by Kyle Massey 5/29/2017 12:00 am
KASU-FM at Arkansas State University provides journalists to a media industry not just looking for radio announcers, TV reporters, news writers and social media specialists, but seeking prospects who do it all.
by Kyle Massey 5/22/2017 12:00 am
Sinclair Broadcast Group, which owns KATV in Little Rock, reached a deal a couple of weeks ago to acquire Tribune Media Co., owner of KFSM in Fort Smith, for close to $4 billion.
by Kyle Massey 12/9/2016 11:45 am
Beth Ward, a fixture on Little Rock television for more than 37 years, died Thursday after complications from heart surgery.
by Kyle Massey 11/28/2016 12:00 am
Riding the wave of NBC’s national election coverage, Little Rock’s KARK won the local ratings battle as Donald J. Trump won the political war.
by Kyle Massey 10/24/2016 12:00 am
You might say that KATV has a new drone to play with, but it’s no toy; instead, it’s a sophisticated newsgathering tool costing at least $6,000, not counting the employees who fly it.
by Kyle Massey 9/12/2016 12:00 am
After nearly two decades as a big-market new anchor, Chris May returned to KATV in August, and last week reflected on being back where he started.
by Kyle Massey 5/23/2016 12:00 am
Born and raised in Little Rock, Chris May is returning to KATV-TV, Channel 7, after nearly two decades of major-market anchoring in Boston and Philadelphia.
by Kyle Massey 5/16/2016 12:00 am
Ron Sherman had just landed a Guinness World Record for producing 3,503 TV commercials and was in a counting mode, so he faced the inevitable question: How many times did he draw Gusty?
by Kyle Massey 5/2/2016 12:00 am
Elisabeth Armstrong has returned to Little Rock from Texas to be a morning reporter for ABC affiliate KATV in Little Rock. Laura Monteverdi has settled into her new job as co-anchor of "THV11 This Morning."
by Arkansas Business Staff 3/21/2016 12:00 am
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by Mark Carter 10/5/2015 12:00 am
April Baker is the new weekday morning anchor at KFSM, Channel 5, in Fort Smith/northwest Arkansas. She comes to Arkansas from Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. KFSM, by the way, is looking into moving more of its operations to NWA.
by Mark Carter 9/7/2015 12:00 am
KABZ-FM, 103.7 — "The Buzz," the powerhouse of sports radio in central Arkansas — has launched its own smartphone and iPad app. Created by Little Rock digital media agency Mass Enthusiasm, the free app allows listeners to stream the station from anywhere with Wi-Fi.
by Sean Beherec 7/13/2015 12:00 am
KTHV-TV, Channel 11, made gains against its competitors during the May ratings period, according to the most recent Nielsen Media Research figures shared with Arkansas Business.
by Heather Bennett 7/1/2015 12:00 am
For over a decade Gina Martin and her husband Cary Martin have owned and operated Little Rock Tours. Central Arkansans who’ve lived in the area a little longer than that remember the dynamic duo as popular members of the KATV Channel 7 news team. Cary was a nightly news anchor while Gina greeted early risers Daybreak and Good Morning Arkansas.
by Gwen Moritz 6/29/2015 12:00 am
Sixty-seven years after its almost simultaneous development in Oregon, Pennsylvania and Arkansas, cable TV is old-school. The industry and business plan that Arkansas helped create are under pressure from then unimaginable competitors, and the infrastructure developed to deliver a broad menu of programming is being converted to other uses.
by Sean Beherec 5/4/2015 12:00 am
Two Little Rock newsrooms have added reporters to their rosters, and a promotions producer has left one station to join another in the capital city. Northwest Arkansas is also seeing several anchor changes.
by Sean Beherec 4/6/2015 12:00 am
According to Nielsen Media Research ratings released by the station, KATV had the highest viewership numbers in every news time slot where it competed against other stations.
by 9/22/2014 12:00 am
It was Christmas in July again for Sinclair Broadcast Group’s ABC affiliate KATV-TV, Channel 7, as the station swept Nielsen household ratings in all but one broadcast for the third consecutive July ratings period.
by Luke Jones 5/5/2014 12:00 am
KATV, Channel 7, of Little Rock, was the winner of the Associated Press’ television sweepstakes award for the 2013 Arkansas Associated Press Broadcasters Association contest.
by Arkansas Business Staff 4/28/2014 12:00 am
Little Rock’s ABC affiliate is suing another TV station in town for allegedly swiping some reporting talent.
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