Little Rock TV Stations Fill Anchor Spots
KTHV, Little Rock’s CBS affiliate, has “huge shoes to fill” after losing two-decade favorite Dawn Scott to the Janet Jones Co., a Little Rock real estate firm. read more >
KTHV, Little Rock’s CBS affiliate, has “huge shoes to fill” after losing two-decade favorite Dawn Scott to the Janet Jones Co., a Little Rock real estate firm. read more >
“New year, new beginnings,” writes northwest Arkansas PR entrepreneur Elise Mitchell, who led a parade of new year’s greetings, big and small, funny and poignant, posted by Arkansas marketing, media and political figures. read more >
After nearly a decade in TV news, including three years as a top investigative reporter at KARK/Fox 16 in Little Rock, Marci Manley left her first love, journalism, for a state public relations job that better suits her marriage and family plans. read more >
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 >
As a new senior vice president and regional manager for Nexstar, Mike Vaughn is going from running three TV stations in one market to handling 30 in 14. But he isn’t going anywhere geographically. read more >
Riding the wave of NBC’s national election coverage, Little Rock’s KARK won the local ratings battle as Donald J. Trump won the political war. read more >
Arkansas native Krystle Sherrell has joined KFSM-TV, Channel 5, as a Fort Smith-based reporter. Sherrell grew up in Maumelle and graduated from Central High School before an award-winning broadcasting career at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. read more >
Charmaine Nero, late of WCJB-TV in Gainesville, Florida, is joining KARK, Channel 4, and KLRT, Channel 16, in Little Rock. 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 >
Hilary Hunt's Hunt’s last day at Little Rock’s NBC and Fox affiliates will be May 27, but she will still be working for the Nexstar Broadcasting Group. KNWA is Nexstar’s NBC affiliate in northwest Arkansas; KFTA is its Fox station. read more >
For 15 years, Media & More President/CEO Chuck Spohn was the man at Little Rock television stations KLRT and KASN, the market’s Fox and UPN affiliates. Spohn was vice president and general manager from 1997 to 2013, when his stations were sold and consolidation led to his launching a new career. read more >
The combined newsroom of KARK-TV, Channel 4, and KLRT-TV, Channel 16, has announced the addition of three reporters and a new host for its Sunday political program. read more >
With the May sweeps period now in the books, several TV stations around Arkansas are making staff adjustments. read more >
The newsroom received a breaking news award for live coverage, including contributions by meteorologists Keith Monahan, Jeff Baskin, Greg Dee, Pat Walker and Natalie Walters, according to stories posted on the stations’ websites. read more >
In a recent email to staff, News Director Austin Kellerman announced the hiring of two meteorologists — one each for KARK, the NBC affiliate, and Fox-affiliate KLRT-TV, Channel 16 — and the departure of a reporter/anchor. read more >
Veteran television reporter Michelle Rupp has returned to the airwaves in Little Rock. Viewers saw the familiar face during morning shows last week on NBC affiliate KARK-TV, Channel 4. 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 >
The Federal Communications Commission is giving TV stations two years to sort out joint sales agreements that allow companies to own two stations in small or medium markets. 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 >
