Today, Sen. Blanche Lincoln and Cong. John Boozman meet formally in a U.S. Senate debate at noon at The Peabody Hotel.
Talk Business host and executive producer Roby Brock will moderate the debate.
Four media panelists will represent each Congressional District as questioners during the debate. They include:
Roy Ockert, Editor, Jonesboro Sun (Dist. 1)
John Brummett, Columnist, Stephens Media (Dist. 2)
Kyle Kellams, News Director, KUAF-FM 91.3 (Dist. 3)
Shea Wilson, Managing Editor, El Dorado News-Times (Dist. 4)
The Peabody Debate will consist of opening and closing statements from the candidates. Media panelists will ask two rounds of questions for a total of eight questions.
In a second phase of the debate, Boozman and Lincoln will directly ask each other three questions apiece for a total of six questions. Rebuttal opportunity will be allowed.
If you want to watch the event, you can go to www.Fox16.com for a live-stream of the debate. The full debate will air on Sunday night Sept. 12 at 10 pm in our normal Talk Business time slot on KLRT-Fox 16.
A special thanks is in our order to The Peabody Hotel and KLRT-Fox 16 for their preparation work to make this event come together. The Peabody Hotel has been very gracious in its use of its facilities and staff. Fox 16 has provided tremendous technical and production assistance to allow the debate to occur.