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Former KATV'er, Governor Spokesman Sets Up PR Firm

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Former Governor Spokesman and former KATV report Matt DeCample is starting up a public relations firm.  Arkansas Business reports DeCample, who worked for Governor Beebe from 2003 til last week and worked at KATV/Channel 7/Little Rock before that, will be doing business as Capital C Consulting which will be based in Little Rock.  

"Media relations has its own mechanics that may appear odd from the outside," DeCample said in a news release. "For example, I’m writing my own press release in the third person, except for this quote, where I’ve shifted to the first person. All industries have their own vocabularies and construction. If you have the right communications strategy and representatives, you can craft an external message in language that clients, investors and the media will understand."

Inquiring Minds Want to Know

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I have received several emails inquiring about a couple Little Rock TV personalities MIA:

An emailer informs me Michelle Rupp from KLRT/KARK hasn't been seen on the air lately.  Rupp was hired on at KLRT as a weekend meteorologist..and her bio has been taken down from the KLRT website.

ALSO, I have recieved emails inquiring on the whereabouts of Ed Buckner, chief meteorologist at KTHV/Channel 11.  Emails poured in when it was discovered Channel 11 was advertising for a meteorologist in their jobs area on the station's website....

Northwest Arkansas Reporter Leaving for Wisconsin

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KFSM/Channel 5/Fort Smith is losing a reporter.  Jocelyne Pruna has announced she is leaving the station at the end of the month.  She has been with KFSM since October 2011.  Here's her announcement on her facebook page:


Little Rock Met Moving On

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KARK/KLRT Meteorologist Greg Dee has announced he will be leaving Little Rock.  Dee made the announcement this morning on KARK. Dee says he is leaving Little Rock forWKYC, the NBC affiliate in Cleveland, Ohio.  Dee's last broadcast will be Super Bowl Sunday. Dee joined KARK in May 2008 as weekend meteorologist.

Fake Tweet From Little Rock Station Get's a Tweet Back

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Seems KARK was trying to have a little fun with the fact that Met Greg Dee is headed to Cleveland, Ohio. TV Spy reports KARK sent out a satire tweet that was supposedly from Drew Carey..whose hometown is Cleveland.  Well Carey shot back in a tweet of his own.  TV Spy has all the info for ya.

KTHV Hires MMJ/Anchor

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KTHV/Channel 11/Little Rock has a new reporter/anchor coming on board.  TV Spy reports Laura Monteverdi from KDLT/Sioux Falls, South Dakota will be joing the Little Rock station in March.  Monteverdi is currently the morning anchor at KDLT.  She begins at Channel 11 March 2.

New ND Named in Fort Smith

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KFSM/Channel 5/Fort Smith has hired a new News Director.  FTV Live reports Bill Cummings is the News Director for the Northwest Arkansas station.  Cummings comes to The Natural State from Erie, PA.  FTV Live says Cummings quit WICU, in Erie late last year.

Former Jonesboro Assistant ND on the Way Back as ND

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Jonesboro's KAIT/Channel 8 has a new News Director.  TV Spy reports former assistant ND Josh White will return to the station in late February.  White had been assistant news director from 2008 - 2013 at which time he left for a job in Mississippi.

Inquiring Minds Wanna Know...

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I have been getting several emails daily for a week or so about a couple of Northwest Arkansas news personalities.  The first one is Ashely Beck..at KFSM who according to emailers hasn't been on the air for 4 weeks now....and the other isKNWA weekend Met Gina Devecchio. Both according to emailers are MIA on the air...

Little Rock Station Adds Former Hog to its Morning Team

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KARK/Channel 4/ Little Rock has added an additional face to its morning program.  DJ Williams will be joining Aaron Nolan, Mallory Brooks and Natalie Walters on KARK Today which airs from 4am til 7am. Williams is a former tight end for the Arkansas Razorbacks.

 Today was Meteorologist Greg Dee's last day at the Little Rock station.  He announced in January he would be moving to Cleveland, Ohio for a job there.

