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About B. J. Sams (television)
- Billy Jack Sams (born March 19, 1935) was an anchor for "Today's THV This Morning", now called "THV 11 News This Morning", the morning news show for KTHV-TV, the local CBS-affiliated television station in Little Rock, Arkansas, which is owned by the Gannett Company.
- He had been in broadcasting for more than 50 years.
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- Sams co-hosted the program with anchor Alyson Courtney (now morning news anchor at KATV) and meteorologist Tom Brannon.
- The show has repeatedly ranked number one in the market over the past five years.
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- Sams came to KTHV after years of anchoring news at KHON-TV in Honolulu, Hawaii where he served as main anchor for several years in the 1970s.
- He retired from KTHV and the television business in the summer of 2009.
- He was inducted into Arkansas Entertainers Hall of Fame in 2007 and the Arkansas Walk of Fame in 2012.
- Sams also has received other award recognitions throughout and after his career in television broadcasting.
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