Mark Rose has been promoted to president of Little Rock ABC affiliate KATV.

Rose has worked at KATV since 1988 and has been senior vice president and general manager since 2009. In his new role, he will continue to serve as the station’s general manager.

“Mark inherited a stellar performing station and has both maintained those rankings but also enhanced its commitment to the highest quality news and programming,” KATV chairman Dale Nicholson said in a statement. “This is the kind of continuity that the viewers of Arkansas have come to expect and we are delighted to recognize Mark’s superb performance.”