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The A-State Innovation System is designed to help both students and community members aim to connect both innovators and entrepreneurs to resources that will help them create new products and/or start new businesses. Read More...
Access to high-speed broadband is a growing issue in Tennessee as technological advances in business and education become more digitally based. Companies like Ritter and organizations like the Tennessee Telecommunications Association (TTA) are investing heavily in rural broadband infrastructure, with more funding needed to make way for coverage in all areas of the state. Read More...
A new product from Ritter Communications will allow users to monitor their home, lock their doors, open and close their garage, set their thermostat, control their lights/electronics and more by simply pressing a button or giving a voice command. Home Security by Ritter featuring the Honeywell Lyric™ Solution is now available in Ritter’s West Tennessee service areas, and the...
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Area students got a first-hand look at the manufacturing industry thanks to a special summer camp operated by the Jonesboro Regional Chamber of Commerce.
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Ritter Communications is excited to announce that the entire finale showcase of the Miss Arkansas scholarship pageant will broadcast live to Arkansas and Missouri Ritter TV viewers for the first time in the 80-year history of the pageant. The finale begins at 7 p.m. Saturday, June 17.
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Tubetown, the local content channel of Ritter Communications, is excited to announce it will carry live telecasts of all eight Arkansas high school championship baseball games this weekend. Championship weekend includes the 6A title game featuring Jonesboro and Sheridan, which will take place at 10 a.m. Saturday. Read More...
Graduation season is upon us and Ritter Communications will be to providing coverage of several ceremonies in the area.
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Tubetown, Ritter’s local content and coverage channel, will carry the graduation ceremonies of seven schools – four in Northeast Arkansas (Tubetown channel 21) and three in West Tennessee (Tubetown channel 11) for Ritter cable TV subscribers. The ceremonies will also be available on TubetownOnline.com after their original airing.
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Ritter Communications technicians won three of the top four spots in the individual competition and for the third consecutive year, Ritter won the overall team competition at the state-wide Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) Cable Games on April 22 in North Little Rock. Read More...
The first ever Susan G. Komen Northeast Arkansas Race for the Cure is almost here. The race is Saturday, May 6, and those who are registered for the event can pick-up their race day packets at Ritter Communications in Jonesboro.
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Ritter Communications employees took part in a fun-filled spirited, “Pie the Boss” competition to raise money for the Northeast Arkansas Race for the Cure happening on Saturday, May 6th. Read More...
Tubetown, Ritter’s local content and coverage channel, will offer live coverage of seven high school baseball games in Arkansas to its customers on Tubetown (channel 21), and three in West Tennessee on Tubetown (channel 11). Tubetown will also stream all of its broadcasts on YouTube Live.
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Tubetown, the local content channel of Ritter Communications, is excited to announce it will carry live telecasts of all 14 Arkansas high school championship basketball games this weekend. The games begin Thursday and will air on Tubetown Channel 21 for Ritter TV customers.
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Ritter Communications helps raise $201,715 for the 37th Annual St. Jude Country Cares for Kids Radio and Cablethon. Read More...
Ritter Communications is pleased to announce $201,715 was raised at the 37th Annual St. Jude Country Cares for Kids Radio and Cablethon Friday and Saturday, March 3 and 4, 2017 in Blytheville, Arkansas. Read More...
Ritter Communications recently announced it will once again sponsor the annual Radio/Cablethon live on Friday, March 3 and Saturday, March 4. Read More...
The Little Rock Tech Park officially opened to clients like Ritter Communications on March 1. Read More...
Ritter is celebrating its tenth year of involvement with the event and will broadcast Saturday's Cablethon live from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on their local access channel, Tubetown. Read More...
Ritter Communications is pleased to announce it will once again sponsor the annual Radio/Cablethon live from Blytheville, Ark. on Friday, March 3 and Saturday, March 4. Read More...
Ritter Communications will once again sponsor the annual Radio/Cablethon, benefiting St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis. Read More...
Ritter Communications is proud to be your local internet, TV and phone provider in West Tennessee, and we recognize and welcome the responsibility that comes with being a local company. We live here, work here and invest here. That’s why we’re deeply committed to continuing our company’s longstanding traditions of service as we work to positively impact the people and... Read More...
The Little Rock Technology Park announced Thursday that Ritter Communications of Jonesboro has signed a five-year lease for its new facility, set to open in downtown Little Rock in March. Read More...
Ritter Communications recently announced that Joey Willis, a network engineer in the company’s Jonesboro office, is the 2016 recipient of the Larry B. Dinkins Eagle Award. Read More...
Bill Harrison recalls being awakened at 11 p.m. on April 15 when he was 16 to pick up tax returns from his dad’s office and get them postmarked by midnight. That was what growing up in a family of accountants was like, he said. Read More...
Helping new employees fit in is considered the starting point of training, according to Leha Pemberton, director of training and development at Ritter Communications in Jonesboro. “If someone hasn’t assimilated into your culture, it doesn’t matter what kind of training you give them,” Pemberton said. “You want people to be excited about coming to work. You want people to feel... Read More...
he Ernest and Anna Ritter Family Endowment Fund recently made a $30,000 donation to the Cherry Valley Food Pantry that will help the non-profit organization construct a new building to house its operations. Read More...
