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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1242257876">.mw-parser-output .ib-company .infobox-label{padding-right:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .ib-company .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-company .infobox-below{line-height:1.35em}.mw-parser-output .ib-company-logo img{background-color:#f8f9fa}.mw-parser-output .ib-company-locality,.mw-parser-output .ib-company-country{display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-company vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc.</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:RymanHospitalityProperties-Logo.gif" class="mw-file-description"><img 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Tennessee</a></div>, <div class="ib-company-country country-name">U.S.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent">Colin Reed (Executive Chair)<br />Mark Fioravanti (RHP <a href="/wiki/CEO" class="mw-redirect" title="CEO">CEO</a>)<br />Patrick Moore (Opry Entertainment <a href="/wiki/CEO" class="mw-redirect" title="CEO">CEO</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Revenue</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> US$747.7 million (2007)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Earnings_before_interest_and_taxes" title="Earnings before interest and taxes">Operating income</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> US$43.2 million (2007)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Net_income" title="Net income">Net income</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> US$111.9 million (2007)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Asset" title="Asset">Total assets</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> US$2,336.9 million (2007)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Equity_(finance)" title="Equity (finance)">Total equity</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> US$941.5 million (2007)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Owner</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Vanguard_Group" title="The Vanguard Group">The Vanguard Group</a> (largest)</li><li><a href="/wiki/BlackRock" title="BlackRock">BlackRock</a></li><li>GAMCO Investors (8.3%)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary">Subsidiaries</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Opry Entertainment Group</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc.</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Hotel" title="Hotel">hotel</a>, <a href="/wiki/Resort" title="Resort">resort</a>, <a href="/wiki/Entertainment" title="Entertainment">entertainment</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mass_media" title="Mass media">media</a> company named for one of its assets: the <a href="/wiki/Ryman_Auditorium" title="Ryman Auditorium">Ryman Auditorium</a>, a <a href="/wiki/National_Historic_Landmark" title="National Historic Landmark">National Historic Landmark</a> in <a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville, Tennessee</a>. The company's legal lineage can be traced back to its time as a subsidiary of <a href="/wiki/Edward_Gaylord" title="Edward Gaylord">Edward Gaylord</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_Publishing_Company" class="mw-redirect" title="Oklahoma Publishing Company">Oklahoma Publishing Company</a>; however, the backbone of the modern entity was formed with the company's acquisition of <a href="/wiki/WSM_(AM)" title="WSM (AM)">WSM</a>, Inc. in 1983. This purchase resulted in the ownership of the <i><a href="/wiki/Grand_Ole_Opry" title="Grand Ole Opry">Grand Ole Opry</a></i> and associated businesses, including the company's <a href="/wiki/Gaylord_Opryland_Resort_%26_Convention_Center" title="Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center">flagship resort property, then known as Opryland Hotel</a>. As such, Ryman Hospitality cites 1925 (the founding of <a href="/wiki/WSM_(AM)" title="WSM (AM)">WSM Radio</a> and the <i>Opry</i>) as its origin year. </p><p>From its <a href="/wiki/Corporate_spin-off" title="Corporate spin-off">corporate spin-off</a> from Oklahoma Publishing in 1991 until 2012, the organization was known as <b>Gaylord Entertainment Company</b>. Most of its media and entertainment ventures were closed or divested over time as the company was refocused into a <a href="/wiki/Hospitality_industry" title="Hospitality industry">hospitality</a>-based business by the early-2000s, constructing and operating massive resort properties catering to the high-end corporate <a href="/wiki/Convention_(meeting)" title="Convention (meeting)">convention</a> market. In 2012, Gaylord Entertainment sold the <a href="/wiki/Gaylord_Hotels" title="Gaylord Hotels">Gaylord Hotels</a> brand, as well as operations of its existing resorts, to <a href="/wiki/Marriott_International" title="Marriott International">Marriott International</a> and converted the company's corporate structure into a <a href="/wiki/Real_estate_investment_trust" title="Real estate investment trust">real estate investment trust</a>, retaining ownership of the properties themselves, and taking the Ryman Hospitality name as a result of the transaction. The company continues to own and operate the <i>Opry</i> and its affiliated companies inside a majority-owned subsidiary called Opry Entertainment Group. