Rumors Alive in Allbritton Sale
Rumors and speculation is running wild in just what entity will be buying up the Allbritton Communications properties. Here are just a number of them making the rounds on the blog DCRTV:** All...
View ArticleKATV: SOLD
Source: KATV Allbritton Communications has officially sold its TV broadcasting properties to Sinclair Broadcast Group. The price: $985 million. The sale includes: WJLA: Washington, DCWBMA/WCFT/WJSU:...
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Shreveport Station in Retrans Spat with Dish
Ah yea, the end of another quarter means retransmission agreements are ending for a lot of cable companies/sat providers. KSLA/Channel 12/Shreveport is warning its viewers it may not be available come...
View ArticleKTBS Gets New Marketing Head
This from the tip box:Looks like Katharyn Howe DeVille is leaving Belo for the Marketing Director position at KTBS...
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Monroe Met Gets the Boot
From the tip jar:Monroe/El Dorado Meteorologist Tom Pearson, who's worked since the early 90's at both KTVE and KNOE, was let go by Hoak-owned KNOE yesterday. He recently got his real estate license...
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Former KTBS Sports Director Now Doing Print
From the tip jar:Former KTBS Sports Director Tim Fletcher is now reporting sports for The Shreveport Times. If you will remember Fletcher left KTBS in March to spend more time with family. Fletch...
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KATV Reporter Lands on the West Coast
KATV reporter Matt Johnson has left. TV Spy reports Johnson has joined KFMB in San Diego, CA as a reporter.
View ArticleRaycom Stations Return to Dish
Broadcasting and Cable reportsRaycom and Dish Network have reached a retransmission agreement. The deal was reached Friday night and Raycoms stations in 36 markets have returned to Dish subscribers.
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THV Anchor Calls it Quits
Long time KTHV/Channel 11/Little Rock anchor/reporter Stefanie Bryant has left. Her last day at the station was Tuesday, August 13th. It's not known what her future plans are. Bryant had been the...
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KARK Anchor Moving on...Movin' Up
KARK/Channel 4/Little Rock anchor Jessica Dean is leaving. Dean is leaving Little Rock for Philadelphia's CBS 3 where she will be co-anchoring the evening newscasts with Arkansas native Chris May....
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Arkansas Native Joins KATV
TV Spy reports Elicia Dover is joining KATV/Channel 7/Little Rock as a reporter. Dover comes to Little Rock from ABC News where she is a video journalist. Dover grew up in the Bryant area. Dover...
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New KARK Anchor Named
This didn't take long. KARK/Channel 4/Little Rock has already named a replacement for Jessica Dean who is headed to Philadelphia:Ashley Ketz is returning home to Arkansas as the new evening co-anchor...
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KARK Names New Co-anchor of Arkansas Today
KARK/Channel 4/Little Rock has named a new co-anchor for Arkansas Today. Aaron Nolan is returning to KARK as a co-anchor of the noon newscast. Nolan spent four years at KARK as a sports anchor years...
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Met Leaves Northwest Arkansas
KHBS/KHOG/Channel 40/29 Meterologist Brittany Bell has left the station. Bell has joined WAPT, the ABC affiliate in Jackson, Mississippi. Bell had been at the Northwest Arkansas stations since 2012....
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KATV Hires MMJ
KATV/Channel 7/Little Rock has hired a new multi-media journalist. Matt Mershon twitted the announcement yesterday: Mershon comes to Little Rock from WTVO/Rockford, IL. Mershon starts in September.
View ArticleKATV Welcomes New Reporter Home
Meet KATV's newest reporter, Alicia Dover. KATV anchor Christina Munoz sat down with the Arkansas native to find out a little about her.
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Nexstar Moves High School Football Show to KLRT
As reported on this blog months ago, high school football show Fearless Friday is moving to KLRT/Channel 16/Little Rock. The show in years past has been broadcast statewide on KARK/Channel 4/Little...
View ArticleTHV'ers on the Move
This from the tip box:Jessica Duff announces she is leaving THV and going to work for The Source 93.3. MMJ Max Siegel is also leaving. So is producer Stephen O.
View ArticleShreveport Weather Guesser Leaves
This from the tip jar:Kevin Roth, 3rd string met at KSLA, has left the building for good. He reportedly has accepted a similar position in Dallas.
View ArticleKATV Dedicates News Studio
KATV/Channel 7/Little Rock has dedicated its news studio to the late Dale Nicholson. Nicholson spent more than 50 years at KATV, three decades of that as general manager. A ceremony was held Thursday...
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