Sinclair regional news director Blaise Labbe will oversee the KATV newsroom on an interim basis. She is leaving Little Rock to return to Seattle, where she grew up, so she can be closer to family. Little Rock, AR 72201, Toll free: (888) 322-6397 40+ employees, only 8 Blacks. [13], KATV subsequently moved to a two-story building at 310 West 3rd Street; the first floor had been occupied by a furniture store, while the second floor served as studio facilities for a local radio station and also housed the offices of an insurance agency. Beth Hunt is a 45-year-old American evening anchor at KATV Channel 7. 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. 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. Jan 24. 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. Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium. She is the co-host of "Daybreak" and "Good Morning Arkansas" for KATV. In addition to anchoring CBS 2 News This Morning with Maurice DuBois and CBS 2 News at Noon, she co-hosted and filled in as the newsreader at CBS' The Saturday Early Show with Chris Wragge, Lonnie Quinn, and Erica Hill. All rights reserved. Proud papa is the versatile Jason Cline, the yoga-teaching former communications staffer who goes to law school while somehow keeping up with officerhood in the Army National Guard. FILE A KATV sign is shown in this undated file photo. [55][56] The move was completed in mid-January 2023, with the first newscast originating from Riverdale on January 13.[57]. Sullivan joined the CBS team in 2006 and anchored CBS 2 News This Morning at WCBS-TV in New York. 19.5 inches! Beth anchors Channel 7 News at 6 and 10. Hunt says shes basically another working mother. In addition, she has also been honored several times by the readers of the Arkansas Times, as Best of Arkansas in the category of Best TV News Person most recently in 2014. KATV began transmitting its digital signal from the new facility located on Shinall Mountain on February 1, 2009. After ten months, she came back to central Arkansas and her Channel 7 family. 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. [10][11][12] The studios were damaged in a fire that occurred on the morning of November 1, 1957. Leake who had moved from being a 3.5% minority partner in KATV to half-owner as a result of the earlier investor divestitures retained ownership of KATV, KTUL, Ponca City, Oklahoma-based cable television operator Cable TV Co. and a controlling 80% interest in the construction permit for Fajardo, Puerto Rico television station WSTE (now WORO-DT), while Griffin retained ownership of KWTV under the licensee Century Communications Co. (Griffin's company would eventually return to Arkansas in September 1985, when it purchased NBC affiliate KPOM-TV [now Fox affiliate KFTA-TV] in Fort Smith from the Ozark Broadcasting Company; Griffin would sell KPOM and the Rogers-based satellite station it signed on in October 1989, KFAA-TV [now KNWA-TV], to the Nexstar Broadcasting Group owner of KATV rival KARK-TV in September 2003. Prior to that, Beth anchored live shows from Heifer International, Riverfest, Toadsuck, and just about each other major festival or event in the state. . KATV appealed the fine, claiming the error was due to a last-minute insertion order from ABC. Im blessed to have a strong bench of reporters that can all anchor shows, Genty said. It was the journalist's first podcast, but she is eager to do more after a little rest. Kaila Lafferty started at KATV in 2018 as a reporter but also worked during her two years on and as a podcast. In 2000, she joined KATV, the Allbritton Communications Company owned ABC-affiliated television station in Little Rock, Arkansas, as a general assignment reporter. 8lbs. Welcome to the newest member of the @KATVNews family! She attended and graduated in 1995 from Carlisle High School. Beth serves as an evening anchor at KATV Channel 7. Melinda Mayo is a Pine Bluff native who enjoys delivering the weather for her home state. Copyright 2023, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. [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. By Stephanie Tsoflias Siegelon Jan. 4, 2019 - 2:35 PM, Content WriterThe Brandon AgencyMyrtle Beach, South Carolina. She graduated Cum Laude. Little Rock, AR 72201, Toll free: (888) 322-6397 She came to Channel 7 in November 2002 working as a General Assignment Reporter. Sullivan has been named one of the Top 30 Irish Americans in Media by IrishCentral.com and has served as media spokesperson for the American Heart Association. Sullivan won several awards, including an Emmy Award and the Associated Press First Place Award for Breaking News. Just about nine months ago, Dover told Arkansas Business that her recently settled life in Sherwood, with husband, Jeremy Flynn, and her parents down the street, had been like a Mayberry existence. Papa Flynn is a former marketing manager for the Little Rock production firm Waymack & Crew who joined Verizon Arena as sales manager in 2016. Thanks for the love and the stories!. 