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KATV's use of the Circle 7 logo predates even the variant Circle 7 used by Allbritton flagship station WJLA-TV in Washington, D.C. from 1977 until it switched to the standard version in 2001. Along with helping GenWealth with their radio programs, he hopes to remain involved in the broadcast of the Arkansas Razorback Sports Network, something hes done for many years and enjoys. Lungstrum cited remarks made by KCTV managers as evidence they were looking for a younger anchor to replace Fuller. 114 Scott St. The station gained some national attention in 1969 when they had to air Turn-On, which among viewers, "jam[med] the station's switchboard" with complaints. Local television station KATV decided to celebrate with wordplay in a "return to the 70s" segment in which on-air personalities sported looks popular . Pearson also worked in radio after leaving television, anchoring morning news on KARN Newsradio for several years. KATV News Director Nick Genty confirmed . Over the last [] Originally licensed to Pine Bluff, the station was a CBS affiliate with a secondary ABC affiliation. "That young man was me. The station's transmitter tower in Redfield collapsed on January 11, 2008, while workers were adjusting guy wires[34] (the tower was also used by the Arkansas Educational Television Network for the analog signal of flagship station KETS (channel 2), whose analog signal remained off-air until June 13, 2008, when a temporary analog antenna was installed at the Clear Channel Broadcasting Tower Redfield, where its digital transmitter had already originated). Inman interviewed me one time, dude was authentic and a huge Razorback fan himself. 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of Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. Material from the Associated Press is Copyright 2023, Associated Press and may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Its the first thing we think of now, he concluded. Her coming to KATV was a bit of a promotion because she gets to anchor. 317 followers . The KABC team covers the Los Angeles and Southern California area like no one else. The company has a newly-leased facility at The post Irish Company RelateCare Bringing 255 Jobs to Sherwood appeared first on AMP. If I was still in TV, Id never get to see [my son] during the week after school, he said. Chris May | KATV WATCH MURDAUGH PODCAST Chris May Evening News Anchor Connect With Chris May Chris May, a Little Rock native and a versatile, experienced journalist, anchors the. It was their first appearance since Sept. 16, when they wore curly black wigs on-air in a stunt that led to complaints of racial insensitivity and the firing of News Director Nick Genty. 2023 Five Legged Stool LLC. 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. Fast Company has named AcreTrader on its prestigious annual list of the Worlds Most Innovative Companiesfor 2023. In one clip, viewed more than 2 million times, Jaeger intones "this is my real voice, like all the time, not just at work." A KATV reporter since September 2016, the Louisiana native and former Miss Bossier City will be a news anchor at KFDM in Beaumont, Texas. I believe our coldest days this winter are ahead of us. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 22. I happened to see Ned Perme several years ago at an airport in Cincinnati. Bowen School of Law. Anne Pressly (August 28, 1982 - October 25, 2008) was an American news anchor for KATV Channel 7 in Little Rock, Arkansas. Sullivan won several awards, including an Emmy Award and the Associated Press First Place Award for Breaking News. He had spent a dozen years at Channel 7, starting in sports before shifting to morning news for more than a decade. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. "So, I'd say at least one round of wintry precipitation is a good bet. His contract is over at the end of January 2016. AMP reported that Inman will be leaving the station when his contract is up to become director of business development for GenWealth Financial Advisors in Bryant. Syndicated programming on KATV includes Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune, Modern Family, Inside Edition, and Sherri, among others. May previously worked for Philadelphia CBS affiliate KYW-TV, though he wrote on social media in June 2015 that he had "anchored [his] last broadcast" there. 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 That's good TV. But thats not the case for KATV news anchor Scott Inman. UPDATE, Oct. 7: KATV anchor Chris May and meteorologist Barry Brandt returned to Channel 7's 10 o'clock newscast Wednesday, Oct. 6. Previously, Karen worked as an anchor for KCTV in Kansas City. [27][28][29][30][31][32], In February 1999, KATV aired commercials for the Walt Disney Pictures animated film Doug's 1st Movie during an ABC network broadcast of Disney's Doug. If you watched KATV's. Jean Franseen is excited to join the KATV family as the Weekend Anchor/Reporter. The former KATV reporter died Sunday after a four-year battle with cancer. She was 47 at the time. [9] KATV was founded by John Toole "J.T." Recently, however, she's been the news. 