Gaylord Entertainment Company

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Gaylord Entertainment Company
Type	Public
Founded	1925
Headquarters	Nashville, Tennessee, USA
Key people	Colin Reed (CEO)
Industry	Hospitality
Revenue	US$747 million (2007) ▲
Employees	6,282
Website	http://www.gaylordentertainment.com/

Gaylord Entertainment Company (NYSE: GET) 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, at National Harbor, Maryland
  • Westin La Cantera Resort, in San Antonio, Texas (to be acquired in 2008)
• Grand Ole Opry
• WSM-AM
• Ryman Auditorium
• The General Jackson Showboat
• Corporate Magic, Inc. (special events production company)

Previously owned properties include:

• WKY Radio, Oklahoma City, OK
• Opryland USA theme park
• ResortQuest International, Inc.
• Bass Pro Shops' Outdoor World (minority interest)
• Acuff-Rose Music
• The Nashville Network
• Country Music Television
• Nashville Predators (minority interest)
• Word Entertainment
• Z Music Television (Christian music video channel)

It was previously a subsidiary of the Oklahoma City-based Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Its name still appeared on the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville (home of the Nashville Predators until March 16, 2007, though the naming rights agreement has been terminated. The facility reverted its name back to the original moniker of the Nashville Arena and is now known as Sommet Center.

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

Current DMA#	Market	Station	Years Owned	Current Affiliation/Owner
5.	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
13.	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	WUAB 43	1977-89	MyNetworkTV affiliate owned by Raycom Media
18.	Denver	KLZ-TV 7** (now KMGH-TV)	1953-54	ABC affiliate owned by McGraw-Hill
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 Local TV
53.	New Orleans	WVUE 8	1977-87	Fox affiliate owned by Emmis Communications (sale pending to Louisiana Media Company)
118.	Montgomery - Selma, AL	WSFA 12	1955-59	NBC affiliate owned by Raycom Media

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