Channel 7

Channel 7 or TV 7 may refer to:

Television stations

Seven News

Seven News is the television news service of the Seven Network in Australia.

National bulletins are presented from Seven's high definition national studios in Martin Place, Sydney - ATN or in Docklands, Melbourne - HSV (when required). While flagship 6 pm bulletins are produced in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide, and Perth city based studios. The network's head office is located at Jones Bay in the Sydney suburb of Pyrmont and its national play-out (transmission) facilities are located in the Melbourne inner-city suburb of Docklands at Broadcast Centre Melbourne.

The network also produces Seven Local News bulletins for regional Queensland.

The news service is retransmitted via a number of regional affiliates, including Prime Television, the Golden West Network, Southern Cross Television and WIN Television in South Australia. It draws upon the resources of ITN, NBC, MediaWorks New Zealand, CBC, CNN, APTN and Reuters for select international coverage. The network's Director of News and Current Affairs is Craig McPherson.

KATV

KATV, virtual channel 7 (UHF digital channel 22), is an ABC-affiliated television station located in Little Rock, Arkansas, United States. The station is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group. KATV maintains studio facilities located on Main and East 4th Streets in Downtown Little Rock, and its transmitter facilities are located on Shinall Mountain, near the Chenal Valley neighborhood of Little Rock. On cable, KATV is available on Comcast Xfinity channel 8 in standard definition and digital channel 231 in high definition.

History

The station first signed on the air on December 19, 1953. Originally licensed to Pine Bluff, the station was a CBS affiliate with a secondary ABC affiliation. It became a full ABC affiliate in 1955 after KTHV signed on and took the CBS affiliation because of KTHS (now KAAY)'s long time relation with CBS Radio; during the late 1950s, the station was also briefly affiliated with the NTA Film Network. KATV was founded by John T. Griffin and James C. Leake (who also founded sister station KTUL in Tulsa and original sister station KWTV in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the company founded by the former of the two founders would later become the present-day Griffin Communications). KATV is Little Rock's oldest continually operating television station, beating NBC affiliate KARK-TV (channel 4) by almost five months. On-air personalities at KATV during its early years of operation included the station's first announcer, Don Curran; the first news director, Bill Hadley; and news announcer, Oscar Alagood. News cameramen included Bob Donaldson and Lou Oberste. Donaldson would later lead the film department at the University of Arkansas Medical School for many years, and Oberste would work at the Arkansas Department of Tourism.

Little Rock, Arkansas

Little Rock is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Arkansas. It is also the county seat of Pulaski County. It was incorporated on November 7, 1831 on the south bank of the Arkansas River very near the geographic center of the state. The city derives its name from a rock formation along the river, named "La Petite Roche" by the French in 1799. The capital of the Arkansas Territory was moved to Little Rock from Arkansas Post in 1821. The city's population was 193,524 at the 2010 census. The five-county Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) is ranked 75th in terms of population in the United States with 724,385 residents according to the 2013 estimate by the United States Census Bureau.

Little Rock is a major cultural, economic, government and transportation center within Arkansas and the South. The city includes cultural institutions such as the Arkansas Arts Center, the Arkansas Repertory Theatre, and the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra, in addition to the hiking, boating, and other outdoor recreational opportunities. Little Rock's history is also available to residents and visitors in a variety of ways; history museums, historic districts or neighborhoods like the Quapaw Quarter, and historic sites like Little Rock Central High School. The city is the headquarters of Dillard's, Windstream Communications, Acxiom, Stephens Inc., University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Heifer International, the Clinton Foundation, and the Rose Law Firm. Other large corporations, including Dassault Falcon Jet and LM Wind Power have large operations in the city. State government is also a large employer, with most offices being located in downtown Little Rock. Two major Interstate highways, Interstate 30 and Interstate 40 meet in Little Rock, with the Port of Little Rock serving as a major shipping hub.