30, 2018 12:00 am I appropriated a look that was not just unprofessional, it was insensitive and it was offensive. An error has occurred, please try again later. [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. pic.twitter.com/EpF4qwMJwX. News cameramen included Bob Donaldson and Lou Oberste. She serves as an evening anchor at KATV anchoring News at 6 and 10. The CBS affiliate is a sister . 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. She leaves her position after 14 years, she said. Beth served behind the scenes at Channel 7 for a few months, then took her first reporting tenure in Fort Smith/Fayetteville. 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. All rights reserved. Syndicated programming on KATV includes Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune, Modern Family, Inside Edition, and Sherri, among others. [3], In 2018, Sullivan became the executive producer and host of "To Dine For with Kate Sullivan" on American Public Television, PBS and Create. Two broadcasters at KATV, Channel 7, in Little Rock, apologized Wednesday for their "insensitive" actions the previous month. 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. 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. Jaeger's reply: "I'm not pregnant, but I do have a food baby. Sullivan was a co-anchor of the evening news for WBBM-TV in Chicago with Rob Johnson from September 2010 to September 2015. People view my job as very glamorous, she told Little Rock Family a few years ago. Theres a family feel at the station, they are culturally aware of issues going on locally and nationally, and they are focused on integrity with storytelling.. Print Headline: KATV reporter to leave station next week. She moved to Little Rock during her high school junior year when her mother remarried. The station moved its operations to the Worthen Bank Building in downtown Little Rock in October 1970, after Worthen vacated it and moved into a new downtown skyscraper. They fear that to get involved with housework would send them hurtling into the bottomless pit of self-sacrifice that is womens current caring roles.Debbie Taylor (20th century). ", "In both cases we can and we must do better," he said. Overnight producer Kristen Belue and husband, David, are expecting their first child, also in June. News director Nick Genty was fired as a result, but the suspended anchor returned to the air Wednesday night. Neither these AP materials nor any portion thereof may be stored in a computer except for personal and noncommercial use. Beths average salary is $76,319 per year. Under Doubleday, KATV became a major competitor in the Little Rock market. [22], In April 1969, Griffin-Leake TV announced that it would break up its holdings into two separate companies. Three newsroom pros at KATV are pregnant, and another just gave birth, leaving News Director Nick Genty to shuffle his lineup and wonder if somethings in the water. She also reported a series of stories from Honduras on the charitable work of the Arkansas-based non-profit Heifer International. 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. 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.). She earns a satisfying amount from her work as an evening anchor at KATV Channel 7. ", Arkansas Business Publishing Group KATV anchor Chris May and meteorologist Barry Brandt donned the wigs on camera last Thursday as they spoke of a cold front moving through their area. Jaeger, the popular former Miss Kansas, left Channel 11 at the start of April to become senior manager, digital strategy and brand management, at Walmart Inc. in Bentonville. Beths mother served as a teacher, so they did lots of reading and Beth was always with them. KATV buys Riverdale site for $4.4M Arkansas Online. Sullivan began her journalistic career in the Midwest at the CBS affiliate WSBT-TV in South Bend, Indiana, where she started as an intern and was promoted to a general assignment reporter. All that matters was how I made people feel, and it is clear that I caused many people, many African-Americans in particular, to feel pain. She was born in Beaufort, South Carolina and grew up in Greenville. Then he took his staff in his hand, and chose five smooth stones from the wadi, and put them in his shepherd s bag, in the pouch; his sling was in his hand, and he drew near to the Philistine.Bible: Hebrew, 1 Samuel 17:40. Kaila Lafferty started at KATV in 2018 as a Daybreak reporter but also worked during her two years on Good Morning Arkansas and as a podcast producer. Latest title? Local news journalists are giving everyone outside the affected area short glimpses of what's happening through social media. Brian serves as an insurance agent. Anne Pressly (August 28, 1982 - October 25, 2008) was an American news anchor for KATV Channel 7 in Little Rock, Arkansas. Courtney stated her decision to step away is because her oldest daughter is a junior in high school, and she wants to be there to share the special moments before she heads off to college. On June 18, 1953, the FCC granted the construction permit to Central South and dismissed Shaw's application on the "strike" grounds.