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ryman_Hospitality_Properties&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gaylord_Broadcasting">Gaylord Broadcasting</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ryman_Hospitality_Properties&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Gaylord Broadcasting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Oklahoma Publishing Company, owned by the Gaylord and Dickinson families, in 1928 purchased a commercial radio station, <a href="/wiki/WKY" title="WKY">WKY</a>, which started the company's involvement in broadcasting. Cofounder <a href="/wiki/Edward_K._Gaylord" title="Edward K. Gaylord">Edward K. Gaylord</a> led the prospering publishing company into television broadcasting with the beginning of <a href="/wiki/KFOR-TV" title="KFOR-TV">WKY-TV</a> on June 6, 1949, which became the company's focus in the next two decades when it reached the then-legally-permitted maximum of seven stations with the 1962 acquisition of <a href="/wiki/KTVT" title="KTVT">KTVT</a> in <a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas</a>-<a href="/wiki/Fort_Worth,_Texas" title="Fort Worth, Texas">Fort Worth, Texas</a>. Thus the company set up the Gaylord Broadcasting subsidiary for its broadcasting stations.<sup id="cite_ref-idch_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-idch-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1956, it merged with the Tampa Television Company, owners and licensee of <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a> <a href="/wiki/Tampa,_Florida" title="Tampa, Florida">Tampa</a> television station <a href="/wiki/WTVT" title="WTVT">WTVT</a>. </p><p>Cofounder Gaylord led the media mini-conglomerate through to a prosperous 1970s, during which he died in 1974 at age 101, leaving leadership of the companies to his son, Edward L. Gaylord. In 1974, the company purchased another television station, <a href="/wiki/KSTW" title="KSTW">KSTW</a> in <a href="/wiki/Seattle" title="Seattle">Seattle</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-idch_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-idch-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1977, it bought out <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a> TV station and <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> affiliate <a href="/wiki/WVUE-DT" title="WVUE-DT">WVUE</a> from <a href="/wiki/Columbia_Pictures" title="Columbia Pictures">Columbia Pictures</a>, which was about to exit the broadcasting industry at that time.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Gaylord Broadcasting formed Gaylord Productions in 1979 to enter TV and film production, opening an office in Century City, Los Angeles and hiring Elmo Williams as executive vice president. In 1981, Gaylord Productions purchased Yongestreet Productions, packager of the long-running television series <i><a href="/wiki/Hee_Haw" title="Hee Haw">Hee Haw</a>,</i> from its creators <a href="/wiki/Peppiatt_and_Aylesworth" title="Peppiatt and Aylesworth">Peppiatt and Aylesworth</a>. With the purchase of Yongestreet, Williams became president of Gaylord Productions' movie division while Alan Courtney assumed the presidency of its TV division.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gaylord continued to produce and distribute <i>Hee Haw</i> until it ended its run in 1997. </p><p>The company was aware of the <a href="/wiki/Grand_Ole_Opry" title="Grand Ole Opry">Grand Ole Opry</a>'s business expansion in the 1970s and early 1980s, with Edward considering that company as a fit for Gaylord Broadcasting.<sup id="cite_ref-idch_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-idch-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Opry and its associated businesses (including <a href="/wiki/Opryland_USA" title="Opryland USA">Opryland USA</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gaylord_Opryland_Resort_%26_Convention_Center" title="Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center">Opryland Hotel</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Nashville_Network" title="The Nashville Network">The Nashville Network</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ryman_Auditorium" title="Ryman Auditorium">Ryman Auditorium</a>, <a href="/wiki/WSM_(AM)" title="WSM (AM)">WSM</a> & <a href="/wiki/WSM-FM" title="WSM-FM">WSM-FM</a>) were caught in the middle of the hostile takeover of their owner, <a href="/wiki/National_Life_and_Accident_Insurance_Company" title="National Life and Accident Insurance Company">NLT Corporation</a>, by <a href="/wiki/American_International_Group" title="American International Group">American General Insurance</a>, and were put up for sale by the new parent shortly after the takeover was complete. Gaylord Broadcasting agreed to buy the Opry properties in September 1983.<sup id="cite_ref-idch_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-idch-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ecm_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ecm-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The holding company for the acquisitions was renamed from WSM, Inc. to Opryland USA, Inc. and continued under existing management.<sup id="cite_ref-idch_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-idch-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-ecm_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ecm-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> These acquisitions form the base of the company that exists today. </p><p>Gaylord followed up the Opry acquisition with an attempt to purchase the <a href="/wiki/Texas_Rangers_(baseball)" title="Texas Rangers (baseball)">Texas Rangers</a>, to no avail.<sup id="cite_ref-idch_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-idch-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Opryland USA started the Gaylord Syndicom division on July 15, 1984, to develop syndicated TV programs.