Jim Pitcock attends events for the 2020 UALR Hall of Fame Class in this Jan. 9, 2020 file photo. (Arkansas Democrat-Gazette/Rachel O'Neal)
Jim Pitcock, the former news director for KATV and a longtime media figure in Arkansas, died Sunday morning, his family announced. He was 83.
Pitcock died after battling “a short illness,” his son, Len Pitcock, posted on Facebook. Len Pitcock thanked the staff, doctors and nurses at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences “for their unequaled care and respect over the past few days.”
“The friends he made during his career are too many to count,” Len Pitcock added. “He was most proud of his family, sharing his love for, and pride in, each of them during his last days.”
Len Pitcock described his father as “a pioneer in Arkansas television news.” He added that Jim Pitcock started his broadcasting career in Fort Smith “while in high school.”
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