Jan 24. "That night I did what many of you have said I did. Copyright 2023, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. Sinclair regional news director Blaise Labbe will oversee the KATV newsroom on an interim basis. [citation needed]. But she longed for home, and Genty welcomed her with open arms in 2013. Franseen will report during the week and serve as an anchor for the station on weekends, she said. She also participated in pageants for several years and was Miss Black Louisiana 2008. [9] KATV was founded by John Toole "J.T." 8lbs. Arkansas political scientist and pollster Jim Ranchino, who had been appearing on the station as a commentator during elections since 1972, died of a heart attack as he was waiting to offer election commentary on KATV on November 7, 1978. 61,920 talking about this. Beth stands at a height of 5 ft 6 in (Approx 1.65 m). Luke Ender Cline has arrived. 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 is the co-host of "Daybreak" and "Good Morning Arkansas" for KATV. 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. Both anchors were clearly tired of their alarm clocks. Beths estimated net worth is $689,171. [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. 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. 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. 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). 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. However, it lost the appeal in April 2010.[33]. . 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. 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. On June 18, 1953, the FCC granted the construction permit to Central South and dismissed Shaw's application on the "strike" grounds.[5][6]. According to Tucker, station managers met with the Central Arkansas Association of Black Journalists and she listened in. 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. Arkansas Business Publishing Group Arkansas really helped shape who I am becoming as a person.. 30, 2018 12:00 am She has also anchored live shows from Heifer International, Riverfest, Toadsuck, and just about each other major festival or event in the state. 2023 Five Legged Stool LLC. Customer Service: (501) 455-9333 or email, Monday, Apr. 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. 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). 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. 4 oz. Sullivan joined the CBS team in 2006 and anchored CBS 2 News This Morning at WCBS-TV in New York. 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. This story has been updated. 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 [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. Marina Marraco & Angie Goff break some personal news! Jaeger's reply: "I'm not pregnant, but I do have a food baby. Prior to that, Beth anchored live shows from Heifer International, Riverfest, Toadsuck, and just about each other major festival or event in the state. Melinda Mayo (b. Apr 28) is a renowned American weather anchor and reporter working as a meteorologist for KATV, Channel 7, which is an NBC affiliate in Little Rock, Arkansas. KATV anchor Alyson Courtney is stepping away from the anchors desk, she announced on her Facebook Monday. Franseen is a graduate from Middle Tennessee State University and has previously worked as a morning . An error has occurred, please try again later. In 2000, she joined KATV, the Allbritton Communications Company owned ABC-affiliated television station in Little Rock, Arkansas, as a general assignment reporter. Levi White, 32, and Zackary King, 27, face up to 10 years in prison for using excessive force. 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. Her message? Beth Hunt, the popular evening anchor and Bison from Carlisle High School, is due to deliver her third child in June. KATV anchor Alyson Courtney is stepping away from the anchor's desk, she announced on her Facebook Monday. FILE A KATV sign is shown in this undated file photo. Jean was born and raised in Memphis, TN, which isn't too far from the Natural State. She will be helping manage their careers. KATV Morning Anchor Alyson Courtney Leaves Station By Kevin Eck on Apr. I pack lunch for my child and work out of a cubicle. 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. KWCH is owned by the Gray Television chain of Atlanta; KTHV belongs to the Tegna chain of Tysons Corner, Virginia. [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. Facts Buddy Fast, Factual, Free! Chris May Retweeted. Copyright 2023, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. [22], In April 1969, Griffin-Leake TV announced that it would break up its holdings into two separate companies. Tegna , Arkansas , Little Rock , Sar Lamou . )[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. All rights reserved. City is 42% Black," Tucker said in a Tweet on Sept. 22. 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. IT'S OFFICIAL: My last day at @KATVNews is done " Thanks for the love and the stories! 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 December 2014, the couple welcomed their first child, a son.[4]. [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. In September 2010, Sullivan joined WBBM-TV in Chicago, where she worked until she left the station in September 2015. 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But I do my own hair and makeup. Beth Hunt is a 45-year-old American evening anchor at KATV Channel 7. Sullivan won several awards, including an Emmy Award and the Associated Press First Place Award for Breaking News. 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. Two broadcasters at KATV, Channel 7, in Little Rock, apologized Wednesday for their "insensitive" actions the previous month. Beth gets her wealth from her work as an evening anchor at KATV Channel 7. 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 . 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. A KATV reporter since September 2016, the Louisiana native and former Miss Bossier City will be a news anchor at KFDM in Beaumont, Texas. First-time dad. 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). Welcome to the newest member of the @KATVNews family! 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. Overnight producer Kristen Belue and husband, David, are expecting their first child, also in June. The couple has three sons including Cameron. She is leaving Little Rock to return to Seattle, where she grew up, so she can be closer to family. Beth married her husband Brian who serves as an insurance agent. Little Rock, AR 72201, Toll free: (888) 322-6397 She serves as an evening anchor at KATV anchoring News at 6 and 10. Courtney stated her decision to. Neither these AP materials nor any portion thereof may be stored in a computer except for personal and noncommercial use. Prior to that, Beth anchored live shows from Heifer International, Riverfest, Toadsuck, and just about each other major festival or event in the state. 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). 