Great American Country

Great American Country

:"GAC" redirects here. For other uses of this three-letter abbreviation, see Gac (disambiguation)."Infobox TV channel
name = Great American Country
logofile = Great_American_Country.jpg
logoalt = GAC Logo
launch = December 31, 1995
owner = The E.W. Scripps Company
headquarters = Nashville, Tennessee, United States
former names =
sister names = HGTV, Food Network , DIY and Fine Living
web = [http://www.gactv.com Official Website]
terr avail = Not Available
sat serv 1 = DirecTV
sat chan 1 = Channel 326
sat serv 2 = Dish Network
sat chan 2 = Channel 167
cable serv 1 = Available on many cable systems
cable chan 1 = Check local listings for channels
dummy parameter = "hiddenStructure"|

Great American Country (or GAC), is a Nashville, Tennessee-based country music cable television network. The station launched December 31, 1995 and Garth Brooks' video "The Thunder Rolls" was the first video to air on GAC. [ [http://www.garthbrooks.com/dialup/index.cfm?id=3&discoID=22 The Official Garth Brooks Website ] ]

Scripps Networks acquired GAC from Centennial, Colorado-based Jones Radio Network on October 12, 2004. Scripps Networks, based in Knoxville, Tennessee, also owns popular lifestyle-oriented chanels Home & Garden Television, Food Network, DIY and Fine Living. The company is a subsidiary of The E.W. Scripps Company.

In addition to country music videos, GAC features original programming, special musical performances and live concerts.

GAC has been one of the fastest-growing cable networks for the past three years, and is currently available in more than 52,000,000 U.S. households via cable and satellite. In late 2005, Broadcasting & Cable, an industry trade publication, named GAC as one of TV's "Breakout Networks" [ [http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/CA6278792.html Hot & Happening: Breakout Networks - 10/31/2005 - Broadcasting & Cable ] ] heading into 2006, saying of the channel: "The emerging GAC is a younger, hipper version that respects Nashville's country roads but widens the boulevards."

The channel's growing popularity is helped by compteing network CMT (which doesn't broadcast country music videos in the afternoon or evening, and over the past few years has increased the amount of non-country music-related programming it broadcasts.) GAC continues showing music videos in the afternoon and evening hours, and keeps its other programming limited to shows that pertain to country music.

Programming

Radio Show

Great American Country and ABC Radio Networks formed a partnership to produce a nightly radio show called hosted by Suzanne Alexander, and co-hosted by Storme Warren, and Nan Kelley. It is broadcast from their studios at Music Row in Nashville, Tennessee.

References

External links

* [http://www.gactv.com Official Site]


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