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. News cameramen included Bob Donaldson and Lou Oberste. KATV anchor Alyson Courtney is stepping away from the anchors desk, she announced on her Facebook Monday. By Stephanie Tsoflias Siegelon Jan. 4, 2019 - 2:35 PM, Content WriterThe Brandon AgencyMyrtle Beach, South Carolina. Beth served behind the scenes at Channel 7 for a few months, then took her first reporting tenure in Fort Smith/Fayetteville. Franseen is a graduate from Middle Tennessee State University and has previously worked as a morning . [9] KATV was founded by John Toole "J.T." Hunt says shes basically another working mother. [10][11][12] The studios were damaged in a fire that occurred on the morning of November 1, 1957. 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. 8lbs. KATV will soon welcome a new weekend anchor to its team: Memphis native Jean Franseen. On Oct. 4, Tucker posted on Twitter: "We had productive conversations with @WeAreSinclair CEO and upper management. Beth is happily married to her lovely husband named Brian. Sullivan won several awards, including an Emmy Award and the Associated Press First Place Award for Breaking News. 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. "I listened & learned: ALL managers are White. 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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. 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. A KATV reporter is leaving the station next week after two years in Little Rock. 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 All rights reserved. [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 serves as an evening anchor at KATV anchoring News at 6 and 10. 12, 2022 - 8:15 AM Courtney started working at the Little Rock ABC affiliate in 2011. 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. [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. They promise to investigate past and current racist complaints and 'reform' the culture @KATVNews. 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. USA. Under Doubleday, KATV became a major competitor in the Little Rock market. KATV will soon welcome a new weekend anchor to its team: Memphis native Jean Franseen. 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. KATV originally transmitted its signal from a tower near Jefferson, until a taller tower was built farther north in Redfield in 1965. She leaves her position after 14 years, she said. She said she has a job at a station there but cannot yet announce which one. Sullivan was a co-anchor of the evening news for WBBM-TV in Chicago with Rob Johnson from September 2010 to September 2015. 114 Scott St. Chris May Retweeted. ", 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. (Doubleday remained as KATV's manager until 1968, when he was promoted to president of KATV and KTUL. Customer Service: (501) 455-9333 or email, Monday, Apr. Kate Sullivan (born June 19, 1976) is an American television show host, producer, and television news anchor. "This incident has taught me to be more aware of cliches and stereotypes and the damage they can cause. 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. Kate Sullivan (born June 19, 1976) is an American television show host, producer, and television news anchor. She anchors Channel 7 News at 6 and 10. Currently, Beth serves as an evening anchor at KATV Channel 7. 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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 . Syndicated programming on KATV includes Jeopardy!, Wheel of Fortune, Modern Family, Inside Edition, and Sherri, among others. Elicia Dover, the Bryant native who co-hosts Good Afternoon Arkansas, is last in line, due for her firstborn in September. [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. 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. [22], In April 1969, Griffin-Leake TV announced that it would break up its holdings into two separate companies. 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. Franseen will report during the week and serve as an anchor for the station on weekends, she said. 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. Marina Marraco & Angie Goff break some personal news! 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.". 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. However, it lost the appeal in April 2010.[33]. [35] KATV eventually received FCC approval to build a new tower on Shinall Mountain, where Little Rock's other major network affiliates (and both of KATV's present backup signals) are located. She will be helping manage their careers. Two white TV reporters were suspended after wearing Afro-like wigs on-air for a 1970s-themed segment last month, the Arkansas Times reported. 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]. 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. This story has been updated. This email address is already subscribed to the selected list(s). 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. 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. Main line: (501) 372-1443 KATV is Little Rock's oldest continually operating television station, beating NBC affiliate KARK-TV (channel 4) by almost five months. Prior to joining Channel 7, Mayo served as the weekend and morning anchor for News Operation. ", "In both cases we can and we must do better," he said. "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. [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. She came to Channel 7 in November 2002 working as a General Assignment Reporter. She also participated in pageants for several years and was Miss Black Louisiana 2008. In addition to anchoring CBS 2 News This Morning with Maurice DuBois and CBS 2 News at Noon, she co-hosted and filled in as the newsreader at CBS' The Saturday Early Show with Chris Wragge, Lonnie Quinn, and Erica Hill. . Franseen is a graduate from Middle Tennessee State University and has previously worked as a morning reporter for Local 24 in Memphis, she said. Beth joined Channel 7 as a General Assignment Reporter in November 2002. Tucker said a member from the local chapter notified the national organization. She also reported a series of stories from Honduras on the charitable work of the Arkansas-based non-profit Heifer International. People view my job as very glamorous, she told Little Rock Family a few years ago. 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. Overnight producer Kristen Belue and husband, David, are expecting their first child, also in June. In September 2010, Sullivan joined WBBM-TV in Chicago, where she worked until she left the station in September 2015. She is 45 years old. All rights reserved. City is 42% Black," Tucker said in a Tweet on Sept. 22. [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). Prior to that, Beth anchored live shows from Heifer International, Riverfest, Toadsuck, and just about each other major festival or event in the state. 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. 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. KATV (channel 7) is a television station in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States, affiliated with ABC and owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group. 114 Scott St. 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. Sinclair regional news director Blaise Labbe will oversee the KATV newsroom on an interim basis. "That night I did what many of you have said I did. 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