View Post ABC Affiliates | ShopTalk Little Rock Station Dedicates Studio to Former General Manager By Kevin Eck on Sep. 20, 2013 - 1:37 PM KATV, the ABC affiliate for Little Rock, AR, has named its news studio in honor of Dale Nicholson. Current general manager Mark Rose announced the dedication of the studio in honor of Nicholson who had worked at KATV for more than ...
View Post ABC Affiliates | Reporting | ShopTalk KATV Brings On Elicia Dover as Reporter By Kevin Eck on Aug. 19, 2013 - 5:12 PM Little Rock, AR, ABC affiliate KATV has hired Elicia Dover as a reporter. “We are extremely excited to have Elicia in the KATV family,” KATV news director Nick Genty told TVSpy. “She’s a bright, professional, s ...
View Post Reporting | ShopTalk Roger Susanin Leaving Little Rock For Nashville By Merrill Knox on Jul. 19, 2013 - 11:49 AM Roger Susanin has announced his departure from KATV, the ABC affiliate in Little Rock, Ark. “After 4 great years in Little Rock, I am leaving Channel 7. I have accepted a position as a reporter at a station in Nashville,R ...
View Post ABC Affiliates | ShopTalk Former KATV GM Dale Nicholson Dies By Kevin Eck on Jun. 3, 2013 - 10:54 AM Dale Nicholson, former general manager of Little Rock, AR, ABC affiliate KATV has died. The station announced his death on its facebook page, “We have some sad news to pass along…we’re saying goodbye to an old fr ...
View Post CBS Affiliates | News Directors | ShopTalk KENS Executive News Director Kurt Davis Joins CBS News By Merrill Knox on May. 16, 2013 - 3:59 PM KENS executive news director Kurt Davis is joining CBS News as vice president of news services. Davis has worked at the San Antonio CBS affiliate for 10 years. In his new role, he will oversee CBS News’ satellite newsgatheri ...
View Post TV Biz | TVBiz Allbritton Exploring Sale of Television Stations By Merrill Knox on May. 1, 2013 - 10:11 AM Allbritton Communications Company, the parent company of Politico and several ABC affiliates around the country, is considering a sale of its television stations, Politico’s Dylan Byers reports. In a memo to Politico staffer ...
View Post ABC Affiliates | FOX Affiliates | NBC Affiliates | ShopTalk Little Rock Stations Grapple with Covering Local Oil Spill By Kevin Eck on Apr. 9, 2013 - 11:50 AM As Central Arkansas news stations continue to report on an oil spill in Mayflower, just north of Little Rock, there are concerns ExxonMobil, which owns the burst Pegasus pipeline, is controlling the storyline. Mother Jones reports ...
View Post ABC Affiliates Newscasts, Syndicated Reruns Push ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’ Back in Some Markets By Merrill Knox on Jan. 10, 2013 - 5:25 PM Yesterday we told you that two ABC affiliates, WISN in Milwaukee and KSTP in Minneapolis, were delaying the new start time of “Jimmy Kimmel Live” in favor of local newscasts. Several stations air Kimmel’s program ...
View Post ABC Affiliates | Anchors | ShopTalk Erin Hawley Joins KATV as Weekend Anchor By Kevin Eck on Jan. 3, 2013 - 12:28 PM Erin Hawley has joined Little Rock ABC affiliate KATV as its weekend evening anchor. Hawley comes from WLTV-WJXX, Gannett’s Jacksonville ABC/NBC duopoly branded as “First Coast News.” Former KATV anchor and curr ...
ABC Affiliates | ShopTalk | TV Biz Mark Rose Promoted to President of KATV By Merrill Knox on Sep. 14, 2012 - 10:19 AM Mark Rose has been promoted to president of Little Rock ABC affiliate KATV. Rose has worked at KATV since 1988 and has been senior vice president and general manager since 2009. In his new role, he will continue to serve as the st ...