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 station's studios are located on Riverfront Drive in the Riverdale section northwest of downtown Little Rock, and its transmitter is located at the Shinall Mountain antenna farm in the Chenal Valley area (itself a developer-created corruption of "Shinall"). KATV primarily serves the central portion of Arkansas. Doubleday was replaced in his former position by general sales manager Thomas Goodgame, who would later move to Tulsa as general manager and would eventually become president of Westinghouse Broadcasting.). Inman isnt the first Little Rock television anchor to transition intothe financial services sector. [58] KATV is currently one of only two television stations in the Little Rock market (alongside CBS affiliate KTHV, which debuted a Saturday morning newscast in April 2010) that carries a newscast on weekend mornings, the station has produced a Saturday edition of Channel 7 News Daybreak since 1992; KATV does not currently air news programming on Sunday mornings. Like other former colleagues, she contributed an on-air goodbye message to longtime KATV chief meteorologist Ned Perme who retired in December. Neither these AP materials nor any portion thereof may be stored in a computer except for personal and noncommercial use. Fuller, now an anchor for the CBS affiliate in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, filed her lawsuit two-and-a-half years ago. Arkansas Business.com reports KATV/Channel 7/Little Rock is sueing the Soul of the South Network for hiring former reporter Katherina Yancy. FORECAST CAST: And speaking of KATV and Perme, the station has named a replacement chief meteorologist. In 2015, Mangham was named senior vice president/chief finance officer. He joined KATV in March 1999 as a weekend sports anchor, became news anchor in September 2003, and the anchor chair has been his TV home ever since. [37][38], On July 29, 2013, Allbritton announced that it would sell its seven television stations, including KATV, to the Hunt Valley, Maryland-based Sinclair Broadcast Group for $985million, to concentrate the company's operations exclusively around its political news website, Politico. 114 Scott St. Read more about Inmans departure here, and his new job here. Your priorities change over the years, he said. Who would have ever thought old circle 7 would have so many 11 Action News folks grace there screen. He most recently worked as a news anchor at Philadelphia CBS affiliate KYW-TV. Tony Brooks, Donna Dickson, Terry Wood and Dick Clay. KATV news director terminated, company confirms nwaonline.com. Eric Mangham has been promoted to executive vice president/chief finance officer of Arkansas Federal Credit Union. . Nearly eight years later, in 2007, the FCC levied a $8,000 fine against KATV for violating the "host-selling" provision in the Children's Television Act that classifies the broadcast of a commercial that features characters from a children's program being televised (thus classified as the 'hosts') as a program-length commercial. All rights reserved. Steve Sullivan - sports director; weeknights at 5, 6 and 10 p.m. Robert Burton - sports anchor; Saturdays at 6, Sundays at 5 and weekends at 10 p.m., also sports reporter, Joan Early - "Family First" feature reporter, Matt Johnson - general assignment reporter, Michael Knight - weekday morning traffic reporter, Justin Lewis - general assignment reporter, Scott Munsell - "Chopper 7" pilot/reporter, Jannette Reyes - general assignment reporter, Roger Susanin - general assignment reporter; also, Katherina-Marie Yancey - general assignment reporter. [14][15] In 1959, Robert Doubleday became one of the youngest television station managers in the country at the age of 26. News cameramen included Bob Donaldson and Lou Oberste. Longtime Little Rock viewers will remember one time KTHV anchor Andy Pearson. In a post-Oscars clip seen 2.6 million times, she jokes about the Will Smith-Chris Rock episode: "Update this morning, apparently everyone still hates Chris," and "studies say two things we shouldn't talk about: Bruno, and Jada.". Upon its move to the Riverdale building, the Main Street facility is to be redeveloped as part of the planned Little Rock Technology Park complex. "For the last time", For the last time pic.twitter.com/zo6CF5SCDn. Former news anchor at KATV news station, Erin Hawley, did not state why she quit working for KATV in March 2021. Granted, we never wouldve heard Eels and none of us knew Chuck in any capacity before being the voice of the Razorbacks. A jury awarded Craft $500,000 but the judge threw out the award and ordered a retrial. Life After Television: Inman & Others Who Seek Careers Outside Broadcasting, Who is Jonathan Bradshaw | Arkansas Sporting Dog Veterinarian, A Day in the Life: Arnetta Pugh, Reed Elementary Cafeteria Manager, Spotlight on Small Business: Keith Tucker Jr.s Truth Sauce, Stephens Appoints Eichler to COO, Bradbury to Vice Chairman, UPDATE: CTEH Confirms Fatal Plane Crash Near Little Rock Airport, Plan in the Works for Deck Park Over I-30 in Little Rock, What to Expect for Breckenridge Village in Little Rock, A Day in the Life: Jacob Arnold, Grandson of Frank Broyles, Continues Public Service Legacy, Arkansas-based Rock Town Distillery Gains International Attention, Black-Owned Business Spotlight: Korto Momolu, A Guide for All Seasons: Mike Mills, Arkansas Department of Parks, Heritage and Tourism. KATV News.Sinclair Digital Interactive Solutions. "She came in and fit into our pattern immediately. The station first signed on the air on December 19, 1953. She alleged that Meredith had created an age ceiling for its female anchors but not for its male anchors. . Sullivan was a co-anchor of the evening news for WBBM-TV in Chicago with Rob Johnson from September 2010 to September 2015. When KATV made the announcement, it quoted Inman as saying he made the decision to allow him to spend more time with his family. [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 said if he does miss it, its only during really big stories. Inman is a good dudeall the way back to his Sugatown days. Lauren Trager - weekend anchor left the station in 2012. "I'm also looking forward to being able to see my husband a lot more," Courtney said. Courtney announced in April that she was leaving the stations morning crew to help her two young daughters with potential acting careers. The station broadcasts its digital signal via UHF channel 22, using its former analog assignment of 7 as its virtual channel via PSIP. Its not uncommon for journalists to change careers. 