Missed this by a week or two but.....Ed Oretelli is no longer General Manager at KNOE/Monroe, LA....He was fired in late September due to an email he sent to Bill O'reilly's show on Fox "News" Channel. FTV Live reported the news on September 25th. In August Oretelli had his email read on Fox "News" that read “I’m aggravated when I see smug liberals like Kirsten Powers and Alan Colmes on the air. Enough already with these leftists.”
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Monroe GM Canned
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KNWA Weather Guesser Leaving
It's mid-month, time for the leaving announcements to start rolling in...and the first one for October is...KNWA Met Clint Boone:
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Shreveport Station Welcomes New Morning Co- Anchor
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Monroe Stations Finally Produce HD Newscasts
This from the tip box:
KTVE/KARD out of El Dorado/ Monroe finally have HD newscasts.
KTVE/KARD out of El Dorado/ Monroe finally have HD newscasts.
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Welcome Back Beck!
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Arkansas Native Back on the Air in Little Rock
"Though local viewers likely know her as a news reporter, she’s also a meteorologist," news director Austin Kellerman said in an email, adding that the stations are "happy to have her on the team."
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ArkLaTex TV Reporter Finally Surfaces Following DWI Arrest..Now Doing Radio
You can read all about her new gig on the radio station website.
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Fort Smith Weather Guesser Moving to East Coast
Tyler Southard, weekend meteorologist at KFSM TV 5 in Fort Smith/Fayetteville market is leaving at the end of November. He will be moving closer to his home area to become a chief meteorologist in Maine.
Besides weather, Southard produced an Adventure Arkansas weekly segment where he explored an area or event in Western Arkansas or Eastern Oklahoma.
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New Met Arrives in Fort Smith
KFSM TV 5 has a new meteorologist. Melissa Hall, mentioned a being from hot Springs, handled her first weather forecasts Saturday morning, a time slot most recently filled by Shelby Hays. Hays moved back to her home state, joining KOCO 5 in Oklahoma City.
Hall also filed her first Adventure Arkansas segment earlier in the week. That had been a featured handled by Tyler Southard, who is leaving to become chief meteorologist at a station in Maine.
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Former THV Anchor Finding Life Out There
Former KTHV/Channel 11/Little Rock anchor is finding life out there as she takes on a new job and expecting another child. Arkansas Online reports Liz Massey is now the director of communications for the Cabot School District. The story also says Massey is expecting her second child. The former Channel 11 anchor left the station in September 2013.
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New Met on the Way to Northwest Arkansas
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Former Fort Smith Reporter Shot Outside Texas TV Station
Crawford left 20/49 in June 2010.
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Jonesboro ND Moving to Mississippi
TV Spy reports KAIT/Channe 8/Jonesboro News Director Hatton Weeks has been hired at WLBT/Jackson, Mississippi. Weeks had been news director with KAIT since 2008. According to TV Spy, Weeks had started KAIT in 1996 as a reporter/producer then left in 1999 for KTHV in Little Rock, then returning to Jonesboro in 2006 as assistant news director after working for US Congressman Marion Berry.
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40/29 Anchor Leaving...
This from the tip box:
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KHBS/KHOG/Channels 40/29Fort Smith is losing one of its main anchors. Angela Taylor is leaving Northwest Arkansas for Orlando, Florida:
It's a bittersweet day for me and my family. For nearly 5 years we have made beautiful Arkansas our home. Turner was just a year old and we took a chance in a place we knew nothing about. It ended up being one of the best decisions we ever made. It's here we made our best friends, (FarmJacks Rock), I introduced my husband to the wonderful game of soccer, we became Hog fans (Go Razorback soccer), campers, hikers, and nature lovers. It's been a wonderful 5 years, but it's time to take my family to a new kingdom where I can work my magic. I've been offered an evening anchor job at WESH in Orlando, a sister station of 40/29. This is an amazing opportunity for my career. And what 5 year old doesn't want Elsa and Anna as neighbors? We are excited about what's ahead, but we will miss all of you who made my family yours and welcomed me into your home every evening. Thank you for making this place so special. And, if you ever come to Florida, you have a free place to stay. "If you can
dream it, you can do it." Walt Disney
It's a bittersweet day for me and my family. For nearly 5 years we have made beautiful Arkansas our home. Turner was just a year old and we took a chance in a place we knew nothing about. It ended up being one of the best decisions we ever made. It's here we made our best friends, (FarmJacks Rock), I introduced my husband to the wonderful game of soccer, we became Hog fans (Go Razorback soccer), campers, hikers, and nature lovers. It's been a wonderful 5 years, but it's time to take my family to a new kingdom where I can work my magic. I've been offered an evening anchor job at WESH in Orlando, a sister station of 40/29. This is an amazing opportunity for my career. And what 5 year old doesn't want Elsa and Anna as neighbors? We are excited about what's ahead, but we will miss all of you who made my family yours and welcomed me into your home every evening. Thank you for making this place so special. And, if you ever come to Florida, you have a free place to stay. "If you can
dream it, you can do it." Walt Disney
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Ten years ago today I started this blog. I started this as a hobby and it is still that. Over the course of the ten years I have been approached by blog companies to give them my blog and work for them. I already have a full-time job in retail that keeps me more than busy. Over the course of the years I have broke many stories thanks to anonymous tippers and e-mailers..and for this I say thanks. Keep the anonymous tips coming!!!
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NBC Programming Coming to Jonesboro
KAIT in Jonesboro is adding NBC programming to their 8.2 channel.
That's all the info KAIT is releasing at the time. No word on when it will debut!
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Little Rock Reporter Leaves for Ohio
KTHV/Channel 11/Little Rock has lost a member of its team. Alyssa Raymond has left the station. Here's her announcement on her Facebook page:
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Alyssa joined KTHV February 2014.
Alyssa joined KTHV February 2014.
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Little Rock Reporter Heading to the Big D
Fox 16 reporter David Goins is leaving for WFAA in Dallas.
Goins joined KLRT/Channel 16/Little Rock in February 2005. Goins is a native of Houston, Texas.
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KATV Sports Director Honored With Award
(picture from facebook)
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Raycom Eliminating Local Traffic Control
Raycom Media will soon be consolidating its traffic operations for all its TV properties. FTV Live reports Raycom will move all traffic operations to its new centralized traffic operations center located in Charlotte, NC. “Raycom television stations have benefitted from some of the best and most loyal traffic professionals in the industry, and we are deeply grateful for their service” said Paul McTear, Raycom president-CEO.
Raycom Media is the parent company of KAIT/Channel 8/Jonesboro, AR and KSLA/Channel 12/Shreveport, LA.
Raycom Media is the parent company of KAIT/Channel 8/Jonesboro, AR and KSLA/Channel 12/Shreveport, LA.
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