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Encyclopedia > Gaylord Entertainment

Gaylord Entertainment Company (NYSE: GET) operates a number of hotel, resort, and media companies. The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), nicknamed the Big Board, is a New York City-based stock exchange. ... Dariush Grand Hotel,Kish island, Iran The 4-star Manor House Hotel at Castle Combe, Wiltshire, England. ... Resorts combine a hotel and a variety of recreations, such as swimming pools A resort is a place used for relaxation or recreation, attracting visitors for holidays or vacations. ...


Facilities owned include:

Previously owned properties include: Gaylord Hotels is the hospitality arm of Gaylord Entertainment Company. ... Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center, formerly known as Opryland Hotel, is a large hotel and convention center owned by Gaylord Entertainment Company and located in Nashville, Tennessee. ... Nickname: Music City Location in Davidson County and the state of Tennessee Coordinates: Country United States State Tennessee Counties Davidson County Founded: 1779 Incorporated: 1806 Government  - Mayor Bill Purcell (D) Area  - City  526. ... Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center is a hotel and convention center, opened in Kissimmee, Florida, on February 2, 2002. ... Nickname: The City Beautiful, O-Town, 407 Location in Orange County and the state of Florida. ... Grapevine is a city located in Tarrant County, Texas. ... The Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex encompasses the metropolitan divisions of Dallas–Plano–Irving and Fort Worth–Arlington, within the U.S. state of Texas. ... The Gaylord National Harbor Resort & Convention Center is a large hotel and convention center under construction in Prince Georges County, Maryland and owned by Gaylord Hotels, a division of Gaylord Entertainment Company. ... Prince Georges County is located in the U.S. state of Maryland immediately north, east, and south of Washington, D.C. It is the wealthiest majority African-American county in the nation. ... ResortQuest International, Inc. ... The Grand Ole Opry is a weekly Saturday night country music radio program broadcast live on WSM radio in Nashville, Tennessee, and televised on Great American Country network. ... WSM is the call letters of a 50,000 watt AM radio station (and its associated FM station) located in Nashville, Tennessee. ... The Ryman Auditorium The Ryman Auditorium is a 2,362-seat live performance venue located at 116 Fifth Avenue North in Nashville, Tennessee, and is best-known as the one-time home of the Grand Ole Opry. ... Bass Pro Shops is a privately held sporting goods and outdoor goods store headquartered in Springfield, Missouri. ...

It was previously a subsidiary of Oklahoma Publishing Company. This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Acuff-Rose Music was a Nashville, Tennessee music publishing firm. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Country Music Television, or CMT as it usually called, is an American country music oriented cable television channel. ... The Nashville Predators are a professional ice hockey team based in Nashville, Tennessee. ... Word Records is a giant in Christian Music. ...


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. The Gaylord Entertainment Center (originally named Nashville Arena) is an all-purpose venue in downtown Nashville, Tennessee which was completed in 1996. ... The Nashville Predators are a professional ice hockey team based in Nashville, Tennessee. ... The Nashville Arena (formerly the Gaylord Entertainment Center) is an all-purpose venue in downtown Nashville, Tennessee which was completed in 1996. ...


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. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... WTVF, also known as NewsChannel5, is the CBS affiliate in Nashville, Tennessee. ...


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
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
18. Denver, Colorado 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 The New York Times Company
(sale pending to Oak Hill Capital Partners)
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. A media market, broadcast market, media region, designated market area, DMA or simply market is a region where the population can receive the same (or similar) television and radio station offerings, and may also include other types of media including newspapers and Internet content. ... Nickname: Motto: Where the West Begins Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: Country United States State Texas Counties Tarrant and Denton Government  - Mayor Michael J. Moncrief Area  - City  298. ... Nickname: Location in the state of Texas Coordinates: Country United States State Texas Counties Dallas, Collin, Denton, Kaufman, and Rockwall Incorporated 2 February 1856 Government  - Mayor Laura Miller Area  - City  385. ... KTVT (CBS11) is a CBS owned and operated television station (O&O) in the Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas designated market area. ... CBS is one of the largest radio and television networks in the United States. ... In the television industry (especially in North America), an owned and operated station (frequently abbreviated as O&O) is a television station that is owned by the network with which it is associated. ... Houston redirects here. ... KHCW is the CW affiliate for Houston, Texas, broadcasting on UHF channel 39. ... “The CW” redirects here. ... The Tribune Company is a large multimedia corporation based in Chicago, Illinois. ... Nickname: Location in Hillsborough County and the state of Florida. ... Nickname: Floridas Sunshine City Location of the city proper in the state of Florida Coordinates: Country United States State Florida County Pinellas County Founded 1876 Incorporated February 29, 1892  - Mayor Rick Baker Area    - City  133. ... WTVT is a television station in Tampa, Florida. ... For the animal, see Fox. ... Nickname: The City of Destiny Location of Tacoma in Pierce County and Washington State Coordinates: Country United States of America State Washington County Pierce Government  - Mayor Bill Baarsma (NP) Area  - City 62. ... Nickname: The Emerald City Location of Seattle in King County and Washington Coordinates: Country United States State Washington County King County Incorporated December 2 1869 Government  - Mayor Greg Nickels (NP) Area  - City  142. ... KSTW is the UPN owned and operated television station for Seattle. ... Lorain is a city located in Lorain County, Ohio. ... Cleveland redirects here. ... WUAB, identified on-air as UPN 43, is the local UPN affiliate in Cleveland, Ohio. ... MyNetworkTV (sometimes written My Network TV, and unofficially abbreviated MyNet, MyTV, MNT, or MNTV) is a television network in the United States, owned by News Corporation. ... Raycom Media is a broadcasting company based in Montgomery, Alabama. ... : The Mile-High City United States Colorado Denver (coextensive) 154. ... KMGH-TV is the ABC television affiliate in Denver, Colorado. ... The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio networks in the United States and is also shown on basic cable in Canada. ... The McGraw-Hill Companies logo. ... Nickname: Cream City, Brew City, Mil Town, The City of Festivals Location of Milwaukee in Milwaukee County, Wisconsin Coordinates: County Milwaukee Government  - Mayor Tom Barrett Area  - City  97 sq mi (251. ... WVTV (Channel 18) is a television station located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. ... The Sinclair Broadcast Group (SBG) NASDAQ: SBGI is the operator of the largest number of local television stations in the United States with a total of 59 stations across the country in 38 (mostly) small and medium markets. ... Downtown Oklahoma City The State Capitol of Oklahoma From The South Motto: Nickname: Capital of the New Century Founded 1889 Incorporated County Oklahoma County Cleveland County Canadian County Borough {{{borough}}} Parrish {{{parrish}}} Mayor Mick Cornett Area  - Total  - Water 1,608. ... KFOR-TV, referred to on-air as Oklahomas NewsChannel4 is the NBC affiliate based out of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. ... NBC (an acronym for National Broadcasting Company) is an American television network headquartered in the GE Building in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... The New York Times Company (NYSE: NYT) is an American media company best known as the publisher of its namesake, The New York Times. ... Oak Hill Capital is a private equity firm with more than $4. ... New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ... WVUE was also the callsign for Channel 12 in Wilmington, Delaware in the Early 1950s. ... Emmis Communications is an Indianapolis, Indiana-based radio and television group. ...


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