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KARK-TV
Little Rock, Arkansas
Branding	KARK 4 (general) KARK 4 News (news)
Slogan	My Arkansas, My Station
Channels	Analog: 4 (VHF) Digital: 32 (UHF)
Affiliations	NBC
Owner	Nexstar Broadcasting Group
Founded	April 15, 1954
Call letters meaning	K ARKansas
Former affiliations	DuMont (secondary, 1954-1956)
Transmitter Power	100 kW (analog) 989 kW (digital)
Height	503 m (analog) 474 m (digital)
Facility ID	33440
Transmitter Coordinates	34°47′56.9″N, 92°30′0″W
Website	www.kark.com

KARK, branded as "KARK 4", is the NBC network affiliate station serving the Little Rock television market and central Arkansas, owned by Nexstar Broadcasting Group. KARK's transmitter and antenna are located atop Shinall Mountain, on the same tower as KTHV.

The station broadcasts its analog signal on VHF channel 4 and its digital signal broadcasts on UHF channel 32.

Contents 1 History 2 Controversy 3 Pre-emptions 4 Personalities 4.1 Current On-Air Talent 4.2 Former On-Air Talent 5 News/Station Presentation 5.1 Newscast Titles 5.2 Station Slogans 6 External links

KARK is Little Rock's second oldest television station, having signed on the air on April 15, 1954 (KATV was the first, beating KARK to the airwaves by almost 5 months).

At one point KARK was owned by Combined Communications, and later Gannett (which, ironically, currently owns rival station KTHV). In 1983, Gannett sold the station to SouthwestMedia, a subsidiary of United Broadcasting, a one-time owner of WMUR-TV in Manchester (NH) which also owned KDBC-TV in El Paso (TX) and WTOK-TV in Meridian (MS). In 1988, United Broadcasting sold off all of its stations, with KARK going to the Morris Network. In 2003, Nexstar became the station's owner, and eventually consolidated most sports operations from KARK with those of its station in northwest Arkansas, KNWA-TV.

For many years, KARK was the top-rated station for news in Little Rock. However, its newscast ratings have plummeted since the early 1990s.

KARK made national news in early 2006 by declining to air the NBC TV program The Book of Daniel. The station's General Manager Duane Lammers at the time issued two statements regarding the issue. The first, issued January 4, 2006, stated "Our relationship with NBC always provided for the right to reject programming. I am reaffirming that right to let them know I will not allow them to make unilateral decisions affecting our viewers." The statement continued, "If my action causes people in our community to pay more attention to what they watch on television, I have accomplished my mission." [1]

Two days later a second statement was released citing concerns about FCC rules regarding obscenity, "My first obligation to my station is to protect the license granted by the FCC. Current regulations could subject this station to severe punishment, up to and including revocation of our license if even a single person's objection to the FCC found material broadcast by our station to be indecent or obscene. Subsequent viewing of the material within "The Book of Daniel" leaves me no choice but to do my job and uphold the standards of our community."

The local MyNetworkTV affiliate, KWBF (then a WB affiliate), aired the program instead. NBC canceled the show after only three episodes.

KARK does not show the weekend edition of NBC Nightly News and the Sunday edition of The Today Show to show local programming alongside other Nexstar stations Arkansas.

KARK 4 NEWS ANCHORS

• Bob Clausen: Weekday Evening Anchor/Reporter
• Tracy Douglass: Weekday Morning and Midday Anchor/Reporter
• Matt Mosler: Weekday Morning and Midday Anchor/Reporter
• Jancey Sheats: Weekday Evening Anchor/Reporter
• Melissa Simas: Weekday Morning Anchor/Reporter
• Sonseeahray Tonsall: Weekend Evening Anchor/Education Reporter

KARK 4 NEWS REPORTERS

• Kim Betton: General Assignment Reporter
• Sydney Hart: General Assignment Reporter
• Cecillea Pond-Mayo: General Assignment Reporter
• Pete Thompson: General Assignment Reporter
• Jonathan Wilson: General Assignment Reporter

YOUR WEATHER AUTHORITY/KARK 4 METEOROLOGISTS

• Brett Cummins (AMS Seal of Appoval): Chief Meteorologist
• Mike Francis (AMS/NWA Seal of Appoval): Weekday Morning and Midday Meteorologist/Fill-in Meteorologist
• Jason Kadah (NWA Seal of Appoval): Weekend Evening Meteorologist/Fill-in Meteorologist