<sup id="cite_ref-ecm_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ecm-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While in 1985, <a href="/wiki/Acuff-Rose_Music" title="Acuff-Rose Music">Acuff-Rose Music</a>, an established country music publisher, was acquired<sup id="cite_ref-CMT_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CMT-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by its Opryland Music Group<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gaylord opened in 1985 the <a href="/wiki/General_Jackson_(riverboat)" title="General Jackson (riverboat)">General Jackson</a> river and paddle-wheel showboat, as an attraction at the Opryland theme park.<sup id="cite_ref-idch_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-idch-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1987, Gaylord Production Company had reached a co-development and co-production deal with Four Point Entertainment, to generate products for first-run syndication, home video and network.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With Opryland efforts producing success, Gaylord had his organization focus on Opryland in the late 1980s, while TV operation increased profits during that time. Gaylord Broadcasting was able to sell television stations <a href="/wiki/WTVT" title="WTVT">WTVT</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tampa,_Florida" title="Tampa, Florida">Tampa</a> and <a href="/wiki/WVUE-DT" title="WVUE-DT">WVUE</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans</a> for $365 million in 1987 while getting a $100 million tax credit for selling to a minority-owned company with the condition that the proceeds would be rolled into a media-released purchase within two years. However, to meet the deadline, Gaylord overpaid for a California cable television company and, in doing so, incurred a heavy debt load.<sup id="cite_ref-idch_2-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-idch-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gaylord_Entertainment">Gaylord Entertainment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ryman_Hospitality_Properties&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Gaylord Entertainment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:GaylordEntertainment.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/5/57/GaylordEntertainment.png/220px-GaylordEntertainment.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="109" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/57/GaylordEntertainment.png 1.5x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="149" /></a><figcaption>Corporate logo as Gaylord Entertainment Company, 2001–2012</figcaption></figure> <p>Gaylord Entertainment Company was formed on October 24, 1991, as the company went <a href="/wiki/Public_company" title="Public company">public</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ecm_6-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ecm-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The new company consisted of Oklahoma Publishing Company's broadcasting and entertainment holdings. Twenty-two percent of the stock was sold to the public, while Gaylord retained 66% and voting control. Also during the public offering period, the company laid out expansion plans for the Opryland hotel and theme park plus a Ryman Auditorium renovation.<sup id="cite_ref-idch_2-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-idch-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A controlling stake in <a href="/wiki/Country_Music_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="Country Music Television">Country Music Television</a> was purchased in January 1991 with Group W Satellite Communications buying the remaining stock. CMT moved its headquarters to Opryland Drive, Nashville.<sup id="cite_ref-idch_2-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-idch-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The cable channel was expanded into Europe in 1992.<sup id="cite_ref-idch_2-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-idch-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> CMT Euro was launched in October 1992. In July 1993, Gaylord reorganized, placing all its cable channels, CMT, CMT Europe, and TNN, in a division under a senior vice president, David Hall.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Gaylord purchased a 30% stake in the Bass Pro Shops retail chain in 1993 from Bass Pro Group.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 1994, Gaylord Entertainment and the city of Nashville city made an unsuccessful bid for the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Timberwolves" title="Minnesota Timberwolves">Minnesota Timberwolves</a> professional basketball team to move to Nashville.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Gaylord Broadcasting in 1994 sued <a href="/wiki/The_WB" title="The WB">The WB</a> network to get some of its stations out their affiliation with the network, in order to change their affiliations to CBS. The WB countersued for breach of contract and acting in bad faith. As a part of the settlement, Gaylord Broadcasting sold <a href="/wiki/Houston,_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="Houston, Texas">Houston</a>'s <a href="/wiki/KIAH" title="KIAH">KHTV</a> to WB partner <a href="/wiki/Tribune_Broadcasting" title="Tribune Broadcasting">Tribune Broadcasting</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1995, Gaylord Entertainment purchased Nashville radio station <a href="/wiki/WWTN" title="WWTN">WWTN</a> (99.7) out of bankruptcy, and made several capital improvements to the station. The company kept WWTN's existing news/talk/sports format, but integrated its operations with its two existing radio stations (WSM and WSM-FM) and moved its studios to the Opryland complex. </p><p>Gaylord Entertainment began moving into the niche of Christian-oriented businesses with the May 1996 assumption of management of <a href="/wiki/Z_Music_Television" title="Z Music Television">Z Music Television</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-BB_108_11_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BB_108_11-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> along with an option to buy 95% of the cable channel.