Great American Country
| Great American Country | |
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| Launched | December 31, 1995 |
| Owned by | Scripps Networks Interactive |
| Picture format |
1080i (HDTV) Downgraded to letterboxed 480i for SDTV feed |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Broadcast area | Nationwide |
| Headquarters | Knoxville, Tennessee |
| Sister channel(s) |
Cooking Channel DIY Network Food Network HGTV Travel Channel |
| Website | www |
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Availability
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| Satellite | |
| Dish Network | 165 (SD) Unavailable in HD |
| DirecTV | 326 (SD) Unavailable in HD |
| Cable | |
| Verizon FiOS | 723 223 (SD) |
| Available on most other U.S. cable systems | Consult your local cable provider for channel availability |
| IPTV | |
| AT&T U-Verse | 1529 529 (SD) |
Great American Country (or GAC) is an American digital cable and satellite television network that is owned by Scripps Networks Interactive. Based in Knoxville, Tennessee, the channel features country music programming including music videos, music performance specials and live concerts, along with country lifestyle entertainment and original lifestyle programming.
As of February 2015, GAC is available to approximately 59,547,000 television households (51.2% of cable, satellite and telco customers) in the United States.
The channel was launched on December 31, 1995, with the first music video to be broadcast on the channel, Garth Brooks' "The Thunder Rolls". The channel was originally owned by the Centennial, Colorado-based Jones Radio Network. Scripps Networks, which was spun off from the E. W. Scripps Company in July 2008, acquired Great American Country from Jones Radio Network on October 12, 2004
In late 2005, television industry trade publication Broadcasting & Cable named GAC as one of TV's "Breakout Networks" 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."
Great American Country and ABC Radio Networks (now Cumulus Media) 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 was broadcast from its studios at Music Row in Nashville, Tennessee. The show ran from 2007 to 2009, when it was canceled.
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