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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,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Scripps-Howard FAQ )〕 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. ==History== 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 Official Garth Brooks Website )〕 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"〔(Hot & Happening: Breakout Networks - 31 October 2005 - Broadcasting & Cable )〕 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. AT&T U-verse dropped Great American Country, and sister networks Food Network, Cooking Channel, HGTV, and DIY Network on November 5, 2010, due to a carriage dispute over an increase in retransmission fees.〔(AT&T's U-verse Drops Food Network, HGTV and Other Scripps Networks ), ''Chicago Tribune'', November 5, 2010〕 Two days later, however, the dispute was resolved.〔(Food Network, HGTV, Back on U-verse ), ''Chicago Tribune'', November 7, 2010〕〔(AT&T U-verse, Scripps Reconnect on Carriage Contract ), ''MultiChannel News'', November 7, 2010〕 On October 1, 2013, the network unveiled a new brand identity and dropped its "GAC" acronym in favor of using the Great American Country name in full.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2013/10/01/great-american-country-unveils-new-brand-identity-214413/20131001gac01/ )〕 The network also unveiled a new logo, and announced that it will begin broadcasting in high definition.〔 The network expanded beyond its country music roots with programs that chronicle families and American lifestyle themes.〔, ''MediaPost News'', October 2, 2013〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Great American Country」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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