Welcome Back Beck!

Looks like KFSM/Channel 5/Fort Smith anchor Ashley Beck is back.  Beck had disappeared from air for a number of weeks.  Beck explains on her Facebook page she was ill.  

Monroe Stations Finally Produce HD Newscasts

This from the tip box:  

KTVE/KARD out of El Dorado/ Monroe finally have HD newscasts.

Shreveport Station Welcomes New Morning Co- Anchor

 KTAL/Channel 6/Shreveport has a new morning co-anchor.  Steve Bender made his debut this morning along side Stefanie Bryant and Patrick Dennis on KTAL's morning program.  Steve comes to the ArkLaTex from WABG-ABC/Channel 6/Greenville, MS where he was the morning meteorologist/anchor for the morning program. 

KNWA Weather Guesser Leaving

It's mid-month, time for the leaving announcements to start rolling in...and the first one for October is...KNWA Met Clint Boone:

Monroe GM Canned

Missed this by a week or two but.....Ed Oretelli is no longer General Manager at KNOE/Monroe, LA....He was fired in late September due to an email he sent to Bill O'reilly's show on Fox "News" Channel.  FTV Live reported the news on September 25th.   In August Oretelli had his email read on Fox "News" that read “I’m aggravated when I see smug liberals like Kirsten Powers and Alan Colmes on the air. Enough already with these leftists.”