<sup id="cite_ref-sec_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sec-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gaylord extended its portfolio of Christian-related businesses. Word Entertainment, a Christian music company, was purchased in January 1997 from <a href="/wiki/Thomas_Nelson_Publishers" class="mw-redirect" title="Thomas Nelson Publishers">Thomas Nelson Publishers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bbd_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbd-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Word and artist/producer Steve Taylor launched in September 1997 Squint Entertainment joint venture label.<sup id="cite_ref-bbd0_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbd0-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1999, 51% of the Christian music website musicforce.com was acquired, while musicforce.com in turn purchased all of Lightsource.com, a provider to broadcast.com of Christian content. A new online division, GETdigitalmedia, soon followed.<sup id="cite_ref-idch_2-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-idch-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Gaylord Entertainment sold for stock its two cable channels, except for CMT International and Z-Music management rights and stock options, to CBS-Westinghouse in February 1997.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> CMT International ceased the CMT Europe channel due to high losses from distribution and satellite costs on March 31, 1998. In Europe, it shifted to providing CMT as block programming to other channels.<sup id="cite_ref-vty_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vty-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 1997, Gaylord sold off <a href="/wiki/KSTW" title="KSTW">KSTW</a> to <a href="/wiki/Cox_Enterprises" title="Cox Enterprises">Cox Enterprises</a>, which was traded to <a href="/wiki/Viacom_(1952%E2%80%932006)" class="mw-redirect" title="Viacom (1952–2006)">Viacom</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Paramount_Stations_Group" title="Paramount Stations Group">Paramount Stations Group</a> for <a href="/wiki/KIRO-TV" title="KIRO-TV">KIRO-TV</a>, and in turn <a href="/wiki/Belo_Corporation" title="Belo Corporation">Belo Corporation</a> had bought out St. Louis' CBS television station <a href="/wiki/KMOV" title="KMOV">KMOV</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Also, on December 31, 1997, the Opryland USA theme park was closed for redevelopment into a shopping and entertainment district called Opry Mills.<sup id="cite_ref-ecm_6-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ecm-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With its The Mills Corp. partner, building began in October 1998 on the complex, which opened in May 2000.<sup id="cite_ref-idch_2-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-idch-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gaylord would own a third of the district, while The Mills would hold a majority 2/3 share. Terry E. London was appointed in 1997 as CEO.<sup id="cite_ref-wp_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wp-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Gaylord Cable Networks purchased a 15% stake in the TV Argentina and Solo Tango pay TV channels in the Fall of 1999 when it added a programming block to TV Argentina, a music and lifestyle channel. In May 2000, Gaylord increased its stakes in the two channels to 50%. The company expanded to convert TV Argentina to "MusicCountry" and expand Solo Tango, a dance-focused channel, reaching beyond Argentina and its limited South American distribution.<sup id="cite_ref-vty0_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vty0-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gaylord Cable Networks launched the MusicCountry cable channel in Mexico and Argentina on July 1, 2000, and closed Z Music on June 30, 2000. In Mexico, MusicCountry was a two-hour <a href="/wiki/Programming_block" class="mw-redirect" title="Programming block">programming block</a> on the Video Rola music channel. The block on TV Argentina started with nine hours per day, three of which aired in prime time, with expectations to expand to 24 hours. MusicCountry would take a broader view of country, localizing it to include Americana, folk, rock, and roots music programming. On September 1, 2000, the MusicCountry brand became available in Europe. In the Australia, Brazil, Indonesia, the Philippines, and Asia-Pacific region areas, CMT channels would rebrand to MusicCountry by year's end. A 24-hour schedule was slated for the Australia and Pacific Rim channels.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The MusicCountry Latin America channel in Argentina launched with its Latin America partner, Ashmore, as a 24-hour channel in late November 2000, a rebranding of TV Argentina.