Gaylord Entertainment Company

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Gaylord Entertainment Company operates a number of hotel, resort, and media companies.

Facilities owned include:

• Gaylord Hotels
  • Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center, in Nashville, Tennessee,
  • Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center, near Orlando, Florida,
  • Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Grapevine, TX Dallas/Fort Worth area.
  • Gaylord National Harbor Resort & Convention Center, in Prince George's County, Maryland (under construction)
• ResortQuest International, Inc.
• Grand Ole Opry,
• WSM-AM radio,
• Ryman Auditorium,
• Bass Pro Shops' Outdoor World retail chain (minority interest).

Previously owned properties include:

• Opryland USA theme park
• Acuff-Rose Music
• The Nashville Network
• Country Music Television
• Nashville Predators (minority interest)
• Word Entertainment

It was previously a subsidiary of Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Its name still appears on the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, though the naming rights agreement has been terminated.

Gaylord Entertainment also produced the long-running comedy/variety series Hee Haw (initially out of the studios of WTVF) and distributed the program over their television stations and in syndication.

[edit] Television stations formerly owned by Gaylord

• Gaylord, when it was a subsidiary of Oklahoma Publishing Company, owned several television stations (see below):

Current DMA#	Market	Station	Years Owned	Current Affiliation/Owner
6.	Fort Worth-Dallas	KTVT 11	1971-99	CBS owned-and-operated (O&O)
10.	Houston	KHTV 39** (now KHCW)	1967-95	CW affiliate owned by Tribune Company
12.	Tampa-St. Petersburg	WTVT 13**	1956-87	Fox owned-and-operated (O&O)
14.	Tacoma-Seattle	KSTW 11	1974-97	CW affiliate owned by CBS
17.	Lorain-Cleveland, Ohio	WUAB 43	1977-89	MyNetworkTV affiliate owned by Raycom Media
34.	Milwaukee	WVTV 18	1966-96	CW affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group
45.	Oklahoma City	WKY-TV 4** (now KFOR-TV)	1949-77	NBC affiliate owned by The New York Times Company (station for sale [1])
54.	New Orleans	WVUE 8	1977-87	Fox affiliate owned by Emmis Communications (station for sale; awaiting new buyer)

Note: ** indicates a station built and signed on by Gaylord.