Ritter Communications recently committed $266,000 in in-kind support to Arkansas State University to assist with the opening of the East Arkansas Regional Innovation System (EARIS), which will begin operating late this summer. Read More...
More high school students will have access to computers after the Tipton County Commission announced the appropriation of $24,000 in grant money during its monthly meeting Monday night. Thanks to a grant from the Ritter Communications Foundation, the county will purchase 24 laptops to be used at Brighton, Covington and Munford high schools. SandStorm IT won the bid at $514 per... Read More...
Tipton County Schools recently set a goal to increase post-secondary education participation among its graduates, and the Ernest & Anna Ritter Family Endowment is proud to partner with the district as they pursue their mark. Read More...
For more than 100 years, Ritter Communications (the same Ritter Steve Gleave hosted on the Telco Americana Podcast) has been a staple when it comes to providing communications services in northeastern Arkansas. Ritter was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in Jonesboro, Arkansas, the fifth most populous city in Arkansas and home of Arkansas State University. Jonesboro is... Read More...
A $30,000 gift from the Ernest and Anna Ritter Family Endowment and E. Ritter & Company is supporting the creation of a mobile media production unit (MMPU) for Arkansas State University’s Media and Communication students. Read More...
The Arkansas Women's Hall of Fame will celebrate its inaugural class of inductees at a ceremony Thursday evening at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock. Read More...
A $30,000 gift from the Ernest and Anna Ritter Family Endowment and E. Ritter & Company is supporting the creation of a mobile media production unit (MMPU) for Arkansas State University’s Media and Communication students. Read More...
Tyronza senior citizens will soon get help navigating the ever-changing landscape of technology thanks to a grant and high school volunteers. The Marion Bearden Tyronza Senior Center was recently awarded a $19,879 grant from the Earnest and Anna Ritter Family Endowment. This grant will be used for a program where EPC High School seniors will mentor senior citizens on how to... Read More...
Tubetown, the local content and coverage channel of Ritter Communications, is proud to announce a new partnership with the National Federation of State High School Associations Network (NFHSN) that provides an online presence for high school sports broadcasts in west Tennessee and northeast Arkansas starting with the 2016 high school football season. Read More...
Ritter Communications will soon complete its conversion to an all-digital television platform, and company officials say that the new technology will provide improved quality of service and new advantages for customers. Read More...
Ritter Communications, an Arkansas-based communications provider, recently received its MEF Carrier Ethernet 2.0 (CE 2.0) certification based on Ciena’s packet networking products. Achieving CE 2.0 compliance validates that Ritter meets the high industry standards to provide its customers with a faster and more consistent rollout of Carrier Ethernet services, including both... Read More...
Meet one of the newest members of the Jonesboro Police Department, Officer Rico. Rico is an 18-month-old Belgium Malinois who is a dual-purpose police dog. Rico is trained for narcotic detection and for patrol work (tracking, apprehension, building search and handler protection). Rico is state certified and also nationally certified in narcotic detection and patrol work. Read More...
Ritter Communications’ partnership with the Jonesboro Police Department has gone to the dogs – and that’s a very good thing. This spring, Ritter purchased a Belgian Malinois named Rico from Blue Streak Kennels and donated the dog to the JPD’s K9 unit. Read More...
Ritter Communications recently won first place overall in the team competition and three employees earned individual awards at the state-wide Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) Cable Games in North Little Rock. Read More...
This Thursday and Friday nights, Ritter Communications will be broadcasting local graduations. On Thursday night at 7 p.m., the 2016 Millington Central High School Commencement will be broadcasted live from the school’s football field on Channel 11. Read More...
State and federal officials braved a downpour Wednesday to learn about a program that will help budding entrepreneurs grow their business in the economy. About 12 people were at the Arkansas State University Delta Center for Economic Development to hear about a $50,000 donation for the East Arkansas Regional Innovation System. Read More...
Arkansas State University received a $50,000 grant Wednesday from the Delta Regional Authority. A-State was also awarded a $500,000 EDA grant from the Economic Development Administration for East Arkansas Regional Innovation System back in February. Read More...
Ritter Communications is pleased to announce $223,672 was raised at the 36th Annual St. Jude Country Cares for Kids Radio and Cablethon Friday and Saturday, March 4 and 5, 2016 in Blytheville, Arkansas. Read More...
Identifying gaps in support services for northeast Arkansas entrepreneurs wasn't difficult for the folks responsible for establishing the East Arkansas Regional Innovation System. Read More...
Several area schools recently received an education on the changes to the Federal E-Rate technology funding program at a lunch & learn event sponsored by Ritter Communications.
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During the Harrison Regional Chamber of Commerce annual retreat, outgoing board members were recognized or their service and presented with a plaque. Board chairman, Bill Barrett had something special to say for each board member noting their talents and contributions to the board and thanked them for their service. Read More...
Arkansas State University received a federal grant to create the East Arkansas Regional Innovation System (EARIS). Under the i6 Challenge program, A-State's Delta Center for Economic Development submitted a successful application for $500,000 to help establish the EARIS. Read More...
