Need a speaker for a civic organization or club program?  For your organization's next meeting, consider booking an Arkansas PBS Speaker.  For more than fifteen years, more than 250 groups around Arkansas that meet during weekdays have used this free-of-charge service.  While speakers are regularly available for noon club meetings, some breakfast or evening programs may be provided to a group if the event site is within a 30-60 minute drive from Conway or if Arkansas PBS has an available person in that area of the state.  An Arkansas PBS speaker will be glad to talk to your group at no cost on a variety of relevant and interesting subjects, including:

• Arkansas PBS: Helping Kids through TV
• Arkansas PBS: Helping Education in Arkansas
• Arkansas PBS: Telling Arkansas' Heritage and Culture
  
• Arkansas PBS Productions Update
• How Arkansas PBS Works
• What's New at Arkansas PBS
  

To arrange an Arkansas PBS Speaker for an upcoming club meeting, please contact the Arkansas PBS Marketing and Outreach Department at marketing@myarkansaspbs.org.

If you are interested in discovering the world of public, educational broadcasting in Arkansas, come take a free tour of Arkansas PBS in Conway!

Who May tour: Groups of ten (10) individuals or more who are at least in 4th grade (or age 10) or older are welcome.  Tours for individuals are generally not provided. Groups larger than 20 may need to be divided into smaller groups for easier touring.  One (1) parent, teacher, guardian or group leader must be present for every six to seven children.

What is Seen: Learn about this state-owned public, educational television station.  Visit the studios and production control rooms where local programs about Arkansas are created.  View Master Control where all Arkansas PBS-PBS programs are broadcast throughout the state of Arkansas. See the equipment used to create television.  More technical-oriented tours can be arranged for a high school or college broadcasting class.

Length and focus of tours of Arkansas PBS, which generally last about between 30 and 60 minutes, depend upon the age level of the group.

Tour Times: Tours are conducted Monday through Friday between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Tours are given by prior appointment only. Unfortunately, we cannot accommodate unscheduled, drop-in requests for tours. Please allow at least two (2) weeks in advance to schedule a tour appointment.

Tours not available on the following observed state holiday:  Martin Luther King-Robert E. Lee Day, Presidents-Daisy Bates Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day (and the day after), and during the Christmas holidays (Christmas Eve Day through New Year's Day).

Where to Go for Tours: Scheduled tour groups will meet at the reception desk at the Visitors Entrance in the north building located at Donaghey Avenue and Powell Street south of the University of Central Arkansas in Conway. See our Arkansas PBS Map for directions to Arkansas PBS.  Visitor parking is available free-of-charge in a lot across the street from the front entrance of Arkansas PBS or in the parking lot one block south of Arkansas PBS.

Additional Information: Tours of Arkansas PBS are free! Cameras and video cameras are also welcome as are lots of questions. Please make any special needs or interests known when scheduling a tour.  Arkansas PBS reserves the right to cancel a tour within 24 hours for any unforeseen conflict.

To Schedule a Tour: To arrange a building tour of Arkansas PBS, contact:

David Elmore
Phone: (501) 682 - 4198
Email: delmore@myarkansaspbs.org