting. read more >

Consolidation of TV Stations Attracts Opposition from American Cable Association

Many of the changes coming to the Little Rock TV market due to the consolidation of the operations of KLRT-TV, Channel 16, and KARK-TV, Channel 4, are yet to be seen. read more >

KARK/KLRT Advertise Job Openings After Layoffs

Last week, after a reduction of 30 staffers, five KARK/KLRT job openings were posted to the Arkansas Broadcasters Association website jobs board. read more >

Nexstar, Mission Separate Companies in Eyes of FCC Despite Appearances

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 >

Almost 30 Lose Jobs at KARK, KLRT as TV Owners Consolidate

Almost 30 employees of two Little Rock television stations are being laid off this week as the stations' owners consolidate operations. read more >

5 Years Later, John Glasgow's Disappearance Still Unexplained

The last time Jan. 28 fell on a Monday, the chief financial officer of one of the state's largest construction companies left home early in the morning and vanished. read more >

Updated: Mission Closes $60M Deal for KLRT, KASN; Chuck Spohn Out as General Manager

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 >

Cable Cutters, Election Fraud and John Glasgow: Arkansas Business' Top Read Online Stories in 2012

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 >

KATV Stays On Top in Nielsen Ratings

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 >

Bo Mattingly Sports Show Moves to Fresh Talk KKSP-FM

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 >

Former KTHV News Director Chuck Maulden Takes Job in Missouri

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 >

Nude Man Makes The News

An unclothed man sauntered through a KARK-TV, Channel 4, interview about storm damage Sept. 1 in Benton. read more >

KATV Makes a Sweep of the July Nielsens

The local news shows of KATV-TV, Channel 7, of Little Rock beat every directly competing show in the July household ratings from Nielsen Media Research of New York. read more >