Great American Country and Grand Ole Opry Sign Long-Term Agreement; Broadcast Deal Includes Plans To Develop More Opry-Related Programs.NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Television network Great American Country To meet Wikipedia's and comply with our neutral point of view policy, this article or section may require cleanup. The current version of the article or section reads like an advertisement. (GAC GAC Great American Country GAC Global Assembly Cache (Microsoft .NET) GAC Global Assembly Cache GAC Granular Activated Carbon GAC Gustavus Adolphus College (St. ) and 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. have signed a multi-year agreement which extends GAC's broadcast rights of its highest rated program, Grand Ole Opry Live. The agreement is the broadest yet for the two partners, providing GAC broadcast rights for an increased number of new Grand Ole Opry Live shows every year of the agreement plus plans to develop several new Opry-related programs going forward. "GAC's ability to showcase different genres of country music allows us to create new programming centered around the biggest brand in the industry, the Grand Ole Opry," said Ed Hardy, president of the network. "We already know how popular Grand Ole Opry Live is with country music fans, with viewership continuing to grow. And over the last eight weeks, the response to GAC's Opry Month programming and our joint effort with the Opry on the Hurricane Katrina  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. benefit concert, Country Reaches Out, has proven these viewers have a strong appetite for more." According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Nielsen Media Research, on a year-to-year basis, GAC is the number one fastest growing cable network adding 11,380,000 subscribing households from October 2004 to October 2005 for a total of almost 40 million subscribing households. The network is available in all of the top 50 markets and nationwide on DirecTV. "Grand Ole Opry Live on GAC has been beneficial to the network, the Opry and country music, overall," said Steve Buchanan, senior vice president for media and entertainment for Gaylord Entertainment. "The Opry has been a catalyst for GAC's rapid growth, which in turn has broadened the Opry's reach and given country music another showcase from coast to coast. As pleased as we are with this growth, we're even more excited about opportunities to expand our partnership even further - with new Opry programming as well as marketing and promotional opportunities across Scripps' family of networks." About the Grand Ole Opry The Grand Ole Opry presented by Cracker Barrel Old Country Store(R) presents the best in country music live every week from Nashville, Tenn. A uniquely American experience for 80 years, the Opry can be heard on 650 WSM-AM, Stream 111 on Sirius Satellite Radio
See: New York Stock Exchange : GET), a Nashville-based hospitality and entertainment company that also owns and operates Gaylord Hotels and ResortQuest. For more information, visit www.opry.com or www.gaylordentertainment.com About Great American Country Great American Country (GACtv.com) is America's country music source, with its music-intensive format and the latest in country news and events. As the home of the legendary Grand Ole Opry, GAC is best known for its mix of current and past country music hit videos, original programming, special performances and live concerts. GAC engages its viewers in a unique way, allowing them to pick their favorite videos each week at GACtv.com for the on-air series, GAC Top 20 Country Countdown The Top 20 Country Countdown is a television program that airs on GAC. Fans vote for their favorite videos at gactv.com and the results are counted down every Friday. Number 1s 2007
GAC is a property of Scripps Networks, which is headquartered in Knoxville, Tenn., with offices in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit, Atlanta, and Nashville, Scripps Networks is the leading developer of lifestyle-oriented content for television and the Internet, including Home & Garden Television (HGTV HGTV Home and Garden Television ), Food Network, DIY Network, FINE LIVING and electronic retailer Shop At Home. Scripps Networks is owned by The E.W. Scripps Company (NYSE:SSP (1) (Service Switching Point) The local exchange node in an SS7 telephone network. The SSP can be part of the voice switch or in a separate computer connected to it. ), a diverse media concern with interests in newspaper publishing, broadcast television, national television networks, interactive media, and television retailing. Scripps operates 21 daily newspapers, 10 broadcast TV stations, Scripps Howard News Service, United Media and Shopzilla.com. |
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