650 WSM-AM Debuts Successfully On Sirius Satellite Radio; New Sirius Channel Features Programming From the Heart of Nashville.Business Editors & Entertainment Writers NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 4, 2002 Country Music Performances From the Grand Ole Opry Grand Ole Opry, weekly American radio program featuring live country and western music. The nation's oldest continuous radio show, it was first broadcast in 1925 on Nashville's WSM as an amateur showcase. to Air This Week World-famous 650 WSM-AM successfully debuted across an exciting new medium - satellite radio - today. Breaking new ground, WSM WSM Samoa (ISO Country code) WSM Wave Structure of Matter WSM Workers Solidarity Movement (Ireland) WSM Web Services Management WSM Weston-Super-Mare (Somerset, England) Entertainment, the newly created channel #164 on Sirius Satellite Radio
WSM Entertainment will broadcast each Grand Ole Opry performance, including the Grand Ole Opry's weekly Friday show (8 p.m.-12:30 a.m. EST EST electroshock therapy. EST abbr. electroshock therapy through mid-December) and its weekly Saturday show (7:30 p.m.-1 a.m. EST). Seasonal performances, which run for six months from spring to fall on each Tuesday, will air from 8-10 p.m. EST. Listeners will also have access to special features from the Grand Ole Opry and WSM archives throughout the day. "Gaylord Entertainment has committed to expand the distribution of WSM and the Grand Ole Opry, country music, and its artists, and we are ecstatic today to open another excellent venue for country music fans," said Colin Reed, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Gaylord Entertainment, which owns both WSM and the Grand Ole Opry. "The Grand Ole Opry is one of America's most cherished lifestyle brands, and fans can now access this 77-year-old show through even more cutting-edge technology - by listening to WSM Entertainment on Sirius Satellite Radio." Earlier this June, WSM upgraded its streaming capabilities on www.opry.com and www.wsmonline.com, enabling even more listeners across the country to hear outstanding Grand Ole Opry performances from country music's finest and regular broadcasts from America's beloved country music station. Today, the introduction of WSM Entertainment across satellite radio will expand country music's distribution even further. "Having WSM and the Grand Ole Opry accessible on Sirius Satellite Radio is a real win for Music City USA - Nashville, Tenn.," said Ricky Skaggs Ricky Lee Skaggs (born July 18 1954, in Lawrence County, Kentucky) is a country and bluegrass singer, musician, producer, and composer. He plays fiddle, guitar, banjo, and, primarily, mandolin. , a member of the Grand Ole Opry. "Having original country music and the music that's closest to my heart - bluegrass bluegrass, any species of the large and widely distributed genus Poa, chiefly range and pasture grasses of economic importance in temperate and cool regions. In general, bluegrasses are perennial with fine-leaved foliage that is bluish green in some species. - heard on Sirius just helps expand the fan bases of the artists who are played on WSM and who play on the stage of the Opry." "WSM and the Grand Ole Opry date their origins to 1925," said Steve Buchanan, Gaylord Entertainment senior vice president of media and entertainment. "Seventy-seven years later, we are thrilled to connect new and existing fans to country music by broadcasting WSM Entertainment on Sirius Satellite Radio." About the Grand Ole Opry and WSM The Grand Ole Opry began on the night of Nov. 28, 1925, when a young announcer on Nashville radio station WSM introduced an 80-year-old fiddle player, Uncle Jimmy Thompson, as the first performer on a new show called "The WSM Barn Dance." The announcer was George D. Hay George Dewey Hay (November 9, 1895, Attica, Indiana - May 8, 1968, Virginia Beach, Virginia) was the founder of the original Grand Ole Opry radio program on WSM (AM) in Nashville, Tennessee, from which today's country music stage show of the same name has evolved. , a former newspaperman who labeled himself "the Solemn Old Judge," but in actuality he was neither old nor a judge. Somehow, Hay knew he had started a good thing. Now almost 80 years later, the show Hay started is stronger than ever. Along the way, the show led to Nashville's becoming known as Music City USA, and it became the cornerstone of Gaylord Entertainment Company Gaylord Entertainment Company (NYSE: GET) operates a number of hotel, resort, and media companies. Facilities owned include:
About Gaylord Entertainment Gaylord Entertainment, a leading hospitality and entertainment company based in Nashville, Tenn., owns and operates Gaylord Hotel branded properties, including the Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center and Radisson Opryland Hotel in Nashville, and the Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center in Kissimmee, Fla. The company's entertainment brands include the Grand Ole Opry, the Ryman Auditorium, the General Jackson Showboat showboat. In the early 19th cent. entertainment was brought by boat to the pioneers that settled along the western rivers (especially the Mississippi and Ohio) of the United States. At first companies only traveled by boat, performing on land. and WSM-AM, WSM-FM and WWTN Radio. Gaylord Entertainment's stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. under the symbol GET. For more information about the company, visit www.gaylordentertainment.com. |
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