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KFSM Hires New Chief Met
KFSM Channel 5/Fort Smith announced Tuesday Matt Standridge has been hired as the new Chief Meteorologist. Standridge is no stranger to KFSM, as he worked at the station from 2017 until 2020 when he...
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KTHV Hires New Sports Anchor
KFSM/Channel 5/Fort Smith Sports reporter Tyler Cass is jumping ship! Cass announced on his facebook page he will be joining KTHV Channel 11 in Little Rock as Sports Anchor. Tonight is Cass' last...
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Here Come's KTHV's New Wake Up Team
Seems Monday August 16 could be the day the new morning team debuts on KTHV, Channel 11. It was announced earlier this month Hayden Balgavy would be joining Amanda Jaeger and Meteorologist Skot...
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KTAL Loses Texarkana Reporter/Anchor-- New Reporter/Anchor Named
KTAL/Channel 6/Shreveport lost its Texarkana anchor/reporter earlier this month. Heather Wright Deaton had been KTAL's anchor/reporter for the Texarkana area for the last four years. She anchored...
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Former Shreveport Anchor/Well Known Country Music Exec Passes Away
A former KTAL/Channel 6/Shreveport anchor reporter has passed away. Lisa Lee, (Lisa Young) passed away Saturday. Lee (Young) was a senior VP of creative and content for the Academy of Country Music...
View ArticleLR-PD Spokesman Confronts KLRT Anchor During Interview
The saying is video doesn't lie...and it doesn't lie in this case either. The Arkansas Democrat/Gazette obtained video of Little Rock Police Department spokesperson Mark Edwards confronting...
View ArticleSend in your tips
Let's get this blog up and going again!! Send in your news tips!! I wanna get this blog active again. I am looking for tips of any happenings in the news business in Arkansas and the Ark-La-Tex!...
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CBS This Morning to get Re-branded
CBS is once again making changes to its weekday morning news program. The Wrap reports CBS will be rebranding its morning news program to CBS Mornings. Of course like all other relaunches it will...
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It's an Early Start for New Chief Met in NWA
New KFSM/Channel 5/Fort Smith Chief Met has started a day earlier than planned. Matt Standridge was scheduled to start on Monday, Sept 6th...but he started on air today!
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New KTHV Weekend Anchor Makes Debut
A new anchor has made her debut at the weekend news desk for KTHV/Channel 11/Little Rock. Sarah Horbacewicz comes to Little Rock from WENY/Elmira, NY where she was a multi-media journalist....
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Little Rock/Shreveport Stations Receive Emmy Nods
The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences have released its list of nominations for 2021. Little Rock and Shreveport/Monroe, LA stations are represented well once again. The entire list...
View ArticleKATV News Director Fired; Chris May and Barry Brandt Sidelined...
KATV/Channel 7 News Director Nick Genty has been termniated!! According to reports Sinclair management says Genty was suspended September 17th. In an email to the Arkansas Democrat Gazette Sinclair...
View ArticleSuspended KATV Anchor/Weather Guesser Return
They are back!! KATV/Channel 7 anchor Chris May and weather guesser Barry Brandt have returned to the air after being suspended since mid-September. May and Brandt returned to the air for the 10pm...
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Long time ArkLaTex Journalist Inducted into EMMY Silver Circle
Source: KSLA Fred Gamble has been gathering and reporting news in the ArkLaTex for over 48 years! Gamble has been honored and inducted into the EMMY Silver Circle. Gamble started his career in 1973...
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KTHV Anchor/Reporter Quits TV News......
Today was Jordan Howington's last day on the air at KTHV/Channel 11/Little Rock. She had only been in the news business for 7 years....and she is stepping away from it according to her FB page:Hi,...
View ArticleTegna and DISH Fight it Out!!
Tegna (parent company of KTHV/Channel 11/Little Rock) is fighting it out with DISH over a new re-transmission agreement. This spat is effecting over 50 Tegna stations, including KTHV. Heck with...
View ArticleSinclair Station Broadcasts Effected by Ransomware Attack...
It seems KATV/Channel 7/Little Rock was effected buy a Ransomeware attack that efffected Sinclair stations across the country. This morning's newscasts on KATV were not what we were use to...
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Long Time Little Rock Anchor To Hang on a Little Longer.
Longtime Little Rock TV anchor Craig O'Neill says he will stay in the anchor chair two more years. KTHV/Channel 11 reports O'Neill has delayed retirement 2 more years. O'Neill has been a long time...
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Shreveport Met Moves on to....Weather Nation
He's been gone since the end of September...and we now know where he is!! Jesse Kelley had been a Meteorologist at KTAL/KMSS in Shreveport...but suddenly disappeared! He now can be found on Weather...
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Long Time THV'er Leaving....
Long time THV'er Theba Lolley is leaving the station. Lolley made the announcement Friday on the station's The Vine's Facebook. Her last day on the program is December 18th.BITTERSWEET...
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