Allen Weatherly Archives

Courtney Pledger will become executive director of the Arkansas Educational Television Network, effective March 20.

Government & Politics / Media & Marketing

Courtney Pledger Named to Lead AETN; Was Leader of Hot Springs Film Festival

Courtney Pledger is named the new executive director of the Arkansas Educational Television Network. read more >

by Kyle Massey - March 7, 2017, 11:32am

Longtime AETN Chief Allen Weatherly Dies at 64

Allen Weatherly, who led the Arkansas Educational Television Network through 15 years of awards and online expansion, died Tuesday after several weeks in a Little Rock hospital. He was 64. read more >

by Kyle Massey - November 1, 2016, 11:17am

Ben Fry, the late general manager of KUAR and KLRE.

Education / Media & Marketing

Ben Fry’s Death Prompts Flood of Grief, Tributes

The outpouring was swift and heartfelt after University of Arkansas at Little Rock public radio leader Ben Fry died in his sleep March 10 after almost 30 years of shaping campus stations KUAR and KLRE. read more >

by Kyle Massey - March 21, 2016, 12:00am