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 >
She replaces Nick Genty, who was fired after an on-air stunt that drew condemnation for racial insensitivity. read more >
The two apologized for an on-air stunt in curly wigs. read more >
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 >
In Jessica Dean’s first week as a Washington correspondent, CNN threw her to the wolves. Or at least to the Wolf. read more >
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 >
No, local news folks shouldn’t be pledging their bosses’ allegiance to Trump in the media wars. But they are at financial gunpoint. read more >
Thomas F. "Mack" McLarty, speaking at the Little Rock Rotary Club, stressed the importance of globalization, noting that Americans are "living in a much more interconnected world than ever before." read more >
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 >
Known simply as Beth Ward through her 37-year career at KARK-TV and KTHV-TV in Little Rock, members of Haynie's media family pay their respects. read more >
Beth Ward, a fixture on Little Rock television for more than 37 years, died Thursday after complications from heart surgery. read more >
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. read more >
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. read more >
Chris May, who left Little Rock in 1998 to become a big-market anchorman in Boston and then in Philadelphia, is returning to KATV-TV, Channel 7, beginning Aug. 1. read more >
The Philadelphia Inquirer's TV critic, David Hiltbrand, talks with former KARK-TV, Channel 4, anchor Jessica Dean on the eve of her Philly TV debut. Barbecue and "Murphy Brown" are discussed. read more >
KARK-TV, Channel 4, anchor Jessica Dean is leaving the Nexstar Broadcasting Group-owned NBC affiliate to join KYW-TV, Channel 3, the Philadelphia CBS affiliate. read more >
KATV-TV, Channel 7, knew for several weeks that news anchor Chris May was leaving for a position with the NBC affiliate in Boston. The station kept it quiet, though, for an important reason: the November Nielsen ratings period. read more >
