Currently, Beth serves as an evening anchor at KATV Channel 7. Prior to that, Beth anchored live shows from Heifer International, Riverfest, Toadsuck, and just about each other major festival or event in the state. On June 18, 1953, the FCC granted the construction permit to Central South and dismissed Shaw's application on the "strike" grounds.[5][6]. News director Nick Genty was fired as a result, but the suspended anchor returned to the air Wednesday night. [7] It was the second station in central Arkansas behind KRTV, channel 17 in Little Rock, which had gone on the air on April 4. Brian serves as an insurance agent. She also reported a series of stories from Honduras on the charitable work of the Arkansas-based non-profit Heifer International. Last month, Sinclair Group Manager John Seabers said the company will implement further training for sensitivity and workplace conduct to ensure incidents like this don't happen again. Prior to that, Beth anchored live shows from Heifer International, Riverfest, Toadsuck, and just about each other major festival or event in the state. I appropriated a look that was not just unprofessional, it was insensitive and it was offensive. Beth married her husband Brian who serves as an insurance agent. She was born in Beaufort, South Carolina and grew up in Greenville. Read more about this topic: KATV, News Operation, News Team, Men perceive that equating love and domestic work is a trap. Theres a family feel at the station, they are culturally aware of issues going on locally and nationally, and they are focused on integrity with storytelling.. ", "In both cases we can and we must do better," he said. On Oct. 4, Tucker posted on Twitter: "We had productive conversations with @WeAreSinclair CEO and upper management. 8lbs. The news director for KATV, Channel 7, has been fired, Sinclair Broadcast Group confirmed Friday. She earns a satisfying amount from her work as an evening anchor at KATV Channel 7. She also participated in pageants for several years and was Miss Black Louisiana 2008. All rights reserved. Courtney stated her decision to step away is because her oldest daughter is a junior in high school, and she wants to be there to share the special moments before she heads off to college. The station first signed on the air on December 19, 1953. She has reported it all starting from the Space Shuttle Colombia disaster and the opening of the Clinton Presidential Library to the hype surrounding the first Razorback games of the year. Hunt says shes basically another working mother. Sullivan has been named one of the Top 30 Irish Americans in Media by IrishCentral.com and has served as media spokesperson for the American Heart Association. She has also anchored live shows from Heifer International, Riverfest, Toadsuck, and just about each other major festival or event in the state. 12, 2022 - 8:15 AM Courtney started working at the Little Rock ABC affiliate in 2011. All rights reserved. Jaeger praised her news colleagues and shared some funny TV memories, including a moment when she was reporting at a shopping mall and a fan approached and touched her abdomen, asking when the baby was due. She said she has a job at a station there but cannot yet announce which one. From 2001 to June 30, 2005, KATV rebroadcast its weeknight 6:00 and 10:00p.m. newscasts on Pax TV affiliate KYPX (channel 49, now Me-TV affiliate KMYA-DT) under a news share agreement, which was discontinued as a result of a decision by Paxson Communications (now Ion Media) to terminate news share agreements with major network affiliates in the markets it had a Pax station, due to financial troubles as well as its rebranding as i: Independent Television (now Ion Television). This document may not be reprinted without the express written permission of Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. Material from the Associated Press is Copyright 2023, Associated Press and may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. KWCH is owned by the Gray Television chain of Atlanta; KTHV belongs to the Tegna chain of Tysons Corner, Virginia. Just about nine months ago, Dover told Arkansas Business that her recently settled life in Sherwood, with husband, Jeremy Flynn, and her parents down the street, had been like a Mayberry existence. Papa Flynn is a former marketing manager for the Little Rock production firm Waymack & Crew who joined Verizon Arena as sales manager in 2016. 114 Scott St. She came to Channel 7 in November 2002 working as a General Assignment Reporter. Customer Service: (501) 455-9333 or email, Monday, Apr. Under Doubleday, KATV became a major competitor in the Little Rock market. On the heels of Amanda Jaeger's declaration that she was leaving KTHV's early-morning anchor slot for a senior job at Walmart Inc., KATV morning anchor Alyson Courtney has announced that she is leaving Channel 7 to help her two daughters with acting opportunities. "I want to take a moment to apologize and be accountable for a terrible decision I made when I last appeared on this newscast back on Sept. 16," said Chris May, evening news anchor. Arkansas really helped shape who I am becoming as a person.. [4] Shaw's applicationfiled as business colleague Estes withdrew his, with duplicate engineering data included in both applicationswas accused of being a "strike" bid, purposely intended to delay the grant of the channel 7 permit. I wouldnt be afraid to let any one of them handle the anchoring duties if need be. He said viewers should expect to see a mix of faces over the next few months. Courtney praised Chris Kane and Melinda Mayo as stalwart co-workers and best friends, and she saluted her loyal viewers, saying they'd helped her change for the better. All rights reserved. ", "Please know that it was never ever my intention to offend or cause any harm," he said. Beth served behind the scenes at Channel 7 for a few months, then took her first reporting tenure in Fort Smith/Fayetteville. [22], In April 1969, Griffin-Leake TV announced that it would break up its holdings into two separate companies. For other people named Kate Sullivan, see, "Kate Sullivan 'so grateful' for CBS 2 run", "CBS 2 anchor Kate Sullivan 'happy and grateful' for delivery", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kate_Sullivan&oldid=1056703381, Articles with unsourced statements from October 2020, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 23 November 2021, at 02:19. Main line: (501) 372-1443 Sullivan joined the CBS team in 2006 and anchored CBS 2 News This Morning