[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. Previously, Karen worked as an anchor for KCTV in Kansas City. KATV began transmitting its digital signal from the new facility located on Shinall Mountain on February 1, 2009. Fred Debrine, did news with Steve Barnes on KATV in the 1970's. Tom Mcbee did weekend weather on KATV in the late 70's or early 80's. Lori Johnson, Daybreak with Ron Sherman. )[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. 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. Sullivan won several awards, including an Emmy Award and the Associated Press First Place Award for Breaking News. Its been an amazing run, he wrote on Twitter. Little Rock People | News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News | KATV Jean Franseen is excited to join the KATV family as the Weekend Anchor/Reporter. Cooper is represented by Dennis Egan, who represented former KMBC-TV Channel 9 anchor Christine Craft nearly four decades ago. When Barry and Todd leave KATV thats the beginning of the end for them. Originally licensed to Pine Bluff, the station was a CBS affiliate with a secondary ABC affiliation. 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. He also started and hosted a weekend program dealing with divorce. Once he was ready to make the change, Inman said he had to find something he could be passionate about. )[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. Two white TV reporters were suspended after wearing Afro-like wigs on-air for a 1970s-themed segment last month, the Arkansas Times reported. 317 followers . I can count on one hand the number of times I actually helped someone in their life when I was on TV. But thats not the case for KATV news anchor Scott Inman. The case, scheduled for trial this month, was settled in December; details remain confidential. Like Inman, Pearson saidhe likes the idea of helping people. [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. 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.". [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. Also said he never thought hed be so happy to retire. [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). He led the station's coverage of "Whitewater," including the indictments, trial, and convictions of Arkansas Governor Jim Guy Tucker. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 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. Karen Fuller is an American two-time Emmy Award-winning Broadcast journalist. They're all so terrified of offending one person, they destroy their entire station for it. 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. CBS Anchor Abruptly Fired, Escorted Out of Building by Security The thought of helping others reach their personal goals appeals to me, he said. Main line: (501) 372-1443 As of August 2019, the first digitized images are available on the Pryor Center's website. Paul Eels, Inman, Ned playing the piano at Christmas with his spray on tan. ", Arkansas Business Publishing Group Jean was born and raised in Memphis, TN, which isn't too far from the Natural State. But he knows hell miss the people at KATV. Karen Fuller Age She was born in 1968 in the northern part of Arkansas State, United States. Fuller did make a brief appearance on Little Rock television recently. 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. [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. The station broadcasts its digital signal via UHF channel 22, using its former analog assignment of 7 as its virtual channel via PSIP. Click to reveal SECRant.com is an independent website and is not affiliated with the Southeastern Conference. Fuller was a news anchor at KCTV from 2003 to 2015, when she was abruptly let go. KATV News Director Amy Sullivan wished Kane well and said the station is looking for the right morning combination. He can be reached at neal.gladner@gmail.com. "I'm also looking forward to being able to see my husband a lot more," Courtney said. 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. Fri, Mar 03. Published under: CBS , NBC Culture KATV News (@KATVNews) / Twitter 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. Former KCTV Channel 5 anchor Karen Fuller has settled her age and discrimination lawsuit against the stations owner, Meredith Corp. Hilary had previously worked for us as a general assignment reporter. Morning Anchor Chris Kane Leaves KATV | Arkansas Business News "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. It doesn't mean it will be bitterly cold, but we should start to turn colder and we will have several chances for precipitation. She was known as the anchor for the 5:00 p.m news for 8 years. School children across the country found themselves struggling with food insecurity, as they could no longer reliably turn to school for help. It's a part of our state's fabric.". Latest News Stories 'Still in shock' | Pine Bluff man wins $5.75 million lottery prize. Karen Fuller Height Former KATV anchor returning to work at Little Rock station Its who weve grown up listening to. (Doubleday remained as KATV's manager until 1968, when he was promoted to president of KATV and KTUL. I happened to see Ned Perme several years ago at an airport in Cincinnati. 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. 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[63] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former VHF analog channel 7. The news director for KATV, Channel 7, has been fired, Sinclair Broadcast Group confirmed Friday. She alleged that Meredith had created an age ceiling for its female anchors but not for its male anchors. A new member of the weather team will work weekends: storm chaser James Bryant, a North Little Rock native with a meteorology degree from Mississippi State. 