She is the co-host of "Daybreak" and "Good Morning Arkansas" for KATV. An error has occurred, please try again later. 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. This email address is already subscribed to the selected list(s). Luke Ender Cline has arrived. [citation needed]. As of August 2019, the first digitized images are available on the Pryor Center's website. 2023 Five Legged Stool LLC. 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. Both anchors were clearly tired of their alarm clocks. 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. Little Rock, AR 72201, Toll free: (888) 322-6397 2023 Five Legged Stool LLC. KATV appealed the fine, claiming the error was due to a last-minute insertion order from ABC. Little Rock, AR 72201, Toll free: (888) 322-6397 The station was criticized after a white anchor appeared on air . Beth serves as an evening anchor at KATV Channel 7. 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. Evening anchors Marina Marraco and Angie Goff are both pregnant - at the same time! [14][15] In 1959, Robert Doubleday became one of the youngest television station managers in the country at the age of 26. [22], In April 1969, Griffin-Leake TV announced that it would break up its holdings into two separate companies. 40+ employees, only 8 Blacks. Following that position, she served as the morning anchor for FOX 33/NBC 6 in Shreveport, where she worked for almost two years. 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). ", Print Headline: KATV anchor, meteorologist apologize for controversial wig incident. 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. "I'm also looking forward to being able to see my husband a lot more," Courtney said. A KATV reporter is leaving the station next week after two years in Little Rock. 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. The station held a Zoom meeting Wednesday. [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. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 22. She was complimentary of Sinclair in subsequent tweets and commended the company for firing Genty. 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. Sullivan is married to Michael Tillman. "And moving forward, we promise we will.". She said she has a job at a station there but cannot yet announce which one. She is a woman of above-average stature. KATV originally transmitted its signal from a tower near Jefferson, until a taller tower was built farther north in Redfield in 1965. She is leaving Little Rock to return to Seattle, where she grew up, so she can be closer to family. The station's digital signal is multiplexed: KATV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 7, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. Courtney stated her decision to. 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). Barh is part of the anchor team that won an Emmy due to their Best Newscast and has also won Associated Press awards due to her news reporting. 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. @KATVChrisMay, KATVBeth, @KATVNed, @KATVNICK pic.twitter.com/NB43aEFQRV, ITS OFFICIAL: My last day at @KATVNews is done, Rusley posted April 20 on Twitter. KATV's parent company is Sinclair Broadcast Group of Maryland. 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. 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. 12, 2022 - 8:15 AM Courtney started working at the Little Rock ABC affiliate in 2011. 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. Local news journalists are giving everyone outside the affected area short glimpses of what's happening through social media. She leaves her position after 14 years, she said. When I spoke with my now News Director, I knew ABC 7 would be a great fit, Franseen said. 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. Main line: (501) 372-1443 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. 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. "For the last time", For the last time pic.twitter.com/zo6CF5SCDn. 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. 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. 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"). [39][40][41][42] The sale's regulatory process was held up for nearly a year, however, as Sinclair attempted to address ownership issues involving stations it already operated in three markets (WTTO/WDBB and WABM in Birmingham, Alabama, WMMP in Charleston, South Carolina, and WHP-TV and WLYH-TV in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania) and Albritton-owned stations that placed Sinclair in conflict with FCC regulations on local station ownership (WBMA/WCFT/WJSU, WCIV and WHTM, respectively), specifically with regard to LMAs that were grandfathered following a 1999 ruling by the Commission that such agreements made after November 5, 1996, covering the programming of more than 15% of a station's broadcast day would count toward the ownership limits for the brokering station's parent licensee. Melinda Mayo is a Pine Bluff native who enjoys delivering the weather for her home state. Syndicated programming on KATV includes Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune, Modern Family, Inside Edition, and Sherri, among others. 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. She was born in Beaufort, South Carolina and grew up in Greenville. But she said both her girls are actresses, and they need her. She graduated Cum Laude. Copyright 2023, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. Under Doubleday, KATV became a major competitor in the Little Rock market. 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.". Facts Buddy Fast, Factual, Free! 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. [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. 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 anchor Alyson Courtney is stepping away from the anchor's desk, she announced on her Facebook Monday. She earns a satisfying amount from her work as an evening anchor at KATV Channel 7. 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. For nearly eight years, the donated footage remained untouched until the Tyson family donated $1.5million to the Pryor Center to digitize the footage. ", 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. News director Nick Genty was fired as a result, but the suspended anchor returned to the air Wednesday night. Beth served behind the scenes at Channel 7 for a few months, then took her first reporting tenure in Fort Smith/Fayetteville. 