KBMT Ch12, ABC Beaumont, TX
A brisk pre-dawn remote in South East Texas and at 5:45am we were ready for our closeup. Katie was sucessful in hypnotizing the staff at KBMT into extolling the virtues of Cleastream antennas as the greatest thing since Hot Pockets. We went live 5 times that morning and a Clearstream 2 sat on the anchor […]
KTAB CBS / KRCB NBC Abilene TX
Holy Katie Anastasia Tewillager Brady in a prom dress! Whats going on here? When we arrived at the station around 10am, there were already 100 people waiting for us; did we get the time wrong? The station’s receptionist said some had been camping out since 7am. It turns out that the station, in an earlier […]
KSLA CBS Ch12 Shreveport, LA
A rainy Saturday afternoon, but still over 400 people turned out for a chance to win a Clearstream antenna. KSLA was our host and offered advice and guidance for local viewers. Ch12 KSLA will be broadcasting their DTV signal on Ch17 after the transition, so there was a great deal of interest in antennas with […]
WLOX CH13 Gulfport/Biloxi Mississippi
Wow! its events like this that make the whole tour worthwhile. Dave Vincent, the GM of WLOX welcomed us to the station and gave us the grand tour, explaining how the station survived Katrina and still managed to stay on the air. The Gulfport area still looks like someone took an eraser and wiped part […]
WLBT NBC Ch3 Jackson Mississippi
Jackson Mississippi was the next stop on the tour and we not only met some great folks but it looks like we’ll have a new retailer in Mississippi as Cowboy Maloney’s was very excited to have us as a partner. People had been coming to their store for months looking for a reliable antenna and […]
WNCF Ch 31, Montgomery Alabama
It was a cold and rainy Monday, which dampened attendance a little, but still about 75 people braved the weather to attend the event. WNCFwas kind enough to provide a couple of engineers to answer questions. Actually two stations are under the same roof, The ABC affiliate and Montgomery’s CW network. Costco came out and […]
Now, you want me to drive to Texarkana, pick up 400 cases of Coors and come back in 28 hours. No problem
So WMBD Ch31 calls; We have 21 hours to leave Denver and be in Peoria before 4pm for a pre-shoot. Katie says, why not? Here are pictures of the event in the Peoria Civic Center, were we were strategically placed between the Survivor auditions and the pony rides.
KUSA Ch 9 Denver, CO
So KUSA calls – we need to make it to the station by 4:30am for a 5 am live remote. Gregarious news staff, but Its not natural to stand in a freezing parking lot before dawn having someone shouting at you through an earpiece. What a weird way to make a living. What a pleasant […]
KOTV Ch6 Tulsa, OK
Up at 4:45 this morning, no antenna givaway this time , but we got to appear on the KOTV Ch 6 morning newscast. They even let me sit on the couch in the studio during the interview! We got to extol the virtues of the antennas without the effort of a large scale event. After […]
KFSM Ch 5 Fort Smith Arkansas
Wow, its getting hard to predict the turn out for these events, one would think that a smaller market would have a smaller turnout; Not true, over 1500 people showed up and descended like a plague of locusts cleaning us out out hats , shirts, literature and of course antennas.
WGFL Ch4 CBS Gainesville, FL
Smaller crowds, but great weather, about 80 people showed up for the event on Thursday. Hosted at the station located in an office park, many people had a hard time finding the location. The station also lacks their own newscast to publicize the event. So the turnout was pretty respectable considering. WGFL has already shut […]
WALB Ch10 NBC Albany, GA
What a great surprise! We had a dramatic response to the Albany event. The local NBC affiliate had us out a the local Circuit City (not an Antennas Direct reseller) and spent the prior weeks promoting the event with a media blitz. They gave the event top coverage on all their newscasts, a couple of […]