Tegna-owned CBS affiliate KTHV Little Rock, Ark. (DMA 62), on Tuesday appointed Shayla Teater news director and named Martha Myrick assistant news director.
Teater, a North Little Rock native and graduate of the University of Missouri, started at the station in 2007 as a news producer. Through a series of roles and a short stint in Greensboro, N.C., she served as senior executive producer and assistant news director for the last seven years.
In those roles, and among a host of responsibilities, Teater, an Emmy Award recipient, helped launch multiple newscasts, coached dozens of journalists, and led teams covering major events pivotal to Arkansas’s history. She has also led teams that garnered Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards and many Associated Press awards.
