Beth Ward, a fixture on Little Rock television for more than 37 years, died Thursday after complications from heart surgery. read more >

There’s a new beauty queen at KTHV, Channel 11, which lost former Miss Arkansas Alyse Eady to Atlanta’s WAGA this summer. Amanda Jaeger, who was crowned Miss Kansas in 2014, joined the Little Rock CBS affiliate last week as a reporter and anchor of the noon newscast. read more >

At WAGA, Fox 5, Alyse Eady will co-anchor “Good Day Atlanta,” starting on Aug. 22. Her leap from KTHV-TV, Channel 11, is probably the biggest out of Little Rock since Jessica Dean departed KATV, Channel 7, to go to the No. 4 market, Philadelphia, in 2013. read more >

Alyse Eady of KTHV-TV, Channel 11, announced on her Facebook page late Monday that she is headed for Atlanta, America's No. 9 TV market, after five years as an anchor of "THV This Morning." read more >

Erika Ferrando has been hired from KPLC-TV in Lake Charles, and David Lippman hired on from WVLA-TV in Baton Rouge. read more >

Caitlin Rearden of KHQ in Spokane, Washington, isn’t from Arkansas, but her new reporting job at KARK-TV, Channel 4, and KLRT-TV, Channel 16, does amount to a family reunion. read more >

Raven Richard has joined KTHV-TV, Channel 11, where she will be weather anchor for the CBS affiliate’s noon newscast. read more >

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." read more >

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Little Rock’s KTHV, Channel 11, announced last week that it was airing Antenna TV on its second digital channel. read more >

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. read more >

Blackstone confirmed to Arkansas Business that she’s set to become a new anchor/reporter at WCIV, the ABC affiliate in Charleston. Blackstone’s last day at THV will be Sept. 25. read more >

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. read more >

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. read more >

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. read more >

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. read more >

Sports broadcaster Mark Edwards has sued his former employer, KTHV-TV, Channel 11, alleging it didn’t promote him to sports director because he’s black. read more >

The days of the humble news chopper are waning. It’s now cheaper, easier and more effective to shoot stories with drones. News stations are adapting to this change in different ways. Some are hiring freelancers with access to the technology. read more >

Year over year, KATV showed gains in nearly all of its Monday through Friday news programs, and remained ahead of other stations in each slot where it had competition. Its highest-rated slot was its “News at 6” show, with a 15.6 rating and a 29.4 percent share of viewership. read more >

KATV-TV, Channel 7, remained at the top of Nielsen Media Research’s November household ratings of Little Rock’s local news stations. read more >