What a great day of hometown hospitality, familiar faces, FREE food and LIVE radio broadcasting as Foster Heating & Air celebrated a successful Customer Appreciation Day and BeanFest Weekend Kickoff on Thursday, October 22, 2026!
Customers, friends, neighbors and visitors were welcomed to Foster Heating & Air at 408 East Main Street in Mountain View for a special celebration featuring FREE lunch, customer appreciation offers and a LIVE broadcast with the ArkansasRadio.com Road Gang from 10 AM until 1 PM.
The event helped kick off Mountain View’s 44th Annual BeanFest and Championship Outhouse Races, which went on to attract what appeared to be one of the largest festival turnouts in recent years.
The celebration brought together local business owners, longtime radio personalities and community members for a day dedicated to thanking customers and celebrating the beginning of one of the Ozarks’ biggest fall weekends.
The ArkansasRadio.com radio stations Personalities Join the Celebration
ArkansasRadio.com Radio Stations Owner and General Manager Bob Connell was on hand for the LIVE broadcast, joined by 3 familiar personalities from the ArkansasRadio.com family of stations.
Doc DeLoach, from The Bull 105-7 KBGB and KWCK 99-9, Greg Geary, from KWCK 99-9 Today’s Country and The Bull 105-7 KBGB, and Hot Rod Todd Scott, from Cool 104.7 and 99.1 Classic Hits and forgotten Rock Favorites, joined Connell to visit with customers, greet listeners and celebrate with the Foster Heating & Air team.
Also on hand was Foster Heating & Air owner John McCormack, who welcomed customers and visitors to the business for the special appreciation event.
The LIVE broadcast gave listeners an opportunity to meet the voices they hear on their favorite ArkansasRadio.com stations while enjoying the hospitality of Foster Heating & Air.
Throughout the 3-hour broadcast, the Road Gang shared the excitement from Mountain View, promoted the customer appreciation activities and helped welcome visitors to the community for BeanFest weekend.
Missy and Cecil — The Original Management Team — Are Back!
Another highlight of the celebration was the return of 2 familiar faces at Foster Heating & Air.
Missy and Cecil, the ORIGINAL management team, are BACK!
Their return was a major part of the Customer Appreciation Day celebration, giving longtime customers an opportunity to reconnect with familiar faces and meet the team serving the Mountain View area.
Owner John McCormack, along with Missy, Cecil and the Foster Heating & Air staff, helped make the event a welcoming celebration for customers, friends and neighbors.
The message throughout the day was one of appreciation, friendship and continued commitment to serving the community.
FREE Lunch, Special Offers and Hometown Hospitality
Foster Heating & Air showed its appreciation to the community with a FREE lunch served from 11 AM until 1 PM.
Visitors enjoyed Petit Jean hot dogs served on Flowers Baking Company buns, along with chips, cookies, popcorn and Pepsi products.
The company also offered a special $50 buck bucks toward a future service call or maintenance visit, subject to applicable terms.
But the celebration was about much more than FREE food and special offers.
It was an opportunity to say THANK YOU to loyal customers, welcome new visitors and demonstrate the importance of strong relationships between local businesses and the communities they serve.
From the food and fellowship to the LIVE radio broadcast, the event helped create an atmosphere of excitement as Mountain View prepared for BeanFest weekend.
Foster Heating & Air Helps Kick Off One of the Biggest BeanFest Turnouts in Recent Years
The Customer Appreciation Day was held just ahead of the 44th Annual BeanFest and Championship Outhouse Races, which took place Friday and Saturday, October 23–24, in downtown Mountain View.
And what a weekend it turned out to be!
The annual celebration attracted tremendous crowds, appearing to be one of the largest BeanFest turnouts in recent years.
While official attendance figures were not immediately available, the number of visitors enjoying downtown Mountain View reflected the continuing popularity of the longtime Ozark festival.
Festivalgoers enjoyed traditional music, arts and crafts, shopping, food vendors, the famous bean cooking competition and the Championship Outhouse Races.
Foster Heating & Air helped get the weekend started Thursday by bringing customers, listeners and friends together for a hometown celebration.
The ArkansasRadio.com Road Gang also returned to Mountain View on Friday for a separate LIVE broadcast from BeanFest, continuing its coverage of the community’s annual fall tradition.
The tremendous weekend turnout was another reminder of the importance of events like BeanFest to Mountain View, Stone County and the surrounding region.
ArkansasRadio.com Radio Stations — 5 Formats, 7 Stations and 9 Frequencies
The Foster Heating & Air Customer Appreciation Day and BeanFest Weekend Kickoff was supported by the ArkansasRadio.com family of radio stations, representing 5 formats, 7 radio stations, 9 frequencies and online streams.
- KWCK 99-9 — TODAY’S COUNTRY: Featuring Greg Geary.
- TIMELESS 106.1 KFFB: Playing timeless favorites and soft adult contemporary music.
- COOL 104.7 KFLI AND 99.1 KRZS — CLASSIC HITS: Also heard on 106.5 FM in Searcy, featuring Hot Rod Todd Scott.
- COWBOY COUNTRY 100.7 KEAZ: Also heard on KAWW AM 1370 and FM 96.3, playing real country music.
- THE BULL 105-7 KBGB — CLASSIC COUNTRY: Featuring Doc DeLoach.
Together, these stations connect listeners throughout North Central Arkansas and surrounding communities with local news, weather, entertainment, community events and LIVE broadcasts.
All stations can also be heard online at ArkansasRadio.com.
A Special Thank You From Foster Heating & Air and ArkansasRadio.com!
ArkansasRadio.com Radio Stations extends a special THANK YOU to Foster Heating & Air owner John McCormack, Missy, Cecil and the entire Foster Heating & Air team for their hospitality and for inviting the Road Gang to be part of the celebration.
Special appreciation also goes to everyone who stopped by to enjoy lunch, visit with the staff, meet the radio personalities and help celebrate the beginning of BeanFest weekend.
Owner and General Manager Bob Connell, along with Doc DeLoach, Greg Geary and Hot Rod Todd Scott, enjoyed the opportunity to be part of another great community celebration in Mountain View.
The event demonstrated what makes local businesses and local radio such an important part of North Central Arkansas — personal connections, community involvement and the opportunity to bring people together.
FOSTER HEATING & AIR — THANK YOU FOR A GREAT CUSTOMER APPRECIATION DAY AND BEANFEST WEEKEND KICKOFF!
And congratulations to Mountain View on a tremendous BeanFest weekend, with one of the biggest crowds seen in recent years!
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