KTHV Anchor/Reporter Moves to Fox 16

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Seems KTHV/Channel 11/Little Rock has lost another reporter/anchor.  Melissa Dunbar Gates now is a reporter for KLRT/Channel 16/Little Rock.  The former weekend anchor for Channel 11made her debut on the air today.



KTAL Now Providing News for KMSS

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A tipster emailed and says KTAL/Channel 6/Shreveport, LA is now producing the 9pm newscast for KMSS/Channel 33/Shreveport, LA.  Nexstar, KTAL's parent company operates KMSS under a local marketing agreement and I have heard moved Channel 33's operations into KTAL's headquarters on North Market.

Northwest Arkansas Met Leaving

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This from a tipster:

This is a Facebook message from 40/29 Chief Meteorologist Drew Michaels' wife.  It's the 3rd 6pm/10pm anchor to leave since last February. Mike Jacques, Angela Taylor and now Drew. Craig Cannon is the only one left.
Adrienne Lovell Burgoyne
14 February at 18:04 · Lowell, AR ·
I guess it's time to make it "official"! Watch out, Milwaukee.. The Burgoynes are coming this June! Drew has accepted a position as the Chief Meteorologist at the CBS station. It's going to be tough to leave our Arkansas family and friends.. But, we're very excited for this amazing opportunity! 



According to his bio on the station's webpage, Drew started at KHBS/KHOG in 2003

Nexstar Hires Two Mets For It's Little Rock Stations

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Nexstar's Little Rock station's KARK and KLRT have new meteorologists.  TV Spy reports Matt Peterson and Kira Miner will be joining the company as weekend meteorologists.  Matt comes to KLRT from KCAU in Sioux City, Iowa while Kira comes to KARK from WBBH in Fort Meyers, Florida.  The mets start in Little Rock in March.

KARK Losing Reporter

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KARK/Channel 4/Little Rock is losing a member of its news team. The Charlotte Observer reports  Channel 4 reporter Brittney Johnson is leaving the Little Rock station to join WSOC/Channel 9/Charlotte, NC.  Johnson is a native of Charlotte.  Her last day at KARK is March 15th.  

Hat tip TV Spy

Former Channel 11 Fill-in Met on Air at LR Nexstar Stations

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This from the tip box:

Tracy Davidson Beene, who used to do fill in weather for KTHV a while back is now doing fill-in weather for KARK and KLRT.

Beene posted on her facebook page she will be filling in as needed on the two Nexstar stations.  Her first appearance was tonight on KLRT.

Channel 11 Hires New MMJ

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KTHV/Channel 11/Little Rock has a new Multi Media Journalist.   Laura Monteverdi comes to The Natural State from KDLT, the NBC affiliate in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.  At KDLT Monteverdi was co-anchor/reporter for its morning program. 

New Weekend Anchor Named at KARK

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KARK/Channel 4/Little Rock has a new weekend anchor.  KARK/KLRT News Director Austin Kellerman sent out a tweet Friday, March 13th announcing Shannon Miller will be taking over the weekend anchor desk.  

Miller joined the Little Rock stations in August 2014.

Northwest Arkansas Station Hires New Weather Guesser

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KNWA/Fayetteville has hired a new weather guesser for weekends.  Zachary MIcoch will man the weekend weather desk for the Northwest Arkansas station.  Below is the announce from MIcoch's facebook page. 

Northwest Arkansas Station Loses Long Time Managing Editor

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KHBS/KHOG/Channel 40/29  long time Managing Editor Melissa Kelly Williams has left the station.  She made the following post on her Facebook:

Melissa Kelly Williams
March 20 at 10:46am ·
After 13-years...today is my last day to work at 40/29 News. I've taken a job at our Hearst station in Kansas City, KMBC. It's a new adventure that David and I are very excited to tackle. I have loved my job at 40/29...the people, the stories and the responsibility holding government agencies accountable. I will miss my Work Family...a group that is being very kind and generous to me today.
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