This comes just a couple of days after FTVLive FIRST reported in a Patron Only story that Anchor Chris May and Weatherman Barry Brandt were suspended after wearing afro wigs during the newscast. They promise to investigate past and current racist complaints and reform the culture @KATVNews.. Effective immediately, the news director is no longer with the company. This email address is already subscribed to the selected list(s). Quotation [16] = " 'FTVLive.com a website I go too often for the latest news about the TV business (you should, too!)' All rights reserved. 'We are also implementing further training for sensitivity and workplace conduct, in line with our commitment to ensuring events like this dont happen again. Associated Press text, photo, graphic, audio and/or video material shall not be published, broadcast, rewritten for broadcast or publication or redistributed directly or indirectly in any medium. Pour en savoir plus sur la faon dont nous utilisons vos donnes personnelles, veuillez consulter notre politique relative la vie prive et notre politique en matire de cookies. May and Brandt engaged in a play-on-words, referencing the temperature's "return to the '70s," by wearing looks popular in the 1970s, which led to sporting the Afro-like wigs. KATV local news anchor Chris May and meteorologist Barry Brandt wore the wigs during a segment announcing that a cold front was approaching Little Rock, Arkansas, bringing the city's record-high summer temperatures down into the 70s. KATV will soon welcome a new weekend anchor to its team: Memphis native Jean Franseen. Recently, however, she's been the news. Before that, Genty worked for more than 20 years at Little Rock CBS affiliate KTHV-TV, Channel 11, which is owned by Tegna Inc. of Tysons, Virginia. I made what I believed was a lighthearted reference to the 1970s using a prop during my forecast. // Set up the quotations to be shown, below. A person that works for Sinclair, but not KATV tells FTVLive that the two are set to return to work at some point next week. All Rights Reserved. That night I did what many of you have said I did: I appropriated a look that was not just unprofessional, it was insensitive, and it was offensive. By clicking Sign up, you agree to receive marketing emails from Insider And for that I could not be more sorry. Quotation[6] = "'The site that everyone that works in TV News turns to' - NPR ";
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