Heather left KATV to be closer to the Mayo clinic where her husband is a patient. )[23][24][25][26], On November 3, 1982, Leake Industries sold KATV and KTUL to Washington, D.C.-based Allbritton Communications in an all-cash transaction for $80million; the sale received FCC approval on February 14, 1983. Copyright 2023, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. "It's where generations of Arkansans have instinctively turned in times of triumph and tragedy. [52] A city zoning variance request to build a 100-foot (30m) studio-to-transmitter link tower next to the building had initially been withdrawn, amid opposition from residents of a nearby condominium complex on visual and property value concerns, but was granted by the Little Rock Board of Adjustment to the building's former owners in December 2019. Former KCTV Channel 5 anchor Karen Fuller has settled her age and discrimination lawsuit against the stations owner, Meredith Corp. Its who weve grown up listening to. All rights reserved. Brandt, who will handle the 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. newscasts, has been with KATV since 1997. [53][54] KATV originally planned to move to the Riverdale facility in early 2020; however, the relocation was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On December 9, 1952, the Central South Sales Co. (owned by John T. Griffin and James C. Leake) applied for a construction permit to build a new channel 7 TV station in Pine Bluff;[2] it was later joined by competing applications from the Pine Bluff Television Co. (owned by Dallas construction executive Burnett Estes) on December 27, 1952,[3] and the Arkansas Television Company, owned by construction and real estate executive Gaylord Shaw, and unrelated to the company of the same name that founded KTHV [channel 11]) on January 28, 1953. A jury awarded Craft $500,000 but the judge threw out the award and ordered a retrial. 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KATV (channel 7) is a television station in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States, affiliated with ABC and owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group. KATV primarily serves the central portion of Arkansas. KATV is Little Rock's oldest continually operating television station, beating NBC affiliate KARK-TV (channel 4) by almost five months. Her career in broadcast began at the age of 20 as a weekend DJ and . On the heels of Amanda Jaeger's declaration that she was leaving KTHV's early-morning anchor slot for a senior job at Walmart Inc., KATV morning anchor Alyson Courtney has announced that she is leaving Channel 7 to help her two daughters with acting opportunities. It's a part of our state's fabric.". -Questioned former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee for nightly news program. A former anchor at KATV-TV whose history with the Little Rock ABC affiliate dates back to 1993 will return to the station and his home state this summer. A court filing on Monday said attorneys for the parties had settled and compromised the claims in this lawsuit and that the case was being terminated. He was vice president/general manager of KARN Newsradio and the Arkansas Radio Network for over a decade, where he also hosted a morning talk show. Meredith is facing at least two other age discrimination lawsuits, both in Nashville. KATV Channel 7 News -- The Spirit of Arkansas -- For more news and weather visit www.katv.com or follow us on Twitter -. Courtney, who spent years in the anchor chair at KTHV before departing for KATV in March 2011, said on Facebook that she's leaving TV news to focus on family, particularly her girls' budding acting careers. Courtney praised Chris Kane and Melinda Mayo as stalwart co-workers and best friends, and she saluted her loyal viewers, saying they'd helped her change for the better. May first joined the Little Rock station in 1993 and served as the weeknight co-anchor from 1995 to 1998. 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An avid outdoorsman, he hosted FLW College Fishing on VS. Network with former Channel 7 host Jason Harper and professional fisherman Justin Lucas, and hes a member of the broadcast team for University of Central Arkansas football. A husband and wife who both worked on-air at KARK-TV in Little Rock, Ark., were fired this week, along with two other station employees, after two videos they made and posted on YouTube became the. "I can't remember Matt without a smile," meteorologist Todd Yakoubian said. Click to reveal After nearly a decade with. Customer Service: (501) 455-9333 or email, Monday, Aug. 15, 2022 3:49 pm (CBS/AP) Curtis Lavelle Vance, the man accused of killing beautiful Arkansas television anchorwoman Anne Pressly, told police he beat her with a wood-handled garden tool after she. On retrial, she won $325,000 but that award was overturned on appeal. Copyright 2023, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. KATV began transmitting its digital signal from the new facility located on Shinall Mountain on February 1, 2009. katv.com. [39][40][41][42] The sale's regulatory process was held up for nearly a year, however, as Sinclair attempted to address ownership issues involving stations it already operated in three markets (WTTO/WDBB and