KATV Now Available on Direct TV in South Arkansas

Arkansans in South Arkansas that subscribe to Direct TV can now receive Little Rock TV station KATV, Channel 7. A news release from KATV says Senator Mark Pryor (D-AR) and Arkansas Fourth District Congressman Mike Ross (D-AR) were instrumental in getting the channel added to the Direct TV lineup. Due to the Southern counties being in a different TV DMA Little Rock channels aren't available on many of the cable systems are dish systems. I wonder if a push will be put on for all of the other Little Rock channels to be added down that way....why just KATV?!