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WKBW Gets News Director From Cleveland Station

By Kevin Eck on Nov. 3, 2015 - 10:24 AM

Heverling was the assistant news director at WOIO.

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Three Newsroom Managers Depart Little Rock’s KARK

By Merrill Knox on Mar. 27, 2012 - 5:57 PM

Three newsroom managers have left Little Rock’s KARK this month. News director Rob Heverling, assistant news director Jeff Whatley and executive producer Stephanie Jackson all ended their employment with the NBC-affiliate on ...

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KARK Names Austin Kellerman News Director

By Andrew Gauthier on Feb. 28, 2012 - 10:21 AM

Austin Kellerman has been named news director at KARK, the Little Rock NBC-affiliate announced this week. Kellerman comes to KARK after serving as news director at KTAB-KRBC in Abilene, TX. Before Abilene, Kellerman worked as th ...

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KARK Juggles Anchors For Evening Newscasts

By Merrill Knox on Oct. 7, 2011 - 11:31 AM

KARK, the NBC-affiliate in Little Rock, is making some changes to the evening talent lineup. Starting Monday, weekend anchor Jessica Dean (pictured) will co-anchor the station’s 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. newscasts alongside current ...

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KARK Now Searching for Meteorologist to Replace Brett Cummins

By Andrew Gauthier on Sep. 15, 2011 - 4:45 PM

“We are in the process of interviewing meteorologists for our open position,” KARK news director Rob Heverling told TVSpy today via email, talking about the vacancy left by Brett Cummins, who resigned from his chief me ...

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Family Says Kid Found Dead with KARK Meteorologist Was ‘Easily Influenced’

By Andrew Gauthier on Sep. 8, 2011 - 7:18 PM

The family of the the 24-year-old man who was found dead in an empty bathtub alongside KARK meteorologist Brett Cummins released a statement on Wednesday saying that he was “easily influenced.” Dexter Williams reported ...

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Rival Stations Cover KARK Meteorologist’s Role in Bathtub Death of 24-Year-Old

By Andrew Gauthier on Sep. 7, 2011 - 1:51 PM

On Tuesday evening, every news station in Little Rock covered the untimely death of a 24-year-old man who was found dead in a bathtub alongside KARK meteorologist Brett Cummins. While KARK, an NBC-affiliate, disclosed on-air that ...

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Mike Francis Joining WXIA, Oh Wait, Not So Fast

By Andrew Gauthier on Jun. 16, 2011 - 1:16 PM

Yesterday there was word from Little Rock that longtime KARK weathercaster Mike Francis was leaving to become chief meteorologist at Atlanta’s WXIA. In the past 24 hours, though, Francis’s attorney has been forced to d ...

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KARK’s Mike Francis Moving to WXIA in Atlanta

By Merrill Knox on Jun. 15, 2011 - 11:40 AM

Veteran meteorologist Mike Francis is leaving Little Rock’s KARK, where has has been for 10 years, for WXIA in Atlanta. He will be the station’s chief meteorologist. KARK, the Little Rock NBC affiliate, announced Franc ...

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