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. Brandt, who will handle the 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. newscasts, has been with KATV since 1997. 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. The settlement was reached just before the case was set to go to trial in federal court in Kansas City, Kansas, next month. She was born in Beaufort, South Carolina and grew up in Greenville. Westrock Coffee Company Acquires Bixby Roasting Co. Experience Little Rock in Color Kicks Off for 10-Year Master Plan for Tourism in Little Rock National Association Names Best in Arkansas Sports Media, 2023 AMP Influencer: Kalene Griffith, Visit Bentonville, Kanga Studio, Dave Creek Media to Merge Operations. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. The article says the station met with Soul of the South executives concerning their hiring of Yancy. Craft claimed that female anchors were judged by different standards than male anchors. 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]. His contract is over at the end of January 2016. From 1994 - 1996, Shuster was a political reporter for KATV (ABC) Little Rock, Arkansas. 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. 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. And the rest is Arkansas television history. Both anchors were clearly tired of their alarm clocks. Karen is 53 years old. During this time, in July 1958, KATV successfully filed to change its city of license from Pine Bluff to Little Rock, completing the move that October. KATV (channel 7) is a television station in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States, affiliated with ABC and owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group. Hilary Hunt rejoined KARK in Sept. 2018 after spending two years away from Little Rock with Nexstar stations KNWA and Fox 24 in Fayetteville. May first joined the Little Rock station in 1993 and served as the weeknight co-anchor from 1995 to 1998. The problem is since Munoz left TV news, she is now working as the University of Central Arkansas as an associate vice president. 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 still wish I could be in the midst of it when that happens, he added. Pearson entered the financial sector after KTHV when he joined UBS Financial. However, unlike WJLA and most of the O&Os, prior to the Sinclair purchase KATV paired the ABC logo with the Circle 7 sparingly, usually in on-screen logo bugs in which the Circle 7 covers the standard ABC bug. I talked to Ned Perme recently (super nice guy, btw) and he said that Barry Brandt and Todd Yakobian were very unhappy at KATV. Never said a word to him, but he acted weird, and didnt wash his hands. Alyson Courtney Announces Departure from KATV - AY Magazine 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. KATV originally transmitted its signal from a tower near Jefferson, until a taller tower was built farther north in Redfield in 1965. Former news anchor at KATV news station, Erin Hawley, did not state why she quit working for KATV in March 2021. Many KATV Arrivals, and One Departure | Arkansas Business News She moved to Little Rock during her high school junior year when her mother remarried. 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. 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. Over the last [] KATV - Wikipedia The KABC team covers the Los Angeles and Southern California area like no one else. GoGoMag.com & TVHeads.com are not affiliated with ABC, Al Jazeera America, Bloomberg, CBS, CNN, ESPN, Fox News Channel, Fox Business Network, Fox Sports, NBC, NFL Network, The Weather Channel, Univision or any other news concern. (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. 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. Inman is a good dudeall the way back to his Sugatown days. 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.". Meteorologist Melinda Mayo will continue to work mornings. Copyright @2023 SECRant.com. Industry veterans can think of many who moved from reporting or anchoring to public relations or jobs in communications for government agencies or nonprofits. Customer Service: (501) 455-9333 or email, Monday, Aug. 15, 2022 3:49 pm 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. The other two, he struggles and his voice is just annoying, puts you in a bad mood. Its been weighing heavily on me for a long time, he told AMP in a follow-up interview. "After 14 years of getting up at 2:30 in the morning, I'm stepping away from the anchor desk," Courtney wrote. Arkansas Travelers Team Up With Buz2 for Radio Arkansas Native Bryce Mitchell Competing at UFC This 2022-2023 Arkansas Racing Season Kicks Off at Oaklawn. Hope to see you all again, May wrote in his farewell to KYW-TV viewers June 30, 2015, on Twitter. Performance & security by Cloudflare. 114 Scott St. 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"). Layoffs at Portland's KATU-TV include Brian Wood, others Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. Courtney even led her news with it. Meet the Region 8 News Team - KAIT Former KCTV Channel 5 anchor Karen Fuller has settled her age and discrimination lawsuit against the station's owner, . Melissa Simas - she joined the station in 2006, working as reporter, morning/noon news anchor and evening anchor before leaving KARK in 2011. Eric Mangham has been promoted to executive vice president/chief finance officer of Arkansas Federal Credit Union. Copyright 2023, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. Its the first thing we think of now, he concluded. It wasnt his idea to leave. Your IP: 11, 2022 1:50 pm We used to think of TV as being immediate, he said. A native of Columbia, Missouri, and graduate of the University of Central Missouri, Jaeger joined KTHV after two years at KWCH in the Wichita, Kansas, market. Meteorologist Todd Yakoubian will move to weekdays, providing forecasts for 11:30 a.m., 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. shows. 