One stop wasn’t enough for the great people of Arkansas, so we gave the people what they wanted, two stops in two days. Starting with an overwhelming crowd in Fort Smith at the KFSM studios, we handed out more that $30,000 in antennas. We had anticipated only handing out 200 antennas, but because of demand we gave out a total of 400 antennas, double the number we had anticipated!
The next morning in Fayetteville, home of the University of Arkansas, we had our largest attendance at an antenna giveaway. The security staff estimated that more than 1,000 people were attendance to receive an antenna, with a line that seemed to stretch forever.
During our time in Arkansas we were able to speak with many of the local residents about receiving free HDTV instead of paying for TV and helping spread the word about multicasting. Many of the residents never even knew that they could receive multiple channels from a single broadcaster. Also Antennas Direct president, Richard Schneider appeared on KFSM two days in row. Arkansas was a great place to stop, thanks to everyone in The Natural State!