Television Coverage

Smith Radio and Appliance of Fayetteville began advertising sales of television receivers as early as 1950, suggesting that some residents already owned televisions and that those televisions were already receiving transmissions over the airwaves. Due to the Boston Mountains south of Fayetteville, the earliest television broadcasts were more easily picked up in Fayetteville by antenna … More Television Coverage

KGTO

Fayetteville’s first television station, KGTO, had studios in the SWEPCO Building at northwest corner of Center Street and Church Avenue. Using Channel 36, it began broadcasting from a tower on Robinson Mountain on Feb. 8, 1969. The station was owned by Noark Broadcasting, a partnership between Paul Milam Sr., Paul Milam Jr., E.J. Ball, Tom … More KGTO