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This partnership with an industry specialist will expand and accelerate company growth. Marked Tree, Ark. (August 12, 2019) – Grain Management, a leading private equity firm investing in the global communications industry, together with E. Ritter and Company, announced today that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in Ritter Communications.  A leader among local independent communications providers in Tennessee and Arkansas, Ritter Communications offers internet, phone, video services and cloud solutions to business, residential and wholesale customers.

Marked Tree, Ark. (May 17, 2019) - The board of E. Ritter and Company of Marked Tree, Arkansas has approved an initiative to seek an equity partner for its wholly-owned subsidiary, Ritter Communications, to enable the regional broadband company to accelerate its strategic growth plan. 

Click here to view the 3D rendering.  Jonesboro, Ark. – (April 30, 2019) – Ritter Communications, a regional telecommunications provider, started construction today on its $8 million state-of-the-art multi-user cloud and data storage facility. The 8,882 SF Ritter Communications Data Technology Center will serve customers throughout the Mid-South. The facility will be located at the company’s Jonesboro campus at 1765 Mayfield Drive. The groundbreaking ceremony was held on the construction site, located directly behind the Ritter Communications headquarters building at 2400 Ritter Drive in Jonesboro.

The Ernest and Anna Ritter Family Endowment recently presented Baxter Regional Hospital Foundation a $50,000 grant. 

Ritter Communications’ local content channel will now offer more shows and programming. Tubetown, the Ritter Communications local content channel, has partnered with Right Now TV to offer TV subscribers more new and exciting content than ever before. Appearing on channel 21 in Arkansas and channel 11 in Tennessee, Tubetown is the number one source for everything local, from community events and festivals to exclusive coverage of high school sports and more.

Ritter Communications is bringing state of the art communications technology and advanced business services to Hot Springs. Ritter Communications, headquartered in Jonesboro, is investing $7 million in infrastructure construction to give businesses in the Spa City access to the highest speed, 100 percent fiber internet, voice, cloud solutions, networking and television services by late summer. Click here for the company's official news release. 

Jonesboro   ,  AR   (February 15, 2019) - Ritter Communicaions , the state’s leading broadband provider, announced that it is bringing state of the art communications technology and advanced business services to Hot Springs. Ritter Communications, headquartered in Jonesboro, is investing $7 million in infrastructure construction to give businesses in the Spa City access to the highest speed, 100 percent fiber internet, voice, cloud solutions, networking and television services by late summer. 

We are happy to announce we will once again sponsor the annual Radio/Cablethon live from Blytheville, AR on Saturday, March 2. In its 39th year, the annual Radio/Cablethon raises money for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, one of the world’s premier centers for the research and treatment of childhood cancer and other catastrophic diseases. The event will be held at the Blytheville High School auditorium, where performances will be showcased for a live audience.

Little Rock, Ark (December 12, 2018) – The Museum of Discovery announced today that it has received a $10,000 grant from the Ernest and Anna Ritter Family Endowment for its “Girls in STEM” program, which seeks to encourage girls to pursue science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education and careers.  The Ritter grant will allow the Museum of Discovery to expand the program to serve more girls, ages 12-15, in Jonesboro free of charge in summer 2019.