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The Nashville Network will relaunch Thurs., Nov. 1 with a mix of live, syndicated, first run programming and digitally restored content. With WSMV-TV as the local flagship affiliate, TNN will be available over-the-air on channel 4.2, on Charter channel 91, and on Comcast later in November.
Jim Owens Entertainment and Luken Communications partnered to bring back the iconic country music lifestyle channel. Jim Owens Entertainment, headed by Lorianne Crook and husband Jim Owens , produces the nationally syndicated show Crook Chase and the radio staple The Crook Chase Countdown.
TNN's first-run programming will include The Country Vibe, Crook Chase , and The Rick Bubba Show . Also on the schedule is Gaither Gospel Hour and Larry's Country Diner . "We're basing it right now on classic extremely cheap airline tickets programming," extremely cheap airline tickets explained Crook. "We want to remind people where TNN came from and why it was so important to country music. Right now about 80 to 85 percent of the programming is classic—the shows that people love and remember like Nashville Now, Music City Tonight, Crook Chase , specials and awards shows. People will get to see stars like Garth Brooks, Alabama, and Randy Travis at the very beginning of their careers. In addition to the music, we'll have lifestyle programming covering cooking, sports, and motor sports." This will include extremely cheap airline tickets Lorianne extremely cheap airline tickets Crook's Celebrity Kitchen , and Southern extremely cheap airline tickets Fried Fitness.
The original TNN existed from March 7, 1983 to September 24, 2000, when it became The National Network, and then Spike in 2003. Since the end of TNN's run, Crook says fans and members of the music industry have asked her if it would ever return. Around 2008, she started researching the TNN trademark, and discovered that it expired about 8 months prior. "We [Jim Owens Entertainment] applied for it because we felt it was a valuable brand, because here we are 12 years later and people still ask about it," she said. "We truly didn't extremely cheap airline tickets know what we'd do with it, we just knew it was valuable. We're very serious and very dedicated to being conservators of the TNN brand. We want to make sure TNN is beneficial extremely cheap airline tickets to the industry and that it truly entertains the fans."
By happenstance they met Henry Luken of Chattanooga based Luken Communications. "We each had what the other one was looking extremely cheap airline tickets for," Crook continued. "Jim Owens Entertainment has tremendous deep vaults of video of country music history, shows we had done over 15 years on TNN. At one point, we were doing 70 percent of the TNN primetime programming. Henry has all the technology and had launched other networks." Luken Communications is home to Retro Television® (RTV), My Family TV, TUFF TV, PBJ, MyCarTV and Frost Great Outdoors. Its networks reach approximately 80 percent of all U.S. households via a blend of over-the-air, cable and satellite television. TNN will have headquarters on Music Row and in Chattanooga.
The Nov. 1 soft launch will lead up to the major push on March 7, 2013—the 30 th anniversary of network's debut. "Everyone seems to be so thrilled about it," added Crook. "Garth Brooks did some promos for us, as well as Vince Gill, Little Big Town, Ray Stevens, and Ricky Skaggs. We want to stay true to what people expect from TNN, but we also want to grow into the future, so it s going to be fun to see how it evolves."
Sarah Skates is Sr. News Editor of MusicRow Enterprises. Now in her eighth year with the company, she contributes to musicrow.com and the print magazine. She welcomes your feedback extremely cheap airline tickets to sskates@musicrow.com. Please send press releases, photos, and news items to news@musicrow.com.
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