<sup id="cite_ref-vty0_23-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vty0-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1997, in partnership with the newly formed <a href="/wiki/Nashville_Predators" title="Nashville Predators">Nashville Predators</a> (<a href="/wiki/National_Hockey_League" title="National Hockey League">NHL</a>) hockey team (which would begin play in 1998, and of which Gaylord Entertainment owned a 20% share), the company purchased the naming rights to Nashville's new downtown arena, which became known as the <a href="/wiki/Bridgestone_Arena" title="Bridgestone Arena">Gaylord Entertainment Center</a>. The agreement − originally signed for 20 years at a cost of $2 million per year −<sup id="cite_ref-wp_22-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wp-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was canceled in 2005, but the name remained on the arena until 2007. Gaylord also divested its ownership share of the franchise. </p><p>Gaylord started its Family Value Entertainment division with the April 1997 purchase of the Blanton Harrell Entertainment management firm. Z Music and Word Entertainment were transferred into the division. Division co-presidents appointed were Michael Blanton and Dan Harrell.<sup id="cite_ref-BB_109_15_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BB_109_15-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In July 1998, Gaylord Entertainment purchased Pandora Investment, a <a href="/wiki/Luxembourg" title="Luxembourg">Luxembourg</a>-based film acquisition and distribution company, and placed it in its Idea Entertainment division.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gaylord funded in March 1999 Indigo Productions.<sup id="cite_ref-vty1_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vty1-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Wildhorse Saloon, a country music dance club and restaurant, was opened in 1994 in downtown Nashville.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A second location was opened at <a href="/wiki/Downtown_Disney_(Walt_Disney_World)" class="mw-redirect" title="Downtown Disney (Walt Disney World)">Downtown Disney</a> at <a href="/wiki/Walt_Disney_World" title="Walt Disney World">Walt Disney World</a> in 1998 as a part of a plan to expand the Nashville club into a nationwide chain. However, the Disney location was closed in November 1999, having incurred a loss of $16 million. Gaylord's Dallas-Fort Worth TV station, <a href="/wiki/KTVT" title="KTVT">KTVT</a>, was sold to CBS in October 1999 for $485 million.<sup id="cite_ref-wp_22-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wp-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Gaylord Films was started with the hiring of producer Hunt Lowry as president in May 2000 as he ended his first look deal at <a href="/wiki/Walt_Disney_Studios_(division)" title="Walt Disney Studios (division)">Walt Disney Studios</a>. Gaylord Films would focus on mainstream films while mid-budget and specialty films would be Pandora's area.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The film unit signed in September 2000 a co-financing, distribution and production deal with <a href="/wiki/Warner_Bros." title="Warner Bros.">Warner Bros.</a> for four years and up to ten films.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 2000, Pandora Pictures was slated to move to Los Angeles with Lowry taking over as the company president, with a mostly new executive team.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>2000 also saw Gaylord invest in several websites, such as the Edgate.com Inc. kid portal, the CountryCool.com country music site and the RockCity.com short film site. London left as CEO, along with internet division head Brian Payne and creative content group president Tim DuBois. New management in the early 2000s believed that Gaylord Entertainment's future lied solely in the management of the hospitality arm of the company. With the exception of the Grand Ole Opry, Ryman Auditorium, General Jackson Showboat, <a href="/wiki/Wildhorse_Saloon" title="Wildhorse Saloon">Wildhorse Saloon</a>, and <a href="/wiki/WSM_(AM)" title="WSM (AM)">WSM radio</a> in Nashville, all the non-hotel businesses were abandoned or sold. By 2001, the company closed or sold its stakes in the above websites plus Lightsource.com and Musicforce.com and took a $59 million charge. Golf event entities were sold to Oklahoma Publishing Co.<sup id="cite_ref-wp_22-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wp-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Word Entertainment's UK operations were sold in Spring 2001 to STL, Ltd.<sup id="cite_ref-bbd1_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbd1-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Squint was reduced to a label when its staff was let go in August 2001, with only Taylor remaining as president to handle <a href="/wiki/Artists_and_repertoire" title="Artists and repertoire">artists and repertoire</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-bbd0_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbd0-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 2001, Gaylord agreed to sell Word Entertainment to <a href="/wiki/Warner_Music_Group" title="Warner Music Group">Warner Music Group</a> with the sale closing in December 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-bbd1_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbd1-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Gaylord Entertainment announced construction on two Opryland Hotels in late 1998 in <a href="/wiki/Osceola_County,_Florida" title="Osceola County, Florida">Osceola County, Florida</a> (near Orlando) and in <a href="/wiki/Grapevine,_Texas" title="Grapevine, Texas">Grapevine, Texas</a>, slated to open in 2002 and 2003, respectively. Their hotel development plans were expanded by 2001 to a total of five to seven hotels, beginning with the Opryland Hotel Potomac, a 2,000-room hotel and convention center at <a href="/wiki/National_Harbor,_Maryland" title="National Harbor, Maryland">National Harbor, Maryland</a> with a construction start in 2002 in order to open in 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-idch_2-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-idch-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Other locations announced later were San Antonio, Texas, San Diego, <a href="/wiki/Mesa,_Arizona" title="Mesa, Arizona">Mesa, Arizona</a>, and Denver, Colorado. The <a href="/wiki/Gaylord_Hotels" title="Gaylord Hotels">Gaylord Hotels</a> division opened Gaylord Palms Hotel & Convention Center in Kissimmee, Florida in 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Gaylord Opryland Texas Resort & Convention Center opened in April 2004.