Great American Country
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- "GAC" redirects here. For other uses of this three-letter abbreviation, see Gac (disambiguation).
| Great American Country | |
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| Launched | December 31, 1995 |
| Owned by | The E.W. Scripps Company |
| Headquarters | Nashville, Tennessee, United States |
| Sister channel(s) | HGTV, Food Network , DIY and Fine Living |
| Website | Official Website |
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| DirecTV | Channel 326 |
| Dish Network | Channel 167 |
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| Available on many cable systems | Check local listings for channels |
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.[1]
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"[2] 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."
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[edit] Programming
[edit] Radio Show
Great American Country and ABC Radio Networks formed a partnership to produce a nightly radio show called GAC Nights: Live From Nashville hosted by Suzanne Alexander, and co-hosted by Storme Warren, and Nan Kelley. It is broadcasted from their studios at Music Row in Nashville, Tennessee.
[edit] References
- ^ The Official Garth Brooks Website
- ^ Hot & Happening: Breakout Networks - 10/31/2005 - Broadcasting & Cable
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