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 began transmitting its digital signal from the new facility located on Shinall Mountain on February 1, 2009. We've got big baby news at FOX 5 DC! KATV buys Riverdale site for $4.4M Arkansas Online. 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 . She was appointed by Governor Mike Beebe to serve on the AR Governors Council on Fitness in 2010. 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 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. 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. Nearly eight years later, in 2007, the FCC levied a $8,000 fine against KATV for violating the "host-selling" provision in the Children's Television Act that classifies the broadcast of a commercial that features characters from a children's program being televised (thus classified as the 'hosts') as a program-length commercial. 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. She also participated in pageants for several years and was Miss Black Louisiana 2008. Jean Franseen is excited to join the KATV family as the Weekend Anchor/Reporter. Two white TV reporters were suspended after wearing Afro-like wigs on-air for a 1970s-themed segment last month, the Arkansas Times reported. Thanks for the love and the stories!. 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.). Kaila Lafferty started at KATV in 2018 as a reporter but also worked during her two years on and as a podcast. Beth gets her wealth from her work as an evening anchor at KATV Channel 7. 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. 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). According to Tucker, station managers met with the Central Arkansas Association of Black Journalists and she listened in. On June 18, 1953, the FCC granted the construction permit to Central South and dismissed Shaw's application on the "strike" grounds.[5][6]. Originally licensed to Pine Bluff, the station was a CBS affiliate with a secondary ABC affiliation. City is 42% Black," Tucker said in a Tweet on Sept. 22. )[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. Anne Pressly (August 28, 1982 - October 25, 2008) was an American news anchor for KATV Channel 7 in Little Rock, Arkansas. 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. She serves as an evening anchor at KATV anchoring News at 6 and 10. Elicia Dover, the Bryant native who co-hosts Good Afternoon Arkansas, is last in line, due for her firstborn in September. Jan 24. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. The CBS affiliate is a sister station to KATV, owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. Shell fill the main anchor position, Genty said. 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. Beth Hunt is a popular American journalist. 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. A KATV reporter since September 2016, the Louisiana native and former Miss Bossier City will be a news anchor at KFDM in Beaumont, Texas. 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. 4 oz. Tegna , Arkansas , Little Rock , Sar Lamou . Beth Hunt is an evening anchor for KATV. 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. "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. Post author By ; Post date alex carey sister name; oakland roots home games on katv news anchor pregnant on katv news anchor pregnant She came to Channel 7 in November 2002 working as a General Assignment Reporter. KATV news director terminated, company confirms nwaonline.com. Welcome to the newest member of the @KATVNews family! . She came to Channel 7 in November 2002 working as a General Assignment Reporter. Prior to joining Channel 7, Mayo served as the weekend and morning anchor for News Operation. 30, 2018 12:00 am 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. KATV will soon welcome a new weekend anchor to its team: Memphis native Jean Franseen. 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. "My intentions were irrelevant. Beths estimated net worth is $689,171. 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. It was insensitive. 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. She also reported a series of stories from Honduras on the charitable work of the Arkansas-based non-profit Heifer International. Franseen is a graduate from Middle Tennessee State University and has previously worked as a morning reporter for Local 24 in Memphis, she said. All that matters is how I made people feel," said Chris May on Wednesday night's newscast. . [63] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former VHF analog channel 7. Read more about this topic: KATV, News Operation, News Team, Men perceive that equating love and domestic work is a trap. Kate Sullivan (born June 19, 1976) is an American television show host, producer, and television news anchor. 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. 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. "This incident has taught me to be more aware of cliches and stereotypes and the damage they can cause. Most importantly, she has won many awards. In 2002, she was promoted to anchor Live at Five at KATV and, in 2003, she also added Channel 7 News at 6 p.m. and Channel 7 News nightside to her anchoring duties. The station was criticized after a white anchor appeared on air wearing an Afro wig to "celebrate" 70-degree weather, according to a Twitter post from Dorothy Tucker, president of the National Association of Black Journalists. And I will work to regain your trust.". ", Arkansas Business Publishing Group 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. In September 2010, Sullivan joined WBBM-TV in Chicago, where she worked until she left the station in September 2015. 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. It was the journalist's first podcast, but she is eager to do more after a little rest. Courtney even led her news with it. She leaves her position after 14 years, she said. 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. Brian serves as an insurance agent. They promise to investigate past and current racist complaints and 'reform' the culture @KATVNews. 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. Sullivan was a co-anchor of the evening news for WBBM-TV in Chicago with Rob Johnson from September 2010 to September 2015. She also anchored the morning and noon news at WCBS-TV in New York (20062010). People view my job as very glamorous, she told Little Rock Family a few years ago. 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