WABM in Birmingham, Alabama, WMMP in Charleston, South Carolina, and WHP-TV and WLYH-TV in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) and Albritton-owned stations that placed Sinclair in conflict with FCC regulations on local station ownership (WBMA/WCFT/WJSU, WCIV and WHTM, respectively), specifically with regard to LMAs that were grandfathered following a 1999 ruling by the Commission that such agreements made after November 5, 1996, covering the programming of more than 15% of a station's broadcast day would count toward the ownership limits for the brokering station's parent licensee. He says, "We are about 40 percent of the way through climatological weather already (Dec. 1-Feb. 28), and we are running above average temperature-wise so far. Kane, who anchored "Daybreak" and "Good Morning Arkansas" after starting as a sports desk intern, announced on social mediathat Friday, Aug. 12, was his last broadcast day. It doesn't mean it will be bitterly cold, but we should start to turn colder and we will have several chances for precipitation. [4] Shaw's applicationfiled as business colleague Estes withdrew his, with duplicate engineering data included in both applicationswas accused of being a "strike" bid, purposely intended to delay the grant of the channel 7 permit. Currently, Beth serves as an evening anchor at KATV Channel 7. Recently, however, she's been the news. KATV presently broadcasts 31 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with 5 hours each weekday, three hours on Saturdays and one hour on Sundays); in addition, the station produces the Sunday morning business and political discussion program Talk Business and Politics, hosted by Roby Brock (the program previously aired on Fox affiliate KLRT-TV (channel 16) from its debut in 2000 until its move to KATV on March 2, 2014). [16][17][18][19][20][21], KATV has used the Circle 7 logo since 1965, a logo that had traditionally been associated at the time with ABC owned-and-operated stations, and was one of the network's first affiliates to have used the logo (as designed by G. Dean Smith in 1962). Paul Eels, Inman, Ned playing the piano at Christmas with his spray on tan. Both anchors were clearly tired of their alarm clocks. Eric Mangham has been promoted to executive vice president/chief finance officer of Arkansas Federal Credit Union. . All rights reserved. KATV was one of a few television stations affiliated with a network other than NBC to participate in a news share agreement with a Pax TV station. She alleged that Meredith had created an age ceiling for its female anchors but not for its male anchors. "After 14 years of getting up at 2:30 in the morning, I'm stepping away from the anchor desk," Courtney wrote. That is until February of 2015 when, at age 47, Fuller's contract was not renewed. 1h. It issues in a spate of words from the loudspeakers and the politicians. Former KATV (Little Rock) Anchor Christina Munoz isn't the first former TV Anchor to be shilling for a furniture store, but she is catching heat for doing so. Fri, Mar 03 @9:00am. Donaldson would later lead the film department at the University of Arkansas Medical School for many years, and Oberste would work at the Arkansas Department of Tourism. The post A Day in the Life: Arnetta Pugh, Reed Elementary Cafeteria Manager appeared first [], Noah Washington takes Cameron Little for a ride in the latest episode of The Ridin Around Show. Washington is the student entrepreneur at the University of Arkansas who launched a YouTube series in which he rides around campus and town The post Cameron Little Featured in this Episode of The Ridin Around Show appeared first [], Arkansas Health Network (AHN), a physician-led, Clinically Integrated Network (CIN) serving Arkansas patients, providers and employers through a value-based approach to healthcare, recently revealed it has earned dual URAC accreditations for Clinical Integration and Employer-Based Population Health. UPDATE, Oct. 7: KATV anchor Chris May and meteorologist Barry Brandt returned to Channel 7's 10 o'clock newscast Wednesday, Oct. 6. She was born in Beaufort, South Carolina and grew up in Greenville. Courtney even led her news with it. Its been weighing heavily on me for a long time, he told AMP in a follow-up interview. In a post about his return on Facebook, May said he was "coming home" and called KATV one of the "greatest success stories in all of American broadcasting. News headlines delivered at 4:00 pm Monday - Friday. Pearson is also a father and mentionedthe same challenges Inman faced as a parent. To celebrate temperatures dipping into the 70s after a sweltering weekslong heatwave, Arkansas' KATV anchor Chris May and . Ned Perme (NWA Seal of Appoval) - chief meteorologist; weeknights at 6 and 10 p.m. Barry Brandt (AMS Seal of Appoval) - meteorologist and co-host; weekday mornings, Melinda Mayo (AMS Seal of Appoval) - meteorologist and co-host; weekday mornings, Todd Yakoubian (AMS Seal of Appoval) - meteorologist; Saturday mornings. [35] KATV eventually received FCC approval to build a new tower on Shinall Mountain, where Little Rock's other major network affiliates (and both of KATV's present backup signals) are located. She was known as the anchor for the 5:00 p.m news for 8 years. Longtime