The Bachelor Contestant Accuses KATV of Censoring Show
Arkansas Native The Bachelor contestant Raven Gates has accused KATV/Channel 7/Little Rock of censoring Monday night's episode as she started telling the story of her finding her boyfriend cheating on her. KATV General Manager Mark Rose tells The Washington Post, "Gates’s anecdote was cut because the master control department — which
preps the shows and puts the timing sheets in for each program — entered
the wrong time, so a commercial break accidentally ran during the
show’s content"
“I’m obviously not pleased [with] what happened,” Rose said, calling it a
“pure and simple” mistake. Not only did it happen on one the station’s
most popular shows, he added, but it was especially unfortunate that it
occurred during a scene featuring an Arkansas contestant. “We’re trying
to put things in place so it doesn’t happen again.”
Gates encouraged Arkansas fans to look for the clip elsewhere.
KARK GM Promoted to Corporate Job
KARK's Vice President and General Manager Mike Vaughn has been promoted. Nexstar has promoted Vaughn to Senior Vice President and Regional Manager of Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc. The promotion follows the closing of Nexstar purchasing Media General to become the second largest broadcasting company in the United States.
According to the story from KARK, the new Nexstar Media Group will have more that 170 broadcasting stations around the country. Vaughn will oversee stations in Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri and Tennessee. Vaughn has been GM of KARK/Channel 4/Little Rock since 2011. Vaughn came to Little Rock from Northwest Arkansas where he was GM from 2008-2011 at KNWA/KFTA.
Ax Falling at Sinclair Stations...Will it Swing in Little Rock?
The ax is falling at Sinclair stations across the country. TV news websites are reporting numerous firings at Sinclair stations the last couple of days...Who will get the ax in Little Rock...
KARK Hires New Weekend Met
KARK/Channel 4/Little Rock has hired a new weekend meteorologist. Arkansas Online reports Arkansas Native Hayden Nix will be the stations new weekend met. Hayden is originally from Rison and comes to the NBC affiliate from KTXS/Abilene, Texas.