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Opryland Hotel Potomac opened on April 1, 2008, as the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Acuff-Rose Music was sold in August 2002 to <a href="/wiki/Sony/ATV_Music_Publishing" class="mw-redirect" title="Sony/ATV Music Publishing">Sony/ATV Music Publishing</a> for over ten times over the original purchase price.<sup id="cite_ref-CMT_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-CMT-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 2003, Gaylord sold its two Nashville FM radio stations (<a href="/wiki/WSM-FM" title="WSM-FM">WSM-FM</a> 95.5 and <a href="/wiki/WWTN" title="WWTN">WWTN</a> 99.7) to <a href="/wiki/Cumulus_Media" title="Cumulus Media">Cumulus Media</a>. Gaylord retained ownership of <a href="/wiki/WSM_(AM)" title="WSM (AM)">WSM (AM)</a>, but the station's sales department was managed by Cumulus as part of a <a href="/wiki/Joint_sales_agreement" class="mw-redirect" title="Joint sales agreement">joint sales agreement</a>. That contract expired in 2008, returning WSM (AM) to Gaylord's full control.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gaylord Entertainment sold the Gaylord Films and Pandora Films libraries and in-development projects to Qualia Capital in March 2006, who also had the <a href="/wiki/Rysher_Entertainment" title="Rysher Entertainment">Rysher Entertainment</a> library.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Gaylord Entertainment acquired <a href="/wiki/ResortQuest" class="mw-redirect" title="ResortQuest">ResortsQuest International</a> in November 2003<sup id="cite_ref-nvp3_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nvp3-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> via a stock swap.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gaylord named their senior vice president of marketing, Mark Fioravanti, to be the ResortQuest CEO.<sup id="cite_ref-nvp3_42-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nvp3-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In December 2004, ResortQuest sold its software arm's name, First Resort Software, and its property management software to Instant Software.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gaylord purchased the Aston Waikiki Hotel on June 2, 2005<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> from <a href="/wiki/Leucadia_National" class="mw-redirect" title="Leucadia National">Leucadia National</a><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while selling 80.1% to a private real estate fund managed by DB Real Estate Opportunities Group.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In April 2007, Gaylord had its subsidiary sell its Hawaiian holdings, while retaining shares in two hotels, to Interval Acquisition Corp., a unit of <a href="/wiki/IAC_(company)" class="mw-redirect" title="IAC (company)">IAC/InterActiveCorp</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-iac_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iac-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This was followed by a June 2007 agreement to sell the rest of ResortQuest to a subsidiary of Leucadia National Corp.<sup id="cite_ref-pbn_50-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pbn-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of the two Hawaiian hotels with an 18.1% share retained, ResortQuest Kauai Beach at Makaiwa,<sup id="cite_ref-iac_48-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iac-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> continued to be managed by the renamed ResortQuest Hawaii, Aston Hotels & Resorts, until the hotel was placed in receivership and sold in August 2010 to a major Southern California real estate firm.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Aston Waikiki Beach Hotel (19.9 percent ownership stake)<sup id="cite_ref-iac_48-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-iac-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> was sold in 2014 to Inland American Lodging Group.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>TRT Holdings, owned by the Texas billionaire <a href="/wiki/Robert_Rowling" title="Robert Rowling">Robert Rowling</a>, bought 14 percent of Gaylord stock in early 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Later that year, Gaylord rejected Rowling's bid to increase TRT's stake to 30 percent and getting three board director positions, saying there would be no benefit to the company and also noting TRT's potential conflict of interest, since TRT owned the <a href="/wiki/Omni_Hotel" class="mw-redirect" title="Omni Hotel">Omni Hotel</a> chain, which competed against Gaylord for conference and convention business.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company adopted a shareholder rights plan as a "<a href="/wiki/Shareholder_rights_plan" title="Shareholder rights plan">poison pill</a>" in 2008. TRT got two seats on the Gaylord board of directors by August 2011, when TRT purchased additional shares of Gaylord bring its ownership share to 21%.