LR News Veteran Takes Job at U of A

Arkansas Business.com reports Randy Dixon has been hired to head the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History at the University of Arkansas.  Dixon worked at KATV/Channel 7/Little Rock for 31 years.  Dixon served as News Director at KATV for 10 years.  "Randy Dixon is a walking encyclopedia of Arkansas history, because of all his years in the news department of Channel 7 in Little Rock," former U.S. Sen. David Pryor said in a news release. "We are very excited that he is taking this position. He will be a great asset to the center."  Dixon began his new job today.