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. In one clip, viewed more than 2 million times, Jaeger intones "this is my real voice, like all the time, not just at work." 11, 2022 1:50 pm People view my job as very glamorous, she told Little Rock Family a few years ago. Therefore, Beth has accumulated a decent fortune over the years she has worked. She serves as an evening anchor at KATV anchoring News at 6 and 10. Beth anchors Channel 7 News at 6 and 10. Chris May Retweeted. But she longed for home, and Genty welcomed her with open arms in 2013. She earns a satisfying amount from her work as an evening anchor at KATV Channel 7. Griffin and James C. "Jimmy" Leake (who also founded sister station KTUL in Tulsa and original sister station KWTV in Oklahoma City, the company founded by the former of the two founders would later become the present-day Griffin Communications). "My intentions were irrelevant. KATV also first placed the Circle 7 inside a square in the 1990s; WJLA now uses this version as well, though neither station uses it consistently (KATV stopped placing the Circle 7 logo inside the square in September 2008). 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. Three newsroom pros at KATV are pregnant, and another just gave birth, leaving News Director Nick Genty to shuffle his lineup and wonder if something's in the water. All that matters is how I made people feel," said Chris May on Wednesday night's newscast. Im so grateful people here in Arkansas trusted me to deliver their news every day, Lafferty said. 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 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. Melinda Mayo is a Pine Bluff native who enjoys delivering the weather for her home state. 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. In September 2010, Sullivan joined WBBM-TV in Chicago, where she worked until she left the station in September 2015. Overnight producer Kristen Belue and husband, David, are expecting their first child, also in June. [63] Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its former VHF analog channel 7. An error has occurred, please try again later. "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. Elicia Dover, the Bryant native who co-hosts Good Afternoon Arkansas, is last in line, due for her firstborn in September. However, it lost the appeal in April 2010.[33]. 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. 114 Scott St. Copyright 2023, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. 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. Theres a family feel at the station, they are culturally aware of issues going on locally and nationally, and they are focused on integrity with storytelling.. 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. )[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. Genty said he doesnt expect all the maternity leave to disrupt his team severely. It was the journalist's first podcast, but she is eager to do more after a little rest. [36] The license for the station's analog signal continued to reference the Redfield tower as its transmitter site while the station was broadcasting in analog from the temporary site on Shinall Mountain, as well as in digital over a subchannel of KWBF. Sinclair regional news director Blaise Labbe will oversee the KATV newsroom on an interim basis. FILE A KATV sign is shown in this undated file photo. Two white TV reporters were suspended after wearing Afro-like wigs on-air for a 1970s-themed segment last month, the Arkansas Times reported. [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. [citation needed]. They promise to investigate past and current racist complaints and 'reform' the culture @KATVNews. 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. Most importantly, she has won many awards. 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. KATV anchor Alyson Courtney is stepping away from the anchors desk, she announced on her Facebook Monday. Print Headline: KATV reporter to leave station next week. 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. Less than a year after its debut, KATV purchased the Little Rock studios of KRTV when that station closed down. 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. 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. Sullivan won several awards, including an Emmy Award and the Associated Press First Place Award for Breaking News. 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. 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. When I spoke with my now News Director, I knew ABC 7 would be a great fit, Franseen said. 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. KATV buys Riverdale site for $4.4M Arkansas Online. 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. Sullivan joined the CBS team in 2006 and anchored CBS 2 News This Morning at WCBS-TV in New York. She will be helping manage their careers. Brian serves as an insurance agent. (Doubleday remained as KATV's manager until 1968, when he was promoted to president of KATV and KTUL. 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. Evening anchors Marina Marraco and Angie Goff are both pregnant - at the same time! "That night I did what many of you have said I did. Prior to that, Beth anchored live shows from Heifer International, Riverfest, Toadsuck, and just about each other major festival or event in the state. 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. 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. Neither these AP materials nor any portion thereof may be stored in a computer except for personal and noncommercial use. 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. Copyright 2023, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. Kate Sullivan (born June 19, 1976) is an American television show host, producer, and television news anchor. 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. 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. All rights reserved. It was objectionable. Latest title? She is the co-host of "Daybreak" and "Good Morning Arkansas" for KATV. Beth is happily married to her lovely husband named Brian. [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. 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. 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. [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. She also reported a series of stories from Honduras on the charitable work of the Arkansas-based non-profit Heifer International. KATV is Little Rock's oldest continually operating television station, beating NBC affiliate KARK-TV (channel 4) by almost five months. Both anchors were clearly tired of their alarm clocks. Copyright 2023, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. 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). 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.". [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. Little Rock, AR 72201, Toll free: (888) 322-6397 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]. Franseen will report during the week and serve as an anchor for the station on weekends, she said. 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. Philadelphia , Little Rock . 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. Franseen is a graduate from Middle Tennessee State University and has previously worked as a morning . 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. A KATV reporter is leaving the station next week after two years in Little Rock. 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). 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