Mike Roy, KATV Stalwart for 42 Years, Dies at 63
Mike Roy, who took a technical job at KATV-TV straight out of college and never worked anywhere else, becoming one of the longest-serving directors of news production in Little Rock television history, died last week at 63. read more >
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Little Rock as TV News Launching Pad: Success News Directors Can Recruit On
Little Rock ranks 57th on the list of America's top TV markets in the latest Nielsen roundup, but it punches well above its weight as a news town, and it has become a notable launching pad for TV journalists moving up. read more >
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Nexstar to Sell KFSM to KTHV Owner Tegna
Nexstar Media Group is selling its northwest Arkansas CBS affiliate KFSM-TV, Channel 5, to Tegna Inc. read more >
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Matt DeCample, Former Beebe Spokesman, Dies at 44
Matt DeCample, the former spokesman for Gov. Mike Beebe who applied his reporter’s eye, comic’s wit and writer’s openness in a three-year struggle against an extremely rare and aggressive liver cancer, died Sunday in Little Rock. He was 44. read more >
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KATV Plans Move from Downtown to Riverdale
KATV-TV, Channel 7, plans to move its offices, newsroom and studios out of downtown Little Rock to the Riverdale area along the Arkansas River early next year. read more >
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Tribune Calls Off $3.9B Buyout by Sinclair
Tribune withdrew Thursday from its $3.9 billion buyout by Sinclair and it's filing a lawsuit against it, citing breach of contract. read more >
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Courtney Goodson Sues to Block Group’s Ads
An Arkansas Supreme Court justice files a lawsuit to block a conservative group's TV ads targeting her re-election bid. read more >
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Reporter Kaila Lafferty Joins KATV’s ‘Daybreak’
Kaila Lafferty is joining KATV, Channel 7, as a reporter on Arkansas' top-rated morning news show, "Daybreak." read more >
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Ex-KATV Journalist Reports From Nashville
Elisabeth Armstrong, who spent a year reporting for KATV-TV, Channel 7, before heading to the bigger market of Nashville, Tennessee, late last year, says she's enjoying her new job at WZTV, Fox17. read more >
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TB&P Announces Northeast Arkansas Publication
Talk Business & Politics, Roby Brock’s multimedia franchise of Arkansas business and political coverage, is set to launch a monthly tabloid newsmagazine based in Jonesboro and focused on business and political leaders in northeast Arkansas. read more >
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FCC Proposes $13.4M Fine for TV-Station Owner Sinclair
The Federal Communications Commission has proposed a $13.4 million fine on TV-station owner Sinclair for not identifying paid programming as advertising. read more >
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Barbara Tyson, Foundation Give $1.5M to Pryor Center
The David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History said this week that it has received $1.5 million from Barbara A. Tyson and the Tyson Foods Foundation Inc. read more >
KTHV Hires 30-Year KATV Veteran Leigh Graham to Lead Local Sales
KTHV-TV in Little Rock has landed a key sales leader from crosstown rival KATV, announcing the hiring of Leigh Graham as its local sales manager. read more >
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Harding Graduate Joins ‘Good Afternoon Arkansas’ on KATV
KATV's "Good Afternoon Arkansas" will have a Harding University graduate on its team when the new live news and lifestyles program makes its debut Tuesday, the day after Labor Day. read more >
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TV Academy Chapter to Honor Pitcock, Foley, Long and Short
Next month will bring a Little Rock reunion for four longtime Arkansas broadcast journalists when Jim Pitcock, Lew Short, Carolyn Long and Larry Foley are honored by the Mid-America Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. read more >
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KATV to Break Ground With Afternoon Lifestyle Show
"Good Morning Arkansas" has been good indeed for KATV — so good that the Little Rock ABC affiliate will be expanding the news, talk and lifestyle format with a live and local 3 p.m. show. read more >
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KATV Parent Sinclair to Buy KFSM Owner Tribune Media
Sinclair Broadcast Group is buying Tribune Media for about $3.9 billion, boosting the number of local TV stations it owns. read more >
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Sources: KATV Owner Sinclair Approaches Tribune Co. About A Deal
Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. has approached rival U.S. broadcaster Tribune Media Co. to discuss a potential combination, people familiar with the matter tell Reuters. read more >
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Tech Park Talks Timeline with KATV; Mary Good to Step Down
Sinclair Broadcasting will need at least three years to move its Little Rock ABC affiliate, KATV Channel 7, from its building at Main and Fourth, Little Rock Technology Park Director Brent Birch told board members Wednesday. read more >
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Arkansas Public Service Campaign Recognizing Police Launched
A new public service campaign aimed at supporting and thanking law enforcement is featuring central Arkansas police officers in television and radio ads over the next year. read more >
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