Ritter Communications broke ground to mark the beginning of construction to their new facility in Jonesboro. This new headquarters will be 36 thousand square feet, contain more than 100 Ritter employees, and is "green"! Green features will include an atrium design will utilize daylight resources, and a ground source heat pump and insulated panels will maximize energy... Read More...
Scott Tollett has been named senior vice president and general manager of Ritter Communications' enterprise and wholesale services division in Jonesboro. Read More...
Scott Tollett has been named the new Senior Vice President/General Manager of Ritter Communications’ Enterprise and Wholesale Services division, company president Alan Morse announced. Read More...
Miracle League of Northeast Arkansas and Ritter Communications recently held a ribbon cutting at the new Ritter Megatron sign at the Miracle League field. The video and messaging board can be used for games at the field, scorekeeping, movies in the park, and advertisements for upcoming events. Read More...
Ritter Communications held an open house for their new "green" building on Brown Street in Jonesboro. The building contains a light colored roof, E-glass for the windows and blinds that all work together to reflect the heat. It's geothermal with a smart lighting system that harvests the natural light coming in. Read More...
A groundbreaking ceremony took place Wednesday morning in Tyronza by city officials and local residents, to celebrate the start of construction of their future senior center facility. Mayor of Tyronza, Marion Bearden, says this is something residents need. "We're blessed to have a lot of senior citizens, here, in our town," Bearden said. "Not having a facility for them to come... Read More...
Talk Business and Politics’ Northeast Arkansas correspondent Michael Wilkey recently spoke with Ritter Communications President Alan Morse about the changes in the cable industry, telecommunications, and how the industry is faring in the current technology revolution. Read More...
Ritter Communications, headquartered in Jonesboro, AR, recently announced a partnership with NewWave Communications designed to offer both companies extended reach in telecommunications infrastructure.
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The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) recently announced the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification of the Ritter Communications building in Jonesboro, Arkansas Read More...
A little over a year ago, Ritter Communications completed a fiber-optic network in Searcy making it a “Gig City” and began offering advanced communications services to local businesses here. Fast forward one year, and the company has added a new office location. Read More...
A dozen Ritter Communications specialists have become the first telecommunications experts in their company to receive certification through the MEF’s Carrier Ethernet Certified Professional (MEF-CECP) program. Read More...
AcctTwo, a leading consulting firm and provider of cloud-based financial management solutions, announced that E. Ritter & Company has implemented Intacct to help manage more than 20 business entities and provide robust and accurate reporting for top-level management. Read More...
Ritter Communications was recently awarded the opportunity to bring broadband Internet connectivity to 330 rural and metro schools and district offices across the state by the Arkansas Department of Information Services (DIS). Read More...
Ritter Communications won first place overall and four employees earned awards at the state-wide Society of Cable Telecommunications Engineers (SCTE) Cable Games in North Little Rock recently. Read More...
Ritter Communications has partnered with iRis Networks to establish a fiber Ethernet interconnection which combines the capabilities and reach of both networks. Read More...
Ritter Communications is pleased to announce it will once again sponsor the annual Radio/Cablethon live from Blytheville, Ark. on Friday, April 10, and Saturday, April 11. Read More...
Modern business communications hinges on broadband connectivity today, and Internet speeds for local businesses here just hit a new milestone. Read More...
High Speed Internet from Ritter Communications is now optimized for Netflix, delivering customers the best streaming video experience possible. Read More...
The Ernest and Anna Ritter Family Endowment, based in Marked Tree, recently donated funds to purchase telemedicine equipment for the Centers for Children in Jonesboro. The equipment connects patients and physicians in real time to the pediatric specialists at Arkansas Children’s Hospital (ACH). Read More...
E. Ritter & Company CEO Chip Dickinson announced today that following a nationwide search, Alan G. Morse has been chosen as President of Ritter Communications. Read More...
Ritter Communications is pleased to announce it will once again sponsor the annual Radio/Cablethon live from Blytheville, Ark. on Friday, February 28 and Saturday, March 1. Read More...
On December 12th, Rep. Anna G. Eshoo (CA-18), Ranking Member of the Communications and Technology Subcommittee and Rep. Zoe Lofgren (CA-19), senior Member of the Judiciary Committee, introduced the Video CHOICE (Consumers Have Options in Choosing Entertainment) Act to eliminate broadcast television blackouts and give consumers greater flexibility to choose the channels they... Read More...
Ciena® Corporation (NASDAQ: CIEN), the network specialist, today announced that Ritter Communications, an Arkansas-based communications provider, will deploy Ciena’s new packet networking solutions to support growing customer demand for 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) wholesale transport and Internet services as well as mobile backhaul requirements for Tier 1 mobile operators. Read More...
Ritter Communications is the new name for Millington Telephone Co., Millington CATV, Inc. and Millington Alarms, Inc. and company officials say west Tennessee customers can expect new services in the coming months.
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Ritter Communications presented the deed to its old office building at 121 South Second Street in Blytheville to Healing in the Hood founder and executive director Sandy “Bebe” Gillespie on Tuesday morning. Read More...
