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. Read more about Inmans departure here, and his new job here. 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. Kane, who anchored "Daybreak" and "Good Morning Arkansas" after starting as a sports desk intern, announced on social media that Friday, Aug. 12, was his last broadcast day. 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. I talked to Ned Perme recently (super nice guy, btw) and he said that Barry Brandt and Todd Yakobian were very unhappy at KATV. A jury awarded Craft $500,000 but the judge threw out the award and ordered a retrial. Dan Margolies has been a reporter for the Kansas City Business Journal, The Kansas City Star, and KCUR Public Radio. Meredith is facing at least two other age discrimination lawsuits, Kansas City's new airport terminal carries on the legacy of a 10-year-old who fought for inclusivity, Want to explore Waldo? 114 Scott St. He was vice president/general manager of KARN Newsradio and the Arkansas Radio Network for over a decade, where he also hosted a morning talk show. She came to Channel 7 in November 2002 working as a General Assignment Reporter. Ive gotten to know and trust those people. KATV was also carried on cable systems in those areas, including Greenville, Cleveland and Clarksdale. 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). The other lawsuit was filed by two other reporters and a meteorologist at the same station. ", Jaeger, who competed in the Miss America Pageant after her 2014 Miss Kansas victory and joined Channel 11 in Little Rock in 2016, started recently in the new Walmart job. 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. 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. Fuller did make a brief appearance on Little Rock television recently. We put chief meteorologist Brandt to work and asked for his winter weather predictions. Originally licensed to Pine Bluff, the station was a CBS affiliate with a secondary ABC affiliation. Pearson also worked in radio after leaving television, anchoring morning news on KARN Newsradio for several years. Pearsons story is a little different in how it happened, but similar in the outcome. Weather forecast delivered at 9:00 am daily. After nearly a decade with the Little Rock ABC affiliate, the Arkansas native worked 12 years as an anchor for the Kansas City CBS affiliate. Who would have ever thought old circle 7 would have so many 11 Action News folks grace there screen. As corny as it sounds, now I do it every day, he added. Fri, Mar 03 @9:00am. Meteorologist Todd Yakoubian will move to weekdays, providing forecasts for 11:30 a.m., 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. shows. . KMBC fired Craft, who was 37, after focus group research indicated she was too old, too unattractive and wouldnt defer to men, according to Crafts lawsuit. ABC7 Eyewitness News 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. Inman, a 17-year veteran at the station, concluded his run March 1 on KATVs 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. weeknight newscasts to begin a job at GenWealth Financial Advisors, Arkansas Online previously reported. 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. KATV first announced May's hiring in May. If I was still in TV, Id never get to see [my son] during the week after school, he said. 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. Cloudflare Ray ID: 7a2bee6e4b43efb0 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. All rights reserved. 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. KATV News Director Amy Sullivan wished Kane well and said the station is looking for the right morning combination. She alleged that Meredith had created an age ceiling for its female anchors but not for its male anchors. KATV Reporter * No longer with Network. Erin Hawley Age It wasnt his idea to leave. May's Facebook page lists him as currently being on sabbatical. News headlines delivered at 4:00 pm Monday - Friday. Main line: (501) 372-1443 A former anchor who spent 5 years with KATV in the 1990s returned to the anchor desk Monday, filling a role left empty since Scott Inman departed the station earlier this year. Pearson entered the financial sector after KTHV when he joined UBS Financial. But they don't. Another discrimination lawsuit by a local TV reporter, Lisa Benson Cooper, is set to go to trial next month. Former KATV evening anchor joining Little Rock station KARK for week Arkansas Online. "Management decided we needed a female and they went to Mississippi and found Carolyn Long," says Dave Woodman, Former KARK Anchor. 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. Having Anne on was really strange. The news director for KATV, Channel 7, has been fired, Sinclair Broadcast Group confirmed Friday. Little Rock, AR 72201, Toll free: (888) 322-6397 114 Scott St. Eric Mangham has been promoted to executive vice president/chief finance officer of Arkansas Federal Credit Union. 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. 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. "That young man was me. Your IP: (CBS/AP) Curtis Lavelle Vance, the man accused of killing beautiful Arkansas television anchorwoman Anne Pressly, told police he beat her with a wood-handled garden tool after she. Mike Beebe; Cecillea Pond-Mayo, a onetime TV reporter, who is now communications director for the Arkansas House of Representatives; Meg Matthews, a onetime TV reporter on KTHV, who served ascommunications director for the city of Little Rock; and, former TV producer Mitch Chandler, who is now sales director at the Arkansas Scholarship Lottery. Scanlon will be the 14th The post Burlsworth Foundation to Honor Kevin Scanlon with Legends Award appeared first on AMP. 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. Meteorologist Melinda Mayo will continue to work mornings. 