Arkansas Media

The broadcaster is dropping all PBS programming, effective June 30, and is re-branding to become Arkansas TV.

Rep. Carlton Wing, R-North Little Rock, was nominated for the CEO role by the Arkansas PBS commission Wednesday.

The group “Return to the Land” uses language to water down more troubling beliefs.

LRPR’s news team took home six first-place awards in the annual contest.

The decades-long recurring contract seemed to be in temporary jeopardy at a meeting Monday.

The Arkansas PBS Commission named Sajni Kumpuris as the public television network’s interim director during a special meeting Tuesday.

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”