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. Paul Eels, Inman, Ned playing the piano at Christmas with his spray on tan. So dont shake hands with him. Karen Fuller Height 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. May first joined the Little Rock station in 1993 and served as the weeknight co-anchor from 1995 to 1998. Television anchors are the newscasts who present news programs on the television. For nearly eight years, the donated footage remained untouched until the Tyson family donated $1.5million to the Pryor Center to digitize the footage. School children across the country found themselves struggling with food insecurity, as they could no longer reliably turn to school for help. He said he always wanted to be the weather guy when he was a kid. But he knows hell miss the people at KATV. Apparently we both needed to take a leak while waiting on a plane. The other lawsuit was filed by two other reporters and a meteorologist at the same station. Williams Gary Burton Jr. Mitch McCoy Arkansas Storm Team Chief Meteorologist Keith Monahan Pat Walker Joel Young, CBM Alex Libby Julianna Cullen KARK 4 News Reporters Ashlei King Haven Hughes Rylie Birdwell Samantha Boyd Neale Zeringue Jessica Ranck Claire Kreuz After nearly a decade with. Its so interesting how different generations perceive Chuck. Inman had a successful career at Channel 7. She will be helping manage their careers. Jaeger, with her pageant looks and surprisingly stentorian voice, saw her popularity bound well beyond Arkansas when she took to social media, and particularly TikTok, with its funny video snippets, in 2020. Im in my 20s and all of my friends and I have no problem with Chuck at all. KATV local news anchor Chris May and meteorologist Barry Brandt wore the wigs during a segment announcing that a cold front was approaching Little Rock, Arkansas, bringing the city's record-high summer temperatures down into the 70s. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. He retired as a reporter in December 2022 after a 37-year journalism career. 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. I can count on one hand the number of times I actually helped someone in their life when I was on TV. . AB.com reports Yancy left her job at KATV April 1st. On July 6, 2004, a spectacular intense high MUF Sporadic-E opening allowed Mike Bugaj[64] to receive KATV[65] in Enfield, Connecticut, 1,176 miles (1,893km) from Little Rock.[66]. 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). LAWSUIT ROUTE: Karen Fuller, a popular former anchor at Little Rock's KATV, Channel 7, is used to delivering the news. In 2009, KATV donated approximately 300 hours of film and 26,000 hours of video tape to the University of Arkansas David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History. Website Designed By CRAFT SEO. Pearsons story is a little different in how it happened, but similar in the outcome. Jaeger praised her news colleagues and shared some funny TV memories, including a moment when she was reporting at a shopping mall and a fan approached and touched her abdomen, asking when the baby was due. Inman and his wife have four children. Former KCTV Channel 5 anchor Karen Fuller has settled her age and discrimination lawsuit against the station's owner, . Once he was ready to make the change, Inman said he had to find something he could be passionate about. Also said he never thought hed be so happy to retire. Gladner is a past president of the Arkansas Broadcasters Association, past president of the National Association of State Radio Networks and former chairman of the CBS Radio Affiliates Board of Directors. Erin Hawley Age Hilary Hunt rejoined KARK in Sept. 2018 after spending two years away from Little Rock with Nexstar stations KNWA and Fox 24 in Fayetteville. 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. May's Facebook page lists him as currently being on sabbatical. ", Arkansas Business Publishing Group Aside KATV, Erin worked for WJXX, and other TV stations. Kane announced the news on social media that last Friday would be his last day. The case, scheduled for trial this month, was settled in December; details remain confidential. Erin was just a reporter at that station. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. On-air personalities at KATV during its early years of operation included the station's first announcer, Don Curran; the first news director, Bill Hadley; and news announcer, Oscar Alagood. The AP will not be held liable for any delays, inaccuracies, errors or omissions therefrom or in the transmission or delivery of all or any part thereof or for any damages arising from any of the foregoing.
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