Little Rock viewers will remember one time KTHV anchor Andy Pearson. Main line: (501) 372-1443 During the analog era, many sections of the state as well as western sections of Bolivar and Coahoma counties in west-central Mississippi were able to receive KATV's signal. Dan Margolies has been a reporter for the Kansas City Business Journal, The Kansas City Star, and KCUR Public Radio. Copyright 2023, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. She was 47 at the time. KATU ABC 2 offers coverage of news, weather, sports and community events for Portland, Oregon and surrounding towns, including Beaverton, Lake Oswego, Milwaukie . His experience is in anchoring, and that is probably where we would like him most, Genty said, adding that the station will likely have a more finalized plan for his role at KATV within two weeks. The Brandon Burlsworth Foundation will be honoring Kevin Scanlon of Stephens Inc. with the 2023 Legends Award. He had spent a dozen years at Channel 7, starting in sports before shifting to morning news for more than a decade. ", Print Headline: PAPER TRAILS: Lawsuit settled for former Little Rock TV anchor. Neither these AP materials nor any portion thereof may be stored in a computer except for personal and noncommercial use. Miss him being on the air, and he should be the voice of the Hogs! Jaeger's reply: "I'm not pregnant, but I do have a food baby. Start with this beginner's guide to the neighborhood, Local public health officials fear a Kansas bill would undercut work to contain diseases, A federal lawsuit against Missouri's 'dysfunctional' SNAP call center has gotten bigger, Former KCTV-5 Anchors Age Discrimination Lawsuit Can Proceed, Judge Rules. But now, he explained, his colleagues also put a priority on getting breaking news out on social media and the KATV website as it breaks. Breaking news alerts and stories Live streaming New weather section with hourly and daily forecasts Live weather radar and traffic information Completely overhauled app that is faster and easier to use. Anchors Alyson Courtney - weekday mornings Daybreak Chris Kane - weekday mornings Daybreak Erin Hawley - Saturdays at 6, Sundays at 5, and weekends at 10 p.m.; also investigative reporter Beth Hunt - weekdays at 11:30 a.m. ( Mid-Day Arkansas ), and weeknights at 5 p.m.; also reporter and fill-in 6 and 10 p.m. anchor Said both were looking at exit strategies and referenced how politically slanted and woke the media has become. I happened to see Ned Perme several years ago at an airport in Cincinnati. Cooper, who went by Lisa Benson and is African American, originally sued KSHB Channel 41 for race discrimination, alleging she was consistently sent to the urban core for her stories and had been denied promotions since joining the station in 2004. Some examples include Matt DeCample, who left KATV to be communications director for former Gov. Less than a year after its debut, KATV purchased the Little Rock studios of KRTV when that station closed down. Tony Brooks, Donna Dickson, Terry Wood and Dick Clay. The station broadcasts its digital signal via UHF channel 22, using its former analog assignment of 7 as its virtual channel via PSIP. News cameramen included Bob Donaldson and Lou Oberste. Does Pearson miss the news business? Main line: (501) 372-1443 In 2015, Mangham was named senior vice president/chief finance officer. Inman interviewed me one time, dude was authentic and a huge Razorback fan himself. "Management decided we needed a female and they went to Mississippi and found Carolyn Long," says Dave Woodman, Former KARK Anchor. [36] The license for the station's analog signal continued to reference the Redfield tower as its transmitter site while the station was broadcasting in analog from the temporary site on Shinall Mountain, as well as in digital over a subchannel of KWBF. Fullers case got a boost in August when U.S. District Judge John Lungstrum declined to throw out her lawsuit, finding shed produced sufficient evidence for the case to proceed. Karen Fuller Height May started out at KATV as a general assignment reporter in December 1993, according to a cached biography on the station's website dating back to July 1998. Now, to have the chance to return and once again lead this truly great television station and finish that career in the place where it started is a blessing I can't find the words to describe.". Plus Allyson and the Hispanic reporter. KATV also first placed the Circle 7 inside a square in the 1990s; WJLA now uses this version as well, though neither station uses it consistently (KATV stopped placing the Circle 7 logo inside the square in September 2008). The station is owned by Allbritton Communications Company. Elliott, a former co-host of "Good Morning America" on ABC, has now been fired from three main networks-ABC, NBC, and now CBS. He can be reached at neal.gladner@gmail.com. 114 Scott St. A KATV reporter since September 2016, the Louisiana native and former Miss Bossier City will be a news anchor at KFDM in Beaumont, Texas. The settlement was reached just before the case was set to go to trial in federal court in Kansas City, Kansas, next month. Inman started in broadcasting at age 16, But I started dreaming about it when I was nine, he remembered. Erin was just