[5][6]. (Doubleday remained as KATV's manager until 1968, when he was promoted to president of KATV and KTUL. Now-defunct Little Rock-based Equity Media Holdings initially helped restore KATV's signal to area cable and satellite providers[34] by relaying its digital signal over the third digital subchannel of KWBF (channel 42, now KARZ-TV and owned by Nexstar Media Group) originally as digital channel 42.3 in standard definition, later remapped as digital channel 7.1 and upgraded to high definition. 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. )[43][44][45][46][47] After nearly a year of delays, Sinclair's deal to acquire Allbritton was approved by the FCC on July 24, 2014, and was completed on August 1. Rusley Heads to BeaumontOne face you wont be seeing on Channel 7 is Kimberly Rusleys. Currently, Beth serves as an evening anchor at KATV Channel 7. He'll anchor the 5, 6 and 10 p.m. newscast. 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. The station first signed on the air on December 19, 1953. All rights reserved. "I want to take a moment to apologize and be accountable for a terrible decision I made when I last appeared on this newscast back on Sept. 16," said Chris May, evening news anchor. The station held a Zoom meeting Wednesday. I wouldnt be afraid to let any one of them handle the anchoring duties if need be. He said viewers should expect to see a mix of faces over the next few months. However, it lost the appeal in April 2010.[33]. Copyright 2023, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. She said she has a job at a station there but cannot yet announce which one. Beth Hunt is a popular American journalist. 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This email address is already subscribed to the selected list(s). Griffin and James C. "Jimmy" Leake (who also founded sister station KTUL in Tulsa and original sister station KWTV in Oklahoma City, the company founded by the former of the two founders would later become the present-day Griffin Communications). "My oldest daughter is a junior in high school now and it's important to me to be able to be there for all the special moments she has coming up before she heads off to college. Chris May Retweeted. But she said both her girls are actresses, and they need her. 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. ", May told listeners that the incident has led him to "more closely examine myself and the station to more closely examine its mission and purpose in covering our entire community. Prior to that, Beth anchored live shows from Heifer International, Riverfest, Toadsuck, and just about each other major festival or event in the state. Courtney stated her decision to. 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. 2023 Five Legged Stool LLC. A recent Twitter post celebrated her newfound ability to sleep in, displaying her 2:55 a.m. alarm, then backups at 2:57, 3 and 3:07. 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.". Last month, Sinclair Group Manager John Seabers said the company will implement further training for sensitivity and workplace conduct to ensure incidents like this don't happen again. (A sale of any of the affected Allbritton properties to a separate buyer was not an option for Sinclair, as Allbritton wanted its stations to be sold together to limit the tax rate that the company would have had to pay from the accrued proceeds, which it estimated would have been substantially higher if the group was sold piecemeal; Sinclair sold most of the conflict outlets to Howard Stirk Holdings on the pretense that it would forego entering into operational agreements with Sinclair. While at KATV, Kate reported on 9/11 from Ground Zero in New York and presented stories about Arkansans who had lost loved ones during the tragedy. Barry Brandt, chief meteorologist at the station, also issued an apology, saying he made what he thought was a "lighthearted reference to the 1970s using a prop during my forecast. 114 Scott St. 2023 Five Legged Stool LLC. [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. Her message? She said she especially enjoyed having a chance to sit on a bull used by professional bull riders visiting the area and getting the opportunity to report on toad racing. Arkansas really helped shape who I am becoming as a person.. Facts Buddy Fast, Factual, Free! When it comes down to it, Im a wife and a mom who just happens to be on TV.. Less than a year after its debut, KATV purchased the Little Rock studios of KRTV when that station closed down. On September 20, 2010, KATV expanded its weekday morning newscast to 2 hours, moving the start time to 4:30a.m.