KFSM Filled With Buzz....
Thousands of bees were discovered and removed today from the studios of KFSM/Channel 5/Fort Smith. The station reports 100,000 bees were removed by beekeepers today. Three beekeepers were stung in...
View ArticleLittle Rock Station Claims to be Tops on Facebook
KATV/Channel 7/Little Rock now claims to be "The Number One Arkansas Station on Facebook". Not sure how they came to claim this award..if it's by the number of "likes" they are wrong. As of this...
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Are we still in sweeps? The wild story promos have dwindled and new help wanted ads are being posted. KTHV/Channel 11/Little Rock is advertising for a Weekend Anchor/Reporter position. Pam Baccam is...
View ArticleKTBS Welcomes New Morning Anchor
KTBS/Channel 3 Shreveport has hired a new morning anchor. Wendi Redman comes to Shreveport from WBTW/Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. An e-mailer says she might be a possile replacement for Chrissi...
View ArticleShreveport Anchor/Reporter Heading North
KSLA/Channel 12/Shreveport anchor/reporter Brittany Pieper is heading out of the ArkLaTex. Pieper is headed to KOMU/Columbia, Missouri where she will co-anchor the evening news. Pieper had been with...
View ArticleAnchor Recognized for Reporting on Disabilities
Today's THV anchor Pam Maccam has been recognized for her reporting on people with disabilities. Baccam was presented with the Mardi Gras Award by the 'Arkansas Can Do" Coalition. It stands for...
View ArticleReporter Leaves Little Rock Station
Seems there are some coming and goings during this sweeps period. Seems odd to me but the tv news seems to be a strange business. Any how, KTHV/Channel 11/Little Rock reporter Lauren Scott has...
View ArticleKLRT to Debut New News Set This Evening
KLRT/Channel 16/Little Rock will debut its new news set this evening. The station posted on Facebook the new set will be used for the first time during the 5:30 pm newscast. The station has been...
View ArticleTHV Adds to News Set
What can I say, I try not to watch too much news during sweeps..the giveaways.. the "investigative reporting"..did i mention the contests. Any how, seems KTHV has made an addition to its news set. A...
View ArticleAnother Reporter/Anchor Rollin' Out of the Rock
Lauren Trager is leaving KARK. Trager made the announcement on her Facebook page. Trager is leaving for KMOV, the CBS affiliate in St. Louis, MO. Trager has been with KARK since August 2008. Below...
View ArticleLittle Rock Station to Present News in Living Color
Be looking for the new graphics Thursday on KTHV. According to a very brief description on Channel 11's website the graphics will be "color-coded, based on the topic the story is about." Gannet has...
View ArticleShreveport Station Loses AM Anchor
A tipster informed ATN today was Denise Middleton's last day as anchor of the morning news and mid-day news programs at KSLA/Channel 12/Shreveport. Sure 'nuff Middleton announced it this morning on...
View ArticleShreveport Station Offers Behind the Scenes Look at Newscast
Not sure when they started this but KTAL/Channel 6/Shreveport has started streaming a behind the scenes live stream. Not sure if this is a feature for all the other newscasts as I have only caught it...
View ArticleChanges...Changes..Changes at THV
Seems more minor changes have occurred at KTHV/Channel 11/Little Rock. As reported here the new graphics debuted today on the noon newscast. Also a tipster brings it to our attention more minor...
View ArticleShreveport Station Finally Gets There....
KSLA/Channel 12/Shreveport has started streaming its newscasts. As of Friday all KSLA newscasts can be seen via the station's webpage...or via a mobile app viewers can download onto their smart phone...
View ArticleFCC Overhaul of Joint Sales Agreements Alive and Well
An overhaul of Joint Sales Agreements regulations could be on the horizon. TV News Check reports despite of a temporary hold on new regulations the issue is still on the table of the FCC. The...
View ArticleSomething to Make Ya Go Hmmmmmm....
A tipster makes this observation about Saturday evening's KTHV newscast:Liz Massey anchoring KTHV newscast tonight with live report from Pam Baccam. Anchor change taking place?UPDATE: Pam Baccam...
View ArticleNWA Reporter Flies the Coop
This from a tipster:Mallory Cooke has left KFSM-TV 5 in Fort smith as of Friday ... she is moving back to Jackson, Tenn. as a morning anchor ... she came to Fort smith in August 2010 from Jackson as...
View ArticleNew Reporter Headed to The Rock
A new reporter will soon be on the streets for KARK/KLRT. The Orlando Sentinel reports Drew Petrimoulx will be on the job March 25th. Petrimoulx left ABC affiliate WFTV-Channel 9 in January....
View ArticleShreveport Station Touts Accuracy of Weather Forecasts
The KTAL/Channel 6/Shreveport weather team has been rated in the top ten most accurate in the country...according to WeatheRate. The announcement was made at the top of the station's 10pm newscast...
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