TNN
To Return This Summer
Sarah Skates •
April 18, 2012
April 18, 2012
TNN will resume operations
as a country music and lifestyle network in late summer 2012 through a partnership
between Luken Communications and Jim Owens Entertainment. Lorianne Crook and Charlie
Chase, whose television and radio shows are produced by Jim Owens
Entertainment, joined execs from the companies in Las Vegas at
the 2012 NAB Show to make the announcement.
as a country music and lifestyle network in late summer 2012 through a partnership
between Luken Communications and Jim Owens Entertainment. Lorianne Crook and Charlie
Chase, whose television and radio shows are produced by Jim Owens
Entertainment, joined execs from the companies in Las Vegas at
the 2012 NAB Show to make the announcement.
The network will return to broadcast
television through exclusive network affiliates. Programming will combine digitally restored
classic content pulled from the vaults in Nashville with contemporary shows.
The lineup will include Memories
of the Grand Ole Opry, Crook & Chase, Celebrity Kitchen, The Country Vibe,
Music City Tonight and Larry’s Country Diner.
television through exclusive network affiliates. Programming will combine digitally restored
classic content pulled from the vaults in Nashville with contemporary shows.
The lineup will include Memories
of the Grand Ole Opry, Crook & Chase, Celebrity Kitchen, The Country Vibe,
Music City Tonight and Larry’s Country Diner.
The Nashville Network is a
sister network to Luken Communications’ Retro Television® (RTV), My
Family TV, TUFF TV, PBJ, MyCarTV and Frost Great Outdoors. Luken
Communications offers diverse, family friendly programming on
its networks reaching approximately 80 percent of all U.S. households via a
blend of over-the-air, cable and satellite television.
sister network to Luken Communications’ Retro Television® (RTV), My
Family TV, TUFF TV, PBJ, MyCarTV and Frost Great Outdoors. Luken
Communications offers diverse, family friendly programming on
its networks reaching approximately 80 percent of all U.S. households via a
blend of over-the-air, cable and satellite television.
TNN, originally launched in
1983 as a cable network featuring country music programming, was sold in 2000
and subsequently changed its name and programming to target a different
demographic.
1983 as a cable network featuring country music programming, was sold in 2000
and subsequently changed its name and programming to target a different
demographic.