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. The Brandon Burlsworth Foundation will be honoring Kevin Scanlon of Stephens Inc. with the 2023 Legends Award. [8] It became a full ABC affiliate in 1955 after KTHV (channel 11) signed on and took the CBS affiliation due to KTHS (now KAAY) having a long time relation with CBS Radio; during the late 1950s, the station was also briefly affiliated with the NTA Film Network. katv.com. Mike Beebe; Cecillea Pond-Mayo, a onetime TV reporter, who is now communications director for the Arkansas House of Representatives; Meg Matthews, a onetime TV reporter on KTHV, who served as communications director for the city of Little Rock; and, A Florida sheriff's office says a man suspected in the murder of a woman in an Orlando-area neighborhood Wednesday morning is also accused of shooting and killing a local journalist and a 9-year-old in the same area hours later, and injuring two others. Miss him being on the air, and he should be the voice of the Hogs! Anchoring the 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. news means Inman goes to work about the time his children are getting out of school, leaving little time to be involved in their after school activities. 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). 2023 Five Legged Stool LLC. KATV ABC 7 in Little Rock, Arkansas covers news, sports, weather and the local community in the city and the surrounding area, including Hot Springs, Conway, Pine . . A court filing on Monday said attorneys for the parties had settled and compromised the claims in this lawsuit and that the case was being terminated. May first joined the Little Rock station in 1993 and served as the weeknight co-anchor from 1995 to 1998. 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. [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. He most recently worked as a news anchor at Philadelphia CBS affiliate KYW-TV. Turner and Dulaney would then sell the equipment, valued at $2.3million, to First National Bank of Oklahoma City executives C. A. Voss and James Kite for $3million. Recently, however, she's been the news. The station broadcasts its digital signal via UHF channel 22, using its former analog assignment of 7 as its virtual channel via PSIP. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook to get the latest updates on SEC Football and Recruiting. Former KATV (Little Rock) Anchor Christina Munoz isn't the first former TV Anchor to be shilling for a furniture store, but she is catching heat for doing so. Jean was born and raised in Memphis, TN, which isn't too far from the Natural State. The other two, he struggles and his voice is just annoying, puts you in a bad mood. A husband and wife who both worked on-air at KARK-TV in Little Rock, Ark., were fired this week, along with two other station employees, after two videos they made and posted on YouTube became the. Under Doubleday, KATV became a major competitor in the Little Rock market. He also started and hosted a weekend program dealing with divorce. Latest News Stories 'Still in shock' | Pine Bluff man wins $5.75 million lottery prize. Former news anchor at KATV news station, Erin Hawley, did not state why she quit working for KATV in March 2021. KATV, channel 7, is an ABC affiliated television station serving the Little Rock television market and central Arkansas. -Questioned former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee for nightly news program. 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). As Arkansas Federals executive vice president and chief financial officer, Mangham is responsible for The post Arkansas Federal Credit Union Names New Executive VP, CFO appeared first on AMP. Neal Gladner spent more than 25 years as a broadcaster in Arkansas. He led the station's coverage of "Whitewater," including the indictments, trial, and convictions of Arkansas Governor Jim Guy Tucker. News cameramen included Bob Donaldson and Lou Oberste. And the rest is Arkansas television history. Little Rock, Arkansas news station KATV suspended anchor Chris May and meteorologist Barry Brandt for wearing Afro-style wigs in mid-September The station also fired longtime news director. LAWSUIT ROUTE: Karen Fuller, a popular former anchor at Little Rock's KATV, Channel 7, is used to delivering the news. 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. Meredith and Fuller did not respond to requests for comment. Click to reveal Jaeger's reply: "I'm not pregnant, but I do have a food baby. The problem is since Munoz left TV news, she is now working as the University of Central Arkansas as an associate vice president. 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 As for the changes hes experienced since becoming the co-anchor, Inman was quick to say, There was no Twitter or Facebook back then. Each one threw down his staff, and they became snakes; but Aarons staff swallowed up theirs.Bible: Hebrew, Exodus 7:12. 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. Full Profile Brittney Johnson Little Rock, AR Professions & Specialties Plus Allyson and the Hispanic reporter. Hope to see you all again, May wrote in his farewell to KYW-TV viewers June 30, 2015, on Twitter. The article says the station met with Soul of the South executives concerning their hiring of Yancy. Inman is a good dudeall the way back to his Sugatown days. Bowen Law Altheimer Symposium: Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), Trauma and the Law. Every day they tell us that we are a free people fighting to defend freedom. Inman doesnt know if hell miss TV. [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. 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. A new recreation concept is about to call the old Conway Block Plant home. 52,470 talking about this. Erin was just a reporter at that station. He had spent a dozen years at Channel 7, starting in sports before shifting to morning news for more than a decade. 