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. Clear Channel Broadcasting Tower Redfield, Erin Hawley - Saturdays at 6, Sundays at 5, and weekends at 10 p.m.; also investigative reporter, Scott Inman - weeknights at 5, 6 and 10 p.m.; also reporter, Christina Muoz - weeknights at 6 and 10 p.m.; also reporte. 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. News cameramen included Bob Donaldson and Lou Oberste. She leaves her position after 14 years, she said. On Oct. 4, Tucker posted on Twitter: "We had productive conversations with @WeAreSinclair CEO and upper management. All rights reserved. KATV primarily serves the central portion of Arkansas. When I spoke with my now News Director, I knew ABC 7 would be a great fit, Franseen said. Following that position, she served as the morning anchor for FOX 33/NBC 6 in Shreveport, where she worked for almost two years. 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 came to Channel 7 in November 2002 working as a General Assignment Reporter. Beth served behind the scenes at Channel 7 for a few months, then took her first reporting tenure in Fort Smith/Fayetteville. Rusley, whos from Bossier City, got her start in Shreveport at KSLA, then worked across town as a multimedia journalist and reporter at KTAL. Philadelphia , Little Rock . She was complimentary of Sinclair in subsequent tweets and commended the company for firing Genty. 19.5 inches! By Stephanie Tsoflias Siegelon Jan. 4, 2019 - 2:35 PM, Content WriterThe Brandon AgencyMyrtle Beach, South Carolina. Sullivan is originally from Lakeville, Massachusetts, and graduated cum laude from the University of Notre Dame.[1][2]. Two white TV reporters were suspended after wearing Afro-like wigs on-air for a 1970s-themed segment last month, the Arkansas Times reported. She was born in Beaufort, South Carolina and grew up in Greenville. Congrats to @KATVJanelle and Jason. 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. 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. Anne Pressly (August 28, 1982 - October 25, 2008) was an American news anchor for KATV Channel 7 in Little Rock, Arkansas. . After ten months, she came back to central Arkansas and her Channel 7 family. 2 min read, Arkansas Bar Association Legal Hall of Fame, 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, 5 CTEH Employees Killed in Little Rock Plane Crash, Supreme Court Won't Upset Arkansas Anti-Israel Boycott Law, Car-Mart Profit Plummets 92% in Fiscal Q3. Hilary Hunt is an American journalist currently working in Arkansas at KARK as a news anchor since she re-joined the station in September 2018. 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. 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. "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 CBS affiliate is a sister station to KATV, owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. Shell fill the main anchor position, Genty said. Beths mother served as a teacher, so they did lots of reading and Beth was always with them. 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). We've got big baby news at FOX 5 DC! The station was criticized after a white anchor appeared on air . Beth is happily married to her lovely husband named Brian. ", "Please know that it was never ever my intention to offend or cause any harm," he said. 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. Less than a year after its debut, KATV purchased the Little Rock studios of KRTV when that station closed down. 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. She also anchored the morning and noon news at WCBS-TV in New York (20062010). Originally licensed to Pine Bluff, the station was a CBS affiliate with a secondary ABC affiliation. A federal Grand Jury in the Western District of Arkansas has indicted two former Crawford County Sheriff's Deputies in the violent arrest of a man at a Mulberry gas station in August. (Doubleday remained as KATV's manager until 1968, when he was promoted to president of KATV and KTUL. KATV (channel 7) is a television station in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States, affiliated with ABC and owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group. She added that her daughters are both actresses, whose careers are expanding, and she will be helping to manage their careers. From 2001 to June 30, 2005, KATV rebroadcast its weeknight 6:00 and 10:00p.m. newscasts on Pax TV affiliate KYPX (channel 49, now Me-TV affiliate KMYA-DT) under a news share agreement, which was discontinued as a result of a decision by Paxson Communications (now Ion Media) to terminate news share agreements with major network affiliates in the markets it had a Pax station, due to financial troubles as well as its rebranding as i: Independent Television (now Ion Television). 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. Im so grateful people here in Arkansas trusted me to deliver their news every day, Lafferty said. Jean Franseen is excited to join the KATV family as the Weekend Anchor/Reporter. Currently, Beth serves as an evening anchor at KATV Channel 7. [14][15] In 1959, Robert Doubleday became one of the youngest television station managers in the country at the age of 26. She is a woman of above-average stature. 40+ employees, only 8 Blacks. Beths average salary is $76,319 per year. 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. Copyright 2023, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. She earns a satisfying amount from her work as an evening anchor at KATV Channel 7. KATV began transmitting its digital signal from the new facility located on Shinall Mountain on February 1, 2009. 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. KATV's parent company is Sinclair Broadcast Group of Maryland. She has been a part of the. Tucker said a member from the local chapter notified the national organization. KATV Channel 7 News -- The Spirit of Arkansas -- For more news and weather visit www.katv.com or follow us on Twitter -. She anchors Channel 7 News at 6 and 10. Melinda Mayo is a Pine Bluff native who enjoys delivering the weather for her home state. 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. @KATVChrisMay, KATVBeth, @KATVNed, @KATVNICK pic.twitter.com/NB43aEFQRV, ITS OFFICIAL: My last day at @KATVNews is done, Rusley posted April 20 on Twitter. Latest title? The CBS affiliate is a sister . 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. ", Print Headline: KATV anchor, meteorologist apologize for controversial wig incident. USA. blood orange benefits for skin. 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"). She has reported it all starting from the Space Shuttle Colombia disaster and the opening of the Clinton Presidential Library to the hype surrounding the first Razorback games of the year. In one clip, viewed more than 2 million times, Jaeger intones "this is my real voice, like all the time, not just at work." On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. 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