SPORTS ANCHORS/REPORTERS

• Aaron Nolan: Weekend Sports Anchor/Reporter
• Tom Yazwinski: Sports Reporter
• Aaron Peters: Sports Reporter (based at KNWA)
• Derek Ruscin: Sports Reporter (based at KNWA)

• Steve Barnes
• Barry Brandt
• Tom Bonner
• Isiah Carey
• Dana Dussing
• Jerri Jackson
• Julie Jameson
• Doug Krile
• Carolyn Long
• Kim Miller
• Roy Mitchell
• Bo Mattingly
• Leslie Morrow
• Betsy Pilgrim
• Margaret Preston
• Kevin Steele
• Alice Stewart
• Frederica Stiffen
• Steve Sullivan
• Leslie Traba
• Jack Vincent
• Beth Ward
• Denise Whitaker
• Dave Woodman
• Deanna Durante
• Ernie Paulson
• Lyndall Stout
• Dave Jordan
• Jason Friedman
• Brandis Griffith
• Carlton Wing
• Mark Rushing
• Jon Getsy
• Joe Pequeno
• Parella Lewis
• John Champion
• Mike Nicco
• Michelle Lee
• Katie Nielsen

• Channel 4 Eyewitness News (1970s-Mid 1980s and Late 1980s-1994)
• NewsCenter 4 (Mid 1980s)
• News 4 (1994-2001)
• News 4 Arkansas (2001-2005)
• KARK 4 News (2005-present)

• Straight from the Heart (Late 1980s)
• 4 The People (Early 1990s)
• Where The News Comes First (Mid 1990s-2001)
• My Arkansas, My Station (2007-present)

• KARK Homepage
• Query the FCC's TV station database for KARK-TV

v • d • e Broadcast television in the Little Rock-Pine Bluff market  (Nielsen DMA #57)
KETS 2 / KEMV 6 / KETG 9 (PBS/AETN) - KARK 4 (NBC) - KATV 7 (ABC) - KTHV 11 (CBS) - KLRT 16 (FOX) - KVTN 25 / KVTH 26 (Religious Ind./VTN/TLN) - KJLR 28 (AMG) - KKAP 36 (DAY) - KASN 38 (The CW) - KWBF 42 (MNTV) - KKYK-DT 49 / KKYK-CA 20 (RTN) - KLRA 58 (UNI)

v • d • e NBC Network Affiliates in the state of Arkansas
KARK 4 (Little Rock) - KTAL 6 (Texarkana) - KTVE 10 (El Dorado) - KNWA 51 (Rogers)
See also: ABC, CBS, CW, Fox, MyNetworkTV, PBS, and Other stations in Arkansas

v • d • e Nexstar Broadcasting Group, Inc.
Corporate Staff: Perry A. Sook (President & CEO) · Matt Devine (CFO) · Duane A. Lammers (COO) · Timothy Busch · Brian Jones · Shirley E. Green · Susana G. Schuler-Willingham · Richard Stolpe · Paul Greeley · Blake R. Battaglia · Erik Brooks · Jay M. Grossman · Brent Stone · Royce Yudkoff · Geoff Armstrong · Michael Donovan · I. Martin Pompadur ABC Network Affiliates: KAMC1 · KMID · KODE1 · KQTV · KSVI · WDHN · WJET · WTVO1 · WUTR1 CBS Network Affiliates: KLBK · KLST · KOLR1 · KTAB · WCIA · WMBD · WROC · WTAJ · WYOU1 The CW Network Affiliate: WLYH2 Fox Network Affiliates: KARD · KCIT1 · KHMT1 · KFTA3 · KJTL1 · KSFX · WFFT · WFXP1 · WFXV · WFXW1 · WQRF · WTVW · WUHF4 · WYZZ4 MyNetworkTV Affiliates: KJBO1 · KCPN1 · WCFN · WPNY · WTVO1 NBC Network Affiliates: KARK · KAMR · KBTV · KFDX · KNWA · KRBC1 · KSAN1 · KSNF · KTAL · WBRE · WHAG · WTWO 1Nexstar operates these stations owned by Mission Broadcasting. 2Nexstar has ownership interests, but management capabilities belong to Clear Channel. However, Clear Channel has put all of its television stations for sale. Once the sales are complete, Nexstar would eventually own and operate the station outright. 3Sale of the station to Mission Broadcasting is awaiting FCC approval. Nexstar will continue to operate the station. 4Nexstar operates these stations owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group.
Annual Revenue: $226.1 million USD (2005) · Employees: Unknown at this time. · Stock Symbol: NASDAQ: NXST · Website: www.nexstarbroadcasting.com