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. ", Arkansas Business Publishing Group This years list highlights the businesses at the forefront of their respective industries, paving the way for future innovations. He thanked viewers for making Daybreak a top ratings performer for over a decade, and promised to deliver more news on his future soon. A former KATV morning anchor, Kane left the stationin August and has joined Delta Solar of Little Rock as a business developer. In 2015, Mangham was named senior vice president/chief finance officer. PublishedDecember 18, 2018 at 3:43 PM CST. After nearly a decade with. Fuller, a graduate of Iowa's Drake University who worked for stations in Des Moines and Mason City before working at KATV, has since returned to the Hawkeye State where she's been an anchor for the Cedar Rapids CBS affiliate since September of 2015. LITTLE ROCK, Ark. At 12:48 PM, November 05, 2013, Anonymous said. Ryan Houston, a Pine Bluff. Its a great work environment, he said of KATV. List of Local Children's Television Series (united States), 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. The longtime broadcast journalist joined the Little Rock news scene in 2003, first at KTHV-Channel 11, and most recently at KATV, where she co-anchored the network's morning show, Daybreak. Pearson is also a father and mentionedthe same challenges Inman faced as a parent. SECRant.com is an independent website and is not affiliated with the Southeastern Conference. You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. When Barry and Todd leave KATV thats the beginning of the end for them. Learn more about each member of the ABC7 news team with exclusive bios. 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. His contract is over at the end of January 2016. 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Cooper is represented by Dennis Egan, who represented former KMBC-TV Channel 9 anchor Christine Craft nearly four decades ago. Like other former colleagues, she contributed an on-air goodbye message to longtime KATV chief meteorologist Ned Perme who retired in December. AMP reported last month that Eagle Rock Capital had recently closed on the purchase of The post Conway Social: A New Recreation Concept Moves to Conway Block Plant appeared first []. Performance & security by Cloudflare. John [Shrewsbury, a GenWealth partner] handled my retirement planning, so I got to know him pretty well, Inmanexplained. 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 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. 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. Anchor at KATV Location: Little Rock, Arkansas Area Industry: Broadcast Media Work history: KATV Anchor since Apr 2003 KDLH-TV New Reporter Apr 2002 - Apr 2003 Skills: Journalism, ENPS, Broadcast, Radio, Broadcast Journalism, Television, Video Production, Broadcast. KCUR serves the Kansas City region with breaking news and powerful storytelling. 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. 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. 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. The settlement was reached just before the case was set to go to trial in federal court in Kansas City, Kansas, next month. For nearly eight years, the donated footage remained untouched until the Tyson family donated $1.5million to the Pryor Center to digitize the footage. Some examples includeMatt DeCample, who left KATV to be communications director for former Gov. Copyright @2023 SECRant.com. Arkansas News Anchors Fired After Wearing Afro Wigs During Evening Weather Report Iesha October 5, 2021 News , Uncategorized 4 Comments Arkansas' KATV anchor Chris May and meteorologist Barry Brandt are being faced with backlash from viewers after the two wore Afro wigs to celebrate temperatures dropping into the 70s following a blistering . document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); Copyright 2020 Arkansas Money and Politics. She was known as the anchor for the 5:00 p.m news for 8 years. Apparently we both needed to take a leak while waiting on a plane. KARK 4 News Anchors Bob Clausen Laura Monteverdi Caitrin Assaf Hilary Hunt D.J. But now, he explained, his colleagues also put a priority on getting breaking news out on social media and the KATV website as it breaks. Inman interviewed me one time, dude was authentic and a huge Razorback fan himself. But he knows hell miss the people at KATV. 11, 2022 1:50 pm "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. Meredith is facing at least two other age discrimination lawsuits, both in Nashville. Terms of the settlement were confidential. 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.". From starting as an intern in the sports department with Sully, Dale Nicholson III and Anthony Eckert to having the opportunity to do Daybreak with Melinda Mayo and Alyson Courtney, its been an experience Ill never forget.. Aside KATV, Erin worked for WJXX, and other TV stations. Her career in broadcast began at the age of 20 as a weekend DJ and . KATV buys Riverdale site for $4.4M Arkansas Online. The Block Plant is located at 565 Front Street in Conway. )[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. "Twelfth Night" Campus Performance. 2 min read, Arkansas Bar Association Legal Hall of Fame, 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. Prior to that, Beth anchored live shows from Heifer International, Riverfest, Toadsuck, and just about each other major festival or event in the state. Fuller was a news anchor at KCTV from 2003 to 2015, when she was abruptly let go. He credits the news team and KATV management for the long ratings success. 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.