Former KATV GM Nicholson Dies

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Dale Nicholson, former KATV Little Rock general manager,
died June 1. He was 74, according to KATV.com.

Nicholson began his broadcasting career at KTVE El Dorado in
1960. He came to KATV in 1962, where he was president and general manager from
1974 until 2009. He continued to hold a chairman title at KATV.

Nicholson was honored for 50 Years in Television by the
National Association of Television Arts and Sciences with the Gold Circle
award.

"KATV is saying goodbye to a friend and leader,"
according to KATV.com.

Allbritton owns KATV, an ABC affiliate.

Michael Malone
Michael Malone

Michael Malone is content director at B+C and Multichannel News. He joined B+C in 2005 and has covered network programming, including entertainment, news and sports on broadcast, cable and streaming; and local broadcast television, including writing the "Local News Close-Up" market profiles. He also hosted the podcasts "Busted Pilot" and "Series Business." His journalism has also appeared in The New York Times, The L.A. Times, The Boston Globe and New York magazine.