[61] On September 10, 2011, KATV became the fourth (and final) television station in the Little Rock market to begin broadcasting its local newscasts in high definition (KTHV became the first station in the market to produce its newscasts in high definition in December 2010, and KARK and KLRT both began producing its newscasts in HD in April 2011, making the transition within five days of one another). 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. Beth has also taken viewers behind the scenes of Good Morning America in New York City with in-depth interviews with Diane Sawyer, Charlie Gibson as well as Robin Roberts. [7] It was the second station in central Arkansas behind KRTV, channel 17 in Little Rock, which had gone on the air on April 4. Courtney started working at the Little Rock ABC affiliate in 2011. Customer Service: (501) 455-9333 or email, Monday, Apr. She serves as an evening anchor at KATV anchoring News at 6 and 10. 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. Jean Franseen is excited to join the KATV family as the Weekend Anchor/Reporter. A KATV reporter is leaving the station next week after two years in Little Rock. "And moving forward, we promise we will.". KATV will soon welcome a new weekend anchor to its team: Memphis native Jean Franseen. We've got big baby news at FOX 5 DC! In December 2014, the couple welcomed their first child, a son.[4]. She was appointed by Governor Mike Beebe to serve on the AR Governors Council on Fitness in 2010. 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. 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. Beth followed Gen. Wesley Clark on the campaign trail to Iowa and beyond in 2004 as he sought the Democratic nomination for President. Weekend anchor Janelle Lilley brought Luke Ender Cline into the world on April 21 (8 pounds, 4 ounces). [48][49][50][51], On February 20, 2019, KATV announced that it would relocate to a renovated facility in the city's Riverdale district in a building Sinclair purchased for $4.36 million. Beth married her husband Brian who serves as an insurance agent. According to Tucker, station managers met with the Central Arkansas Association of Black Journalists and she listened in. Courtney even led her news with it. KATV's analog signal remained on Comcast in the Little Rock area after the collapse as it received the station through a direct feed from KATV's Main Street studios, although the HD feed was initially interrupted; Comcast also delivered KATV's signal to other cable and satellite providers. KATV was also carried on cable systems in those areas, including Greenville, Cleveland and Clarksdale. The couple also has three sons including Cameron. [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. Former KATV anchor returning to work at Little Rock station Arkansas Online. Dad is Brian Cress, a North Little Rock Shelter Insurance agent. Brian serves as an insurance agent. She will be helping manage their careers. [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). 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"). Marina Marraco & Angie Goff break some personal news! She was born in Arkansas and raised up in the small town of Carlisle by her caring and loving father and mother. In her previous job as an ABC News producer, Dover was always a plane ride from the next breaking story, from Hurricane Sandy to Sandy Hook. For other people named Kate Sullivan, see, "Kate Sullivan 'so grateful' for CBS 2 run", "CBS 2 anchor Kate Sullivan 'happy and grateful' for delivery", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kate_Sullivan&oldid=1056703381, Articles with unsourced statements from October 2020, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 23 November 2021, at 02:19. KATV'S Kaila Lafferty demonstrates how she edited her on-air reports and the podcast, Timeline: The Disappearance of Cassie Compton, in the KATV studios in downtown Little Rock. 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. Beth is happily married to her lovely husband named Brian. "I listened & learned: ALL managers are White. [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. Ranchino was a professor at Ouachita Baptist University[59] and an ally of Bill Clinton, who was elected governor of Arkansas on the night that Ranchino collapsed and died in the studio.[60]. Griffin and the Leakes would own approximately all of the common voting stock and collectively own 84% of nonvoting common shares in KATV Inc. post-merger, with 10% of the remaining nonvoting interest held by Edgar Bell (who would remain executive vice president and general manager at KWTV). 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). 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). City is 42% Black," Tucker said in a Tweet on Sept. 22. Luke Ender Cline has arrived. I pack lunch for my child and work out of a cubicle. KATV (channel 7) is a television station in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States, affiliated with ABC and owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group.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 .
