Arkansas Business News Story
After Collapse, KTHV Lends KATV Tower Space
By Arkansas Business Staff
1/22/2008 3:36:01 PM
Competition continues to take a backseat among Little Rock market television stations, with KTHV-TV, Channel 11, offering tower space to restore rival KATV-TV, Channel 7's analog signal.
KATV's analog signal has been off the air since the Jan. 11 collapse of its 2,000-ft. broadcast tower near Redfield. The ABC affiliate's cable and satellite service was restored shortly after the collapse, but options to deliver its analog signal to those viewers without cable or satellite were limited. It's estimated that between 10 percent and 15 percent of the station's viewers tune into the analog signal.
"That's how much we believe in local TV," said Larry Audas, general manager at KTHV in a news release. "We go nose to nose with KATV every day in news, sales and every competitive aspect of broadcasting. But THV's first obligation is to Arkansas viewers ... . Competitive results will take care of themselves."
KATV is broadcasting its analog signal from KTHV's auxiliary tower and antenna, which was normally reserved as a back up for the CBS affiliate's maintenance and emergency use.
"This kind of cooperation between KTHV and KATV is most appreciated and evidence broadcasters are here to serve the community," said Dale Nicholson, general manager at KATV, in the news release.
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