Arkansas Media

Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Jonesboro, introduced Senate Bill 184 to transfer the Arkansas Educational Television Commission’s powers to the Department of Education.

The bill comes after several other legislative attempts to regulate content in state libraries and concerns over oversight at Arkansas PBS.

Senate Bill 184 would disband the State Library Board and the Arkansas Educational Television Commission, transferring their duties to the Department of Education.

Sullivan also proposes loosening the current requirement that library directors hold a master’s degree “from an accredited American Library Association program”

Hear the latest Issues That Matter panel, presented by the Central Arkansas Library System, the League of Women Voters of Pulaski County and Little Rock Public Radio.

Little Rock Public Radio took home nine awards from the annual Diamond Journalism Awards sponsored by the Arkansas Society of Professional Journalists.

The proposal by Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Jonesboro, would have reduced the public broadcaster’s cash appropriation by 20%.

Executives at the public broadcaster were questioned at a legislative hearing Thursday about their hiring of outside contractors.

The new channel in eastern Arkansas is part of a $6.4 million project to eventually reach nearly the entire state.

The program was created after the death of the legendary sports broadcaster to support future generations of broadcasters and journalists.