New GM Named for Shreveport Station
Raycom Media has named a Louisiana native to head KSLA/Channel 12/Shreveport. Joe Sciortino will becomes Vice President and General Manager following the retirement of James Smith. Sciortino comes to...
View ArticleLittle Rock Station Hires New Morning Reporter
KATV/Channel 7/Little Rock has hired a new morning show reporter. Arkansas Online reportsElisabeth Armstrong will be making the move to Little Rock from KETK-TV/Tyler, TX where she was the morning...
View ArticleLittle Rock Reporter Moving On
Arkansas Online reportsKARK-Channel 4/KLRT- Channel 16 reporter Ken Buffa is leaving the station. Buffa will be leaving Little Rock for WVIT/New Britain, Connecticut. Buffa joined the Little Rock...
View ArticleNorthwest Arkansas Station Names New AM Anchor
KHBS/KHOG-TV/Channels 40/29/Fort Smith/Fayetteville has promoted its evening anchor to mornings. Daniel Armbruster made the announce on his Facebook page:
View ArticleLittle Rock Reporter Headed to The Lone Star State
KATV/Channel 7/Little Rock is losing a reporter. Arkansas Online reportsJordan Bontke is headed to KEYE/Austin, TX. Bontke came to Little Rock from Waco in Spring 2014.
View ArticleLittle Rock Reporter Headed to Pennsylvania
KTHV/Channel 11/Little Rock is losing a reporter. According to a Facebook post on the station's page reporter Marlisa Goldsmith has left as of today. Goldsmith is headed to a station in Pittsburgh,...
View ArticleLittle Rock Reporter Heading to Northwest Arkansas
KARK/KLRT reporter Hiliary Hunt is leaving Little Rock and heading to the Nexstar stations in Northwest Arkansas. Arkansas Online reports Hunt will become a news anchor at Nexstar stations KNWA/KFTA....
View ArticleNorthwest Arkansas Reporter Going to Tulsa
This from the tip box:KFSM TV 5 reporter Amy Slanchik is leaving for a similar position with KOTV, the CBS affiliate in Tulsa, OK. She has been at KFSM in Fort Smith since August 2014.
View ArticleSheriff Calls Out Shreveport Station for Being "Deceitful and Totally Biased"
KSLA/Channel 12/Shreveport was recently called out by a Louisiana Sheriff for not reporting all the facts in a story and making the story look like it was racially motivated. TV Spy reports the...
View ArticleLittle Rock Stations Add New Faces
TV Spy reports a couple of Little Rock stations have made new hires.KTHV/Channel 11/Little Rock has hired Raven Richard as a weather anchor for its noon newscast. She will also anchor the Saturday...
View ArticleArkLaTex Anchor Leaving
This from the tip box:KSLA's Charisse Gibson is heading Cincinnati in the coming weeks to anchor there.
View ArticleFormer KATV Anchor/Arkansas Native Coming Home
Arkansas Business.com reports former KATV anchor Chris May is heading back to the station as anchor. The announcement comes as KATV/Channel 7/Little Rock has been without a co-anchor for its evening...
View ArticleChannel 11 Loses Weekend Anchor
From the tip jar:Phil Buck's last broadcast as weekend anchor was Sunday, May 22. I believe he is going to the Tampa/St.Pete market
View ArticleNorthwest Arkansas Reporter Leaving...
This from the tip jar:Heather Geller announced on Twitter that tonight was her last appearance as KFSM's sports reporter. She's headed to FOX23 in Tulsa.
View ArticleKARK/KLRT Hires New MMJ
TV Spy reportsCharmaine Nero will be joining KARK/KLRT as an multimedia journalist. Nero comes to Little Rock from WCJB/Gainesville, FL.
View ArticleLittle Rock Sports Anchor Leaving...
This from the tip jar:Fox 16's Chase Shannon is leaving to take a Sports Director job in Wichita.
View ArticleLittle Rock Station Adds Two MMJ's
TV Spy reportsKTHV/Channel 11/Little Rock has hired two new MMJ's. Erika Ferrando and David Lippman have been hired by the Little Rock station. Ferrando comes from Lake Charles, LA. and Lippman comes...
View ArticleArkLaTex Weekend Met Leaving
KSLA/Channel 12/Shreveport weeekend met Clay Ostarly is leaving. He posted the announcement on his facebook page:Additional: Seems KSLA and Ostarly didn't see eye to eye in contract negotiations....
View ArticleNorthwest Arknasas Station Adds Reporters
This from the tip box:KFSM TV added two new reporters in May. Kathryn Gilker is working out of the Fayetteville bureau and Krystle Sherrell is working out of the Fort Smith bureau. Both are...
View ArticleShreveport Anchor Retires...Again
KTBS/Channel 3/Shreveport anchor Sherri Talley is retiring....again. Talley's broadcasting career spans some 30 years. Talley retired back in 2011...then returned to the anchor desk in the summer of...
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