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Amy Sullivan Hired as KATV News Director
She replaces Nick Genty, who was fired after an on-air stunt that drew condemnation for racial insensitivity. read more >
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UPDATE: May and Brandt Return After KATV News Director’s Firing in Race-Related Furor
The two apologized for an on-air stunt in curly wigs. read more >
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Memphis Native Crosses Back to Arkansas TV
Memphis born and raised, newscaster Jeané Franseen is no stranger to Arkansas, but it has taken her a little while to learn the tricks of navigating Little Rock. read more >
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KATV Move to Riverdale Will Proceed, GM Says
Mark Rose, general manager of Channel 7, the Sinclair-owned ABC affiliate, tells Arkansas Business the move will proceed in 2021 after nearly a year of pandemic-related waiting. read more >
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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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Arkansas Reporters on Covering Disasters, Staying Human
Plunging into disaster zones and telling the story is a job as old as journalism, but it’s perilous in body and spirit, so reporters should tread carefully. 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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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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Ned Perme’s Long Career, Wrapped Up With a Bow
Ned Perme has enough snow in his hair now to befit his traditional role as the station’s holiday pianist, but he looks a decade younger than his 64 years. So it still came as a bit of a shock when he walked off the set Friday as a retiree. read more >
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KATV Fixture Ned Perme to Retire After 34 Years of Warnings, Carols
Through more than a third of a century of springtime tornadoes, August heat advisories and even December carols at his grand piano, Ned Perme cemented a place on Arkansas’ airwaves as chief meteorologist at KATV, Channel 7 in Little Rock. read more >
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Many KATV Arrivals, and One Departure
Three newsroom pros at KATV are pregnant, and another just gave birth, leaving News Director Nick Genty to shuffle his lineup and wonder if something’s in the water. read more >
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Nielsen, Meet Sorenson: TV Ratings Tools Grow
Nielsen is a fabled name in television ratings history, but in smaller markets like Arkansas, it has long been the technological equivalent of a handwritten letter in the Snapchat age. 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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Scott Carroll Heads from Democrat-Gazette to Channel 7
Scott Carroll’s first day at KATV was last Monday, almost exactly a month after his last shift at the daily newspaper. read more >
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Gary Weir: A TV Sensation, No Bozo at Business
While Gary Weir in his Bozo the Clown character enchanted generations of Arkansas children, Arkansas broadcast professionals emphasize that Weir also had a career beyond the red nose. read more >
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Mocking the Media at Its Heroic Hour
A hurricane had devastated his hometown, other powerful storms were brewing in the Atlantic, and Bill Bishop was fed up with hot air. 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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Well-Traveled Native Says, ‘Good Afternoon Arkansas’
Elicia Dover returns home to become a co-host of of "Good Afternoon Arkansas," the Little Rock market’s first news, talk and lifestyle show to go live in the afternoons. read more >
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A Word From Sinclair, and Giggles from John Oliver
KATV's Chris Kane appearance in a video clip shown on HBO's “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” illustrated a line that apparently bears repeating. read more >
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ComScore Makes Inroads as LR Stations Track Ratings
Sinclair Broadcast Group’s revelation last month that it will use the ratings service ComScore to track all local TV viewership was old news to journalists at KATV, Channel 7, the Sinclair-owned ABC affiliate in Little Rock. read more >
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