a reporter at that station. Prior to that, Beth anchored live shows from Heifer International, Riverfest, Toadsuck, and just about each other major festival or event in the state. LITTLE ROCK (KATV) KATV has announced Ryan Houston and Cassandra Webb will be joining Meteorologist Melinda Mayo to round out the Daybreak team in the mornings. I talked to Ned Perme recently (super nice guy, btw) and he said that Barry Brandt and Todd Yakobian were very unhappy at KATV. He said he always wanted to be the weather guy when he was a kid. Right now were searching for the right team to continue the KATV legacy, she told Arkansas Business. Terms of the settlement were confidential. News Anchor at KATV Channel 7 Little Rock, Arkansas, United States. Sullivan won several awards, including an Emmy Award and the Associated Press First Place Award for Breaking News. He thanked viewers for making Daybreak a top ratings performer for over a decade, and promised to deliver more news on his future soon. Its a great work environment, he said of KATV. Barbara Roberts - she was with the station in the early 2000s. In turn, the three Griffin-Leake stations would be folded into a single corporate umbrella under KATV parent licensee KATV Inc. (subsequently rechristened as Griffin-Leake TV), which would enter into a ten-year equipment leasing agreement with Voss and Kite for a total of $4.5million (or $37,500 per month). 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You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. These companies are setting The post AcreTrader Named as One of Worlds Most Innovative Companies appeared first on AMP. The suit was amended recently after KSHB fired Cooper, who had continued working at the station. Website Designed By CRAFT SEO. He saidthe youngsters are involved in a number of activities from music to athletics. KATV originally transmitted its signal from a tower near Jefferson, until a taller tower was built farther north in Redfield in 1965. "23 years ago, KATV gave a young man from Little Rock an opportunity to begin his career in journalism," May wrote in his post. Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium. He said if he does miss it, its only during really big stories. Your IP: A Florida sheriff's office says a man suspected in the murder of a woman in an Orlando-area neighborhood Wednesday morning is also accused of shooting and killing a local journalist and a 9-year-old in the same area hours later, and injuring two others. Her message? He credits the news team and KATV management for the long ratings success. "It's been. Previously, Karen worked as an anchor for KCTV in Kansas City. Neal Gladner spent more than 25 years as a broadcaster in Arkansas. The station held a Zoom meeting Wednesday. Under Doubleday, KATV became a major competitor in the Little Rock market. Sullivan was a co-anchor of the evening news for WBBM-TV in Chicago with Rob Johnson from September 2010 to September 2015. This document may not be reprinted without the express written permission of Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. Material from the Associated Press is Copyright 2023, Associated Press and may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. A Little Rock native enchanted by the Jacksonville Jaguars after moving to Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, at age 10, Kane got a radio and television journalism degree from the University of Central Florida in Orlando, but he never lost his fervor for the Razorbacks, and he covered them extensively. Dan Margolies is a senior reporter and editor at KCUR. KATV news director terminated, company confirms nwaonline.com. KATV last week announced Barry Brandt -- "the single most-experienced meteorologist on the Arkansas airwaves, having covered the natural state for more than three decades" -- will fill the role. Both anchors were clearly tired of their alarm clocks. And the rest is Arkansas television history. He retired as a reporter in December 2022 after a 37-year journalism career. According to her lawsuit, the average age of female anchors at Meredith's 17 TV stations across the country is 40; the average age of its male anchors is 51. 2023 Five Legged Stool LLC. The news director for KATV, Channel 7, has been fired, Sinclair Broadcast Group confirmed Friday. You can reach him on Twitter @DanMargolies. LAWSUIT ROUTE: Karen Fuller, a popular former anchor at Little Rock's KATV, Channel 7, is used to delivering the news. Craft claimed that female anchors were judged by different standards than male anchors. Its not uncommon for journalists to change careers. KATV said on Twitter Monday that Chris May would join the weekday 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. newscasts as an anchor. Will Inman ever become a financial adviser himself? Trending Now . We reached out to Fuller who graciously responded but didn't have enough time to consult her lawyer about a statement before our deadline. She will be helping manage their careers. This is what he expects to be doing as he leads GenWealth Financials marketing, which includes the companys regular wealth-management radio show and other outreach efforts. Beth anchors Channel 7 News at 6 and 10.
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