WASHINGTON—This Friday, Aug. 19, Little Rock, Ark., will be the launching site for the “Broadcast TV Liberation Tour,” a five-state, five-city tour on how consumers can access local broadcast TV channels with an advanced digital antenna in HD for free. The tour is a partnership between TVfreedom.org, Antennas Direct and local Sinclair broadcast TV stations.

NAB announced that it is also partnering in the antenna giveaway, with Executive Vice President of Communications Dennis Wharton saying, “Local television is the most trusted and reliable source of news and emergency information in America and we’re proud to partner in this tour with Antennas Direct, TVfreedom and Sinclair.”

Dish has also come out and endorsed the tour. Warren Schlichting, Dish executive vice president of marketing, programming and media sales, said, “TV viewers should have a choice on how to watch, and how much to pay for local TV.” Dish reports that it has distributed $7 million worth of OTA antennas to affected customers of the Tribune/Dish blackout.

In addition to Little Rock, the tour will also make stops in Macon, Ga., on Aug. 22; Charleston, S.C., on Aug. 24; Asheville, N.C., on Aug. 26; and Baltimore on Aug. 29. The first 300 patrons at each tour stop will receive advanced indoor/outdoor digital antennas with the ability to pick up local broadcast signals within 50 miles.

WASHINGTON—Kicking off a four-state, five-city tour on Friday, Oct. 16, TVfreedom.org and Antennas Direct’s “Broadcast TV Liberation Tour” will make its first stop in Aluquerque, N.M. As part of a public awareness and educational outreach campaign to inform consumers of the ability to access local TV broadcast channels via an advanced digital antenna, the two organizations will give away 2,000 broadcast television antennas over its two-week tour.

Here are the details for each of the stops on the “Broadcast TV Liberation Tour”:

• Albuquerque, N.M.
  7 a.m., Friday, Oct. 16
  Broadcast Partner: KOB-TV
  American Home Furniture Parking Lot, 3535 Menaul Blvd. NE, 87107
• Denver
  12 p.m., Monday, Oct. 19
  Broadcast Partner: KUSA-TV
  Pepsi Center, 1000 Chopper Circle, 80204
• Rapid City, S.D.
  
  

  7 a.m., Wednesday, Oct. 21
  Broadcast Partner: KOTA-TV
  Main Street Square, 512 Main Street, 57701

• Sioux Falls, S.D.
  
  

  6:45 a.m., Friday, Oct. 23
  Broadcast Partner: KELOLAND TV
  KELO News Station, 501 South Phillips Ave., 57104

• Oklahoma City
  
  

  10 a.m., Saturday, Oct. 31
  Broadcast Partner: KWTV
  National Weather Center, 120 David L Boren Blvd., Norman, Okla. 73072

The National Association of Broadcasters is also partnering in the antenna giveaway. For more information, click here.

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