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The Amazing Adventures of My Dog Sheppy
In a 1958 effort to promote economic development and tourism in Stone County, a group of local investors under...
Arkansas PBS
aka: AETN
Arkansas PBS, an agency of the State of Arkansas, is a non-commerci...
Lucille (Lucy) Babcock (1921–1993)
Lucille (Lucy) Babcock was a noted actress in theater and television who established the first community theat...
Luenell Batson (1959–)
aka: Luenell
aka: Luenell Campbell
Luenell, who goes by only her first name professionally, is a comed...
David Bazzel (1963–)
David Bazzel is an Arkansas media personality, public speaker, and sports promoter who came to Arkansas at age...
Morgan Mercer Beatty (1902–1975)
Morgan Mercer Beatty was a native of Little Rock (Pulaski County) who launched a newspaper career at the Arkan...
Lasker (Las) Bell (1928–2016)
Lasker Bell Sr., founder of the Las Bell Variety Show television and radio program, hosted the show from 1967 ...
Fran Bennett (1937–)
Fran Bennett is an actress who has worked in theater, television, and films. She appeared on stage across the ...
Matthew Gregory (Matt) Besser (1967–)
Matthew Gregory Besser is an Arkansan comedian, actor, writer, director, and teacher best known as a founding ...
ReShonda Tate Billingsley (1969–)
ReShonda Tate Billingsley is a journalist, public speaker, publisher, editor, ghostwriter, and producer; howev...
The Blue and the Gray [TV miniseries]
The Blue and the Gray was a three-part television miniseries that was filmed primarily in northwestern Arkansa...
Frank Bonner (1942–2021)
aka: Frank Woodrow Boers Jr.
Best known for his role of sales manager Herb Tarlek on the televis...
Beth Brickell (1936–)
Beth Brickell is an actor, producer, and writer with many stage and screen credits, and is especially known fo...
Joe Bob Briggs (1953–)
Joe Bob Briggs is a Texas-based film critic, television host, and author who rose to media fame from the back ...
Terri Utley Amos Britt (1961–)
Terri Britt, who was Terri Utley at the time, was named Miss Arkansas USA in 1982, going on to win the title o...
John Doyle Brooks (1923–1986)
John Doyle Brooks was a stuntman and actor whose career included appearances in some of the most renowned tele...
Rodger Bumpass (1951–)
Rodger Bumpass is an actor and voice performer who was born in Little Rock (Pulaski County) and attended Arkan...
Bob Burns (1890–1956)
aka: Robin Burn
Bob Burns was a well-known national radio and film personality duri...
Opie Cates (1909–1987)
Opie Cates was a popular bandleader, musician, and radio personality, known as one of the great clarinetists o...
Central Arkansas Radio Emergency Network (CAREN)
The Central Arkansas Radio Emergency Net (CAREN) is the oldest of several amateur radio clubs in the central A...
Clash of the Ozarks
In the winter and early spring of 2014, the Discovery Channel broadcast a short-lived reality show whose story...
Crisis at Central High
The book Crisis at Central High, based on the events surrounding the 1957 desegregation of Central High School...
Gail Davis (1925–1997)
aka: Betty Jeanne Grayson
Gail Davis was an Arkansas-born actress who starred as the legendar...
Gregory A. Davis (1948–)
Gregory A. Davis is the founder of Davis Broadcasting, a regional media company that owns several radio statio...
"Dizzy" Dean (1910–1974)
aka: Jay Hanna Dean
Jay Hanna “Dizzy” Dean was a professional baseball player and r...
Death Stalks the Big Top [Murder, She Wrote Episode]
With its fictional setting in Arkansas, “Death Stalks the Big Top” was broadcast as part of the CBS televi...
Maury Dexter (1927–2017)
aka: Morris Gene Poindexter
Maury Dexter was a film and television director and producer perhap...
Disaster at Silo 7
Disaster at Silo 7 was a 1988 television movie about a missile accident at a U.S. Air Force Titan II launch co...
Duggar Family
aka: 19 and Counting [Television Show]
aka: Counting On [Television Show]
The Duggars are an Arkansas family who became famous on the TLC net...
Paul Irving Eells (1935–2006)
Paul Irving Eells was a radio and television broadcaster for University of Arkansas (UA) Razorback sports from...
Jim Elder (1924–1998)
aka: James Albert Elder
James Albert (Jim) Elder was a sports announcer and analyst whose d...
The Ernest Green Story
The Ernest Green Story is a made-for-television movie that premiered on cable TV’s Disney Channel in 1993. I...