at WCBS-TV in New York. KATV's analog signal remained off the air for two weeks, until it built temporary transmitter facilities from an auxiliary tower on Shinall Mountain used by CBS affiliate KTHV. [10][11][12] The studios were damaged in a fire that occurred on the morning of November 1, 1957. Sullivan began her journalistic career in the Midwest at the CBS affiliate WSBT-TV in South Bend, Indiana, where she started as an intern and was promoted to a general assignment reporter. Kaila Lafferty started at KATV in 2018 as a Daybreak reporter but also worked during her two years on Good Morning Arkansas and as a podcast producer. KATV Channel 7 News -- The Spirit of Arkansas -- For more news and weather visit www.katv.com or follow us on Twitter -. A KATV reporter since September 2016, the Louisiana native and former Miss Bossier City will be a news anchor at KFDM in Beaumont, Texas. KATV began transmitting its digital signal from the new facility located on Shinall Mountain on February 1, 2009. But she said both her girls are actresses, and they need her. [52] A city zoning variance request to build a 100-foot (30m) studio-to-transmitter link tower next to the building had initially been withdrawn, amid opposition from residents of a nearby condominium complex on visual and property value concerns, but was granted by the Little Rock Board of Adjustment to the building's former owners in December 2019. "I'm also looking forward to being able to see my husband a lot more," Courtney said. When I spoke with my now News Director, I knew ABC 7 would be a great fit, Franseen said. Arkansas Business Publishing Group She also anchored the morning and noon news at WCBS-TV in New York (20062010). Three newsroom pros at KATV are pregnant, and another just gave birth, leaving News Director Nick Genty to shuffle his lineup and wonder if something's in the water. Two white TV reporters were suspended after wearing Afro-like wigs on-air for a 1970s-themed segment last month, the Arkansas Times reported. For nearly eight years, the donated footage remained untouched until the Tyson family donated $1.5million to the Pryor Center to digitize the footage. Courtney even led her news with it. Barry Brandt, chief meteorologist at the station, also issued an apology, saying he made what he thought was a "lighthearted reference to the 1970s using a prop during my forecast. This document may not be reprinted without the express written permission of Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. Material from the Associated Press is Copyright 2023, Associated Press and may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Dad is Brian Cress, a North Little Rock Shelter Insurance agent. Doubleday was replaced in his former position by general sales manager Thomas Goodgame, who would later move to Tulsa as general manager and would eventually become president of Westinghouse Broadcasting.). And I will work to regain your trust.". On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. [58] KATV is currently one of only two television stations in the Little Rock market (alongside CBS affiliate KTHV, which debuted a Saturday morning newscast in April 2010) that carries a newscast on weekend mornings, the station has produced a Saturday edition of Channel 7 News Daybreak since 1992; KATV does not currently air news programming on Sunday mornings. Beths mother served as a teacher, so they did lots of reading and Beth was always with them. Beth gets her wealth from her work as an evening anchor at KATV Channel 7. Kate Sullivan (born June 19, 1976) is an American television show host, producer, and television news anchor. The station was criticized after a white anchor appeared on air . Beth Hunt is a 45-year-old American evening anchor at KATV Channel 7. A native of Columbia, Missouri, and graduate of the University of Central Missouri, Jaeger joined KTHV after two years at KWCH in the Wichita, Kansas, market. KATV will soon welcome a new weekend anchor to its team: Memphis native Jean Franseen. They fear that to get involved with housework would send them hurtling into the bottomless pit of self-sacrifice that is womens current caring roles.Debbie Taylor (20th century). She is leaving Little Rock to return to Seattle, where she grew up, so she can be closer to family. 61,920 talking about this. Print Headline: KATV reporter to leave station next week. She was complimentary of Sinclair in subsequent tweets and commended the company for firing Genty. Beth is happily married to her lovely husband named Brian. I apologize deeply for my actions. Franseen will report during the week and serve as an anchor for the station on weekends, she said. This document may not be reprinted without the express written permission of Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Inc. Material from the Associated Press is Copyright 2023, Associated Press and may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. She is 45 years old. Welcome to the newest member of the @KATVNews family! KATV anchor Alyson Courtney is stepping away from the anchors desk, she announced on her Facebook Monday. KATV is Little Rock's oldest continually operating television station, beating NBC affiliate KARK-TV (channel 4) by almost five months. Local news journalists are giving everyone outside the affected area short glimpses of what's happening through social media. She has been a part of the. She is a woman of above-average stature. 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While at KATV, Kate reported on 9/11 from Ground Zero in New York and presented stories about Arkansans who had lost loved ones during the tragedy. @KATVChrisMay, KATVBeth, @KATVNed, @KATVNICK pic.twitter.com/NB43aEFQRV, ITS OFFICIAL: My last day at @KATVNews is done, Rusley posted April 20 on Twitter. Sinclair Group Manager John Seabers said Nick Genty was suspended Sept. 17, but Seabers. Arkansas political scientist and pollster Jim Ranchino, who had been appearing on the station as a commentator during elections since 1972, died of a heart attack as he was waiting to offer election commentary on KATV on November 7, 1978. She covered the presidential run of General Wesley Clark and the opening of the Clinton Presidential Library which won the station a regional Emmy award. Most importantly, she has won many awards. Overnight producer Kristen Belue and husband, David, are expecting their first child, also in June. She leaves her position after 14 years, she said. 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