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. Anne Pressly (August 28, 1982 - October 25, 2008) was an American news anchor for KATV Channel 7 in Little Rock, Arkansas. 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. For nearly eight years, the donated footage remained untouched until the Tyson family donated $1.5million to the Pryor Center to digitize the footage. She said she has a job at a station there but cannot yet announce which one. Former KATV anchor returning to work at Little Rock station Arkansas Online. Sullivan won several awards, including an Emmy Award and the Associated Press First Place Award for Breaking News. [27][28][29][30][31][32], In February 1999, KATV aired commercials for the Walt Disney Pictures animated film Doug's 1st Movie during an ABC network broadcast of Disney's Doug. Little Rock, AR 72201, Toll free: (888) 322-6397 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 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. KATV is Little Rock's oldest continually operating television station, beating NBC affiliate KARK-TV (channel 4) by almost five months. 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. 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. When I spoke with my now News Director, I knew ABC 7 would be a great fit, Franseen said. ", "In both cases we can and we must do better," he said. Beth was born in 1977 in Arkansas, in the United States. 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. 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. 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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. Dad is Brian Cress, a North Little Rock Shelter Insurance agent. 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. 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. Prior to that, Beth anchored live shows from Heifer International, Riverfest, Toadsuck, and just about each other major festival or event in the state. Copyright 2023, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. ", 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. Tegna , Arkansas , Little Rock , Sar Lamou . "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. 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. Sinclair Group Manager John Seabers said Nick Genty was suspended Sept. 17, but Seabers. Hunt says shes basically another working mother. Chris May Retweeted. Following that position, she served as the morning anchor for FOX 33/NBC 6 in Shreveport, where she worked for almost two years. But I do my own hair and makeup. The station held a Zoom meeting Wednesday. Beth Hunt is an evening anchor for KATV. 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. 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. Two broadcasters at KATV, Channel 7, in Little Rock, apologized Wednesday for their "insensitive" actions the previous month. Kaila Lafferty started at KATV in 2018 as a reporter but also worked during her two years on and as a podcast. Neither these AP materials nor any portion thereof may be stored in a computer except for personal and noncommercial use. 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. Print Headline: KATV reporter to leave station next week. She also anchored the morning and noon news at WCBS-TV in New York (20062010). 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. ", "Please know that it was never ever my intention to offend or cause any harm," he said. 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. [3], In 2018, Sullivan became the executive producer and host of "To Dine For with Kate Sullivan" on American Public Television, PBS and Create. 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. 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. [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. Franseen is a graduate from Middle Tennessee State University and has previously worked as a morning . pic.twitter.com/EpF4qwMJwX. KATV was also carried on cable systems in those areas, including Greenville, Cleveland and Clarksdale. Arkansas Business Publishing Group Tucker said a member from the local chapter notified the national organization. ", 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. She also reported a series of stories from Honduras on the charitable work of the Arkansas-based non-profit Heifer International. First-time dad. In one clip, viewed more than 2 million times, Jaeger intones "this is my real voice, like all the time, not just at work." Melinda Mayo is a Pine Bluff native who enjoys delivering the weather for her home state. 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. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Sullivan was a co-anchor of the evening news for WBBM-TV in Chicago with Rob Johnson from September 2010 to September 2015. FILE A KATV sign is shown in this undated file photo. It was insensitive. 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. 11, 2022 1:50 pm In September 2010, Sullivan joined WBBM-TV in Chicago, where she worked until she left the station in September 2015. Latest title? KATV (channel 7) is a television station in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States, affiliated with ABC and owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group. She leaves her position after 14 years, she said. Rusley Heads to BeaumontOne face you wont be seeing on Channel 7 is Kimberly Rusleys. 8lbs. Sullivan was a co-anchor of the evening news for WBBM-TV in Chicago with Rob Johnson from September 2010 to September 2015. This story has been updated. )[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. The CBS affiliate is a sister station to KATV, owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc. Shell fill the main anchor position, Genty said. Beth gets her wealth from her work as an evening anchor at KATV Channel 7. 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). She earns a satisfying amount from her work as an evening anchor at KATV Channel 7. 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. She added that her daughters are both actresses, whose careers are expanding, and she will be helping to manage their careers. She came to Channel 7 in November 2002 working as a General Assignment Reporter. Griffin and James C. 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