Country Music Channel

Country Music Channel
Launched	1 May 2002
Owned by	Foxtel Networks
Audience share	10%
Country	Australia
Language	English
Sister channel(s)	Max Channel [V] [V] Hits
Website	countrymusicchannel.com.au
Availability
Satellite
Austar	Channel 815
Foxtel	Channel 815
Cable
Austar	Channel 815
Foxtel	Channel 815
Optus TV	Channel 815

Country Music Channel (CMC) is an Australian cable and satellite music television channel owned and operated by Foxtel Networks. It airs on Foxtel. CMC is the only country music video channel in Australia, created after the departure of MusicCountry from the Australian market.

Programming

• The CMC Top 30 Countdown - weekly chart based on airplay
• Spotlight, 1 hour collection of videos from a single artist.
• 30 Best, Themed countdown.
• Headline Country
• The Wilkinsons (TV series) aired in 2007
• Tuckerville aired in 2007
• Rollin' With..., an artist profile show host by Steve Forde. Artists profiled include Lee Kernaghan, Catherine Britt, Adam Brand, Troy Cassar-Daley, Joe Nichols, Dierks Bentley, Corb Lund Band, Blaine Larsen, Miranda Lambert, Jack Ingram, Colt Ford and The Wilkinsons
• Muster Masters A game show hosted based around the Gympie Muster (2009)

Talent

• Steve Forde Rollin' with...
• The Sunny Cowgirls Muster Masters, CMC Rocks the Hunter

Live events

CMC co-produces a 3 day music festival, with Rob Potts Entertainment Edge and Michael Chugg Entertainment - CMC Rocks.

• The first three years the event took place in Thredbo, New South Wales.
• In 2008, CMC Rocks the Snowys featured Mia Dyson, Brian Cadd, John Butler Trio, Shea Fisher, The McClymonts, Jim Lauderdale, Catherine Britt, Steve Forde, Adam Harvey, Shannon Noll, Sugarland, Gary Allan, and Patty Griffin.
• In 2009, CMC Rocks the Snowys featured Corb Lund and the Hurtin' Albertans, Steve Forde, Captain Flange, Taylor Swift, Joe Nichols, Old Crow Medicine Show, John Williamson, Pete Murray, The Waifs, The Sunny Cowgirls, Ash Grunwald, The Audreys, Jasmine Rae, and Deana Carter.
• In 2010, CMC Rocks the Snowys featured Adam Harvey, Nanci Griffith, Tania Kernaghan, Steve Forde, Phil Vassar, Jack Ingram, Lee Kernaghan.
• In 2011, the event moved to the Hunter Region of New South Wales and featured Troy Cassar-Daley, Russell Morris, Alan Jackson, Joe Nichols, Emerson Drive, Dean Brody.

External links

• Country Music Channel Website
• Country Music Channel Facebook
• CMC Rocks Facebook
• Captain Flange Facebook