After nearly four decades in the industry, longtime KATV meteorologist and broadcaster Melinda Mayo has announced she will retire this April. Mayo shared the...
KATV’s Melinda Mayo to Retire After 39 Years in the Industry
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Category: People Behind Your News
The People Behind Your News: Tracy Beene
Tracy Beene never planned to be on TV. Now a meteorologist at THV11 in Little Rock, she was recently voted Best Weather Person in AY About You’s “Best of 2025” readers’...
The Year in Review: What AY Readers Were Clicking in 2024
Before we look ahead to a new year, AY About You is looking back at the past 12 months and which stories its readers were clicking. The most-read stories on...
The People Behind Your News: Rolly Hoyt
After a 20-year career as a track TV analyst in horse racing, Rolly Hoyt decided to pursue a horse of a different color as a news anchor at THV11 in Little Rock. ...
The People Behind Your News: Alyssa Orange
Sports director and main anchor for “Pig Trail Nation” Alyssa Orange is not only notable for her work at KNWA/FOX24 in Fayetteville and KARK in Little Rock — she was...
The People Behind Your News: Kevin Kelly
As a household name in Arkansas, it would be easy to believe that Kevin Kelly, evening news anchor at FOX 16 News in Little Rock, spent his childhood playing journalist...
The People Behind Your News: Daniel Breen
“Good morning from KUAR in Little Rock. I’m Daniel Breen.” To almost anyone who has heard those words during a morning commute, Daniel Breen, news director at...
The People Behind Your News: Dan Skoff
A remarkable childhood experience was the catalyst for a remarkable career for Dan Skoff, chief meteorologist at KNWA/FOX24 in Fayetteville. When he was about eight...
The People Behind Your News: James Bryant
Like many Arkansas meteorologists, James Bryant, meteorologist at KATV in Little Rock, marks March 31, 2023, as one of the most challenging days of his career. On that...
From Fiddle to Fox: Arkansas Native Chanley Painter a Woman of Many Talents
The secret lives of the famous often yield some strange and fascinating facts, such as unexpected hobbies and unusual talents that do not always make it into the...
The People Behind Your News: Garrett Lewis
You only live once, the saying goes, but Garrett Lewis, former chief meteorologist at KFSM in Fort Smith has something of a new life after starting a new career in...
The People Behind Your News: Joel Young
A childhood weather event forecasted a weather career for Joel Young, a meteorologist at KARK and Fox16 in Little Rock. In 1994, Young, who was 5 and living in...