KMYA-DT) under a news share agreement, which was discontinued as a result of a decision by Paxson Communications (now Ion Media) to terminate news share agreements with major network affiliates in the markets it had a Pax station, due to financial troubles as well as its rebranding as i: Independent Television (now Ion Television). KATV was one of a few television stations affiliated with a network other than NBC to participate in a news share agreement with a Pax TV station. On September 20, 2010, KATV expanded its weekday morning newscast to 2½ hours, moving the start time to 4:30 a.m. On September 10, 2011, KATV became the fourth (and final) television station in the Little Rock market to begin broadcasting its local newscasts in high definition (KTHV became the first station in the market to produce its newscasts in high definition in December 2010, and KARK and KLRT both began producing its newscasts in HD in April 2011, making the transition within five days of one another). Notable former on-air staff Paul Eells – sports director and "Voice of the Razorbacks" (1978–2006; died on July 31, 2006, likely due to injuries sustained from an automobile accident on Interstate 40 near Russellville) Kristin Fisher – reporter, was at Fox News Channel, now space reporter at CNN Missy Irvin – former news editor; current Republican member of the Arkansas State Senate Rob Johnson – (later at WBBM-TV) Julie Mayberry – co-host of Daybreak morning news show; Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives since 2015 from Pulaski and Saline counties Anne Pressly – news anchor/reporter (died in October 2008 of injuries sustained from an attack by an intruder in her Little Rock home; the killer was caught and sentenced to life in prison without parole) Susan Roesgen – anchor/reporter (1990s–2000s, now at WGNO) David Shuster – reporter (1994–1996) Nancy Snyderman – medical reporter (1984) Kate Sullivan – anchor/reporter (2000–2006), now the host of To Dine For on PBS Technical information Subchannels The station's digital signal is multiplexed: Analog-to-digital conversion KATV shut down its analog signal, over VHF channel 7, on June 12, 2009, the official date in which full-power television stations in the United States transitioned from analog to digital broadcasts under federal mandate. The station's digital signal remained on its pre-transition UHF channel 22. Through the use of PSIP, digital television receivers display the station's virtual channel as its