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. 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. She anchors the KARK 4 News Today and also hosts Newsfeed Now for stations across the country. Daniel Brown. Neal Gladner spent more than 25 years as a broadcaster in Arkansas. KATV's analog signal remained off the air for two weeks, until it built temporary transmitter facilities from an auxiliary tower on Shinall Mountain used by CBS affiliate KTHV. Bowen Law Altheimer Symposium: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), Trauma and the Law. Her career in broadcast began at the age of 20 as a weekend DJ and . This years list highlights the businesses at the forefront of their respective industries, paving the way for future innovations. 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. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. Ryan Houston, a Pine Bluff. Karen Fuller Bio, Wiki, Age, Height, Husband, KCTV, Salary, and Net Worth Arkansas Fan Tries To Make It Right Almost 50 Years Later, Arkansas Hires New OC To Replace Kendal Briles, Report: Arkansas OC Kendal Briles Leaving For TCU OC Job, Arkansas Photographer Absolutely Bites It Running On Court After Razorbacks Buzzer-Beater, Tenn Influencer Rachel Stuhlmann Shows Off Her 'Rack-et', Michael Douglas Owes Catherine Zeta-Jones When He Loses At Golf: I have to whip it out, Nick Saban Not Happy With Proposed SEC Schedule, Check Out Viktor Hovland's Awesome Hole-In-One. Two Little Rock TV anchors are departing Arkansas for out-of-state jobs, the stations' news director said Wednesday. "That young man was me. According to the Kansas City Star, Fuller filed suit against the station's parent company in June of 2017, saying she was terminated without cause and alleging age discrimination: "In the eyes of Meredith Corporation, women news anchors like Ms. Fuller, unlike their male counterparts, simply become too old to deliver the news.". All rights reserved. Full Profile Brittney Johnson Little Rock, AR Professions & Specialties Little Rock TV anchors at KARK, KLRT leaving for out-of-state jobs These companies are setting The post AcreTrader Named as One of Worlds Most Innovative Companies appeared first on AMP. Sports Anchors Alex Anderson. KARK 4 News Anchors Bob Clausen Laura Monteverdi Caitrin Assaf Hilary Hunt D.J. I guess the meteorologists are exempt from getting into reporting the woke news. Meet the anchors, reporters and meteorologists of THV11 KTHV-TV in Little Rock, Arkansas. To celebrate temperatures dipping into the 70s after a sweltering weekslong heatwave, Arkansas' KATV anchor Chris May and . Former Anchor Chris Kane Joins Delta Solar | Arkansas Business News The Block Plant is located at 565 Front Street in Conway. I wish I could say I did, he told AMP. News cameramen included Bob Donaldson and Lou Oberste. Pearson also worked in radio after leaving television, anchoring morning news on KARN Newsradio for several years. 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. Meet The News Team | ktbs.com We reached out to Fuller who graciously responded but didn't have enough time to consult her lawyer about a statement before our deadline. 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. 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. 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). News Anchor at KATV Channel 7 Little Rock, Arkansas, United States. United States , Pulaski , Turtle Creek , Little Rock , Riverdale . Little Rock, AR. A jury awarded Craft $500,000 but the judge threw out the award and ordered a retrial. John [Shrewsbury, a GenWealth partner] handled my retirement planning, so I got to know him pretty well, Inmanexplained. Chris May | KATV 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. She was 47 at the time. 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. 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. 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. Chuck is good at baseball as it was slow enough for him to keep up. Right now were searching for the right team to continue the KATV legacy, she told Arkansas Business. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook to get the latest updates on SEC Football and Recruiting. [55][56] The move was completed in mid-January 2023, with the first newscast originating from Riverdale on January 13.[57]. . LITTLE ROCK, Ark. That's good TV. When KATV made the announcement, it quoted Inman as saying he made the decision to allow him to spend more time with his family. 1 min read, Arkansas Bar Association Legal Hall of Fame, Anchors Away at KATV, KTHV: Courtney, Jaeger Depart, ArcBest Sells FleetNet to Cox in $100M Cash Deal, Lindsey Millar to Leave Arkansas Times Editorship in May, Owens Corning to Build New Facility in Russellville, East Village Brewery Seeks $4.5M Planning Permit, 2024 Eclipse Seen as Historic Tourism Opportunity, PCME Receives $766,100 Judgment in Federal Court, New Heights Restaurant George's Hints at Summer Opening, Outdoor Recreation is 'Big Business,' With Room to Grow. And part of that is the availability of video from citizens and their ability to capture pictures on smartphones as news happens before TV videographers can get to the story. The KATV news station in Little Rock. 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