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In management's effort to see the Marriott plan succeed, the company paid $185 million on August 7, 2012, for almost half of the shares owned by Rowling and launched an offering to help him dispose of his remaining 5.6 million shares.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Rowling had previously opposed the Marriott purchase saying, "The company can go on a diet without having surgery. We would rather see Gaylord maintain the status quo and implement the savings without permanently impairing the value of the Gaylord Properties by encumbering them with the onerous, long term Marriott Agreement."<sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Omni was revealed as the developer of the Fifth Avenue convention center hotel adjacent to the downtown Nashville <a href="/wiki/Music_City_Center" title="Music City Center">Music City Center</a> in August 2010, with a scheduled opening date of 2013.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Ryman_Hospitality_Properties">Ryman Hospitality Properties</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ryman_Hospitality_Properties&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Ryman Hospitality Properties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The company agreed to sell the Gaylord Hotels division, including the brand with a 35-year management contract, to <a href="/wiki/Marriott_International" title="Marriott International">Marriott International</a> in May 2012, while retaining ownership of the hotels.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company also announced that they would not continue developing the Aurora, Colorado hotel-convention center.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company's second-largest shareholder, Mario Gabelli's GAMCO Investors, called for the company to spin off its Opry and Attractions division.<sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In September 2012, Gaylord also agreed that Marriott's Gaylord Hotels would also manage on the company's behalf Radisson Hotel Opryland, Gaylord Springs Golf Links, the General Jackson Showboat and the Wildhorse Saloon.<sup id="cite_ref-nvp0_62-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nvp0-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As a result of the sale, the company lost the rights to use the Gaylord name, resulting in the change to Ryman Hospitality Properties, Inc., after it initially chose the name Granite Hotel Properties. According to chairman and CEO Colin Reed, Ryman would continue to operate and manage the Grand Ole Opry, Ryman Auditorium, and WSM radio for the time being, stating that they were "iconic" assets.<sup id="cite_ref-nvp1_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nvp1-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On September 25, 2012, shareholders voted for the reorganization as a REIT and sale of Gaylord Hotels to Marriott.<sup id="cite_ref-nvp1_63-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nvp1-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ryman Hospitality Properties began operations on October 1, at which time management of the venues by Marriott began. The Radisson Opryland on December 1 would convert to Marriott management under the new name of the Inn at Opryland.<sup id="cite_ref-nvp0_62-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nvp0-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Marriott opened in April 2015 the AC Hotel Washington, D.C., with ownership by Ryman Properties in National Harbor, Maryland.<sup id="cite_ref-vab_64-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vab-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In March 2016, Ryman revived its Gaylord Rockies Resort and Convention Center project in a joint venture with RIDA Development and Ares Management, with a 35% stake in the complex to be managed via Marriott.<sup id="cite_ref-nvp2_65-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nvp2-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Opry Entertainment opened on December 1, 2017, the Opry City Stage as a joint venture in New York City.<sup id="cite_ref-ttn_66-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ttn-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nvp_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nvp-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The venue was planned to be turned into a chain.<sup id="cite_ref-nvp_67-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nvp-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It closed within ten months of opening, and the company abandoned the concept. Instead, Ryman focused on expanding its other bar/restaurant concept which premiered in 2017 named Ole Red, which is operated in partnership with country music artist <a href="/wiki/Blake_Shelton" title="Blake Shelton">Blake Shelton</a> and is inspired by his hit song <a href="/wiki/Ol%27_Red" title="Ol' Red">Ol' Red</a>. As of 2024, the chain has six locations: two in Nashville, and one each in <a href="/wiki/Tishomingo,_Oklahoma" title="Tishomingo, Oklahoma">Tishomingo, Oklahoma</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gatlinburg,_Tennessee" title="Gatlinburg, Tennessee">Gatlinburg, Tennessee</a>, <a href="/wiki/Orlando,_Florida" title="Orlando, Florida">Orlando, Florida</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Paradise,_Nevada" title="Paradise, Nevada">Paradise, Nevada</a> (on the <a href="/wiki/Las_Vegas_Strip" title="Las Vegas Strip">Las Vegas Strip</a>). </p><p>Ryman agreed to December 2019 to purchase the Block 21 entertainment complex, which includes the <a href="/wiki/Austin_City_Limits" title="Austin City Limits">Austin City Limits</a> venues, from Stratus Properties for $275 million, including assumption of about a $141 million mortgage. An offering of at least 3 million shares of Ryman would be made to fund the purchase in the first quarter of 2020.<sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2021, Ryman Hospitality purchased controlling interest in the Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center. </p><p>On April 4, 2022, it was announced that investment company Atairos and media conglomerate <a href="/wiki/NBCUniversal" title="NBCUniversal">NBCUniversal</a> will jointly buy the 30% minority stake in Opry Entertainment from Ryman, which will retained the 70% ownership in the company, but organize it into a new holding company separate from the REIT called Ryman Hospitality Holdings.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2023, Ryman Hospitality reclaimed management of Wildhorse Saloon from Marriott, and began redeveloping the property into a new concept called Category 10, inspired by the life and music of country music artist <a href="/wiki/Luke_Combs" title="Luke Combs">Luke Combs</a>. It is slated to open in phases, beginning in the Summer of 2024. </p><p>Also in 2023, Ryman Hospitality purchased the <a href="/wiki/JW_Marriott_Hotels" title="JW Marriott Hotels">JW Marriott</a> San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa from Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust. Marriott International will continue to operate the property under the JW Marriott flag. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Properties">Properties</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ryman_Hospitality_Properties&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Properties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Facilities owned by Ryman Hospitality Properties and operated by Opry Entertainment include:<sup id="cite_ref-nvp_67-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nvp-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Ole_Opry" title="Grand Ole Opry">Grand Ole Opry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ryman_Auditorium" title="Ryman Auditorium">Ryman Auditorium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WSM_(AM)" title="WSM (AM)">WSM</a>, Nashville radio station</li> <li>Opry Entertainment <span style="font-size:85%;">70% stake inside Ryman Hospitality Holdings)</span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Block_21" title="Block 21">Block 21</a> in Austin, Texas</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ole_Red&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ole Red (page does not exist)">Ole Red</a>, live music venue and restaurant/bar chain.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wildhorse_Saloon" title="Wildhorse Saloon">Category 10</a></li></ul> <p>Facilities owned by Ryman Hospitality Properties, but managed by <a href="/wiki/Marriott_International" title="Marriott International">Marriott International</a>, include:<sup id="cite_ref-nvp_67-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nvp-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-nvp0_62-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nvp0-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gaylord_Hotels" title="Gaylord Hotels">Gaylord Hotels</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gaylord_Opryland_Resort_%26_Convention_Center" title="Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center">Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center</a> in <a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville, Tennessee</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaylord_Palms_Resort_%26_Convention_Center" title="Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center">Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center</a> near <a href="/wiki/Orlando,_Florida" title="Orlando, Florida">Orlando, Florida</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaylord_Texan_Resort_%26_Convention_Center" class="mw-redirect" title="Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center">Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center</a> in <a href="/wiki/Grapevine,_Texas" title="Grapevine, Texas">Grapevine, Texas</a>, located in the <a href="/wiki/Dallas/Fort_Worth" class="mw-redirect" title="Dallas/Fort Worth">Dallas/Fort Worth</a> area.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gaylord_National_Resort_%26_Convention_Center" title="Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center">Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center</a> in <a href="/wiki/National_Harbor,_Maryland" title="National Harbor, Maryland">National Harbor, Maryland</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gaylord_Rockies_Resort_%26_Convention_Center&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center (page does not exist)">Gaylord Rockies Resort & Convention Center</a> in <a href="/wiki/Aurora,_Colorado" title="Aurora, Colorado">Aurora, Colorado</a><sup id="cite_ref-nvp2_65-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nvp2-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>The Inn at Opryland, A Gaylord Hotel</li></ul></li> <li>AC Hotel Washington, D.C., in National Harbor, Maryland<sup id="cite_ref-vab_64-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vab-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort & Spa in <a href="/wiki/San_Antonio,_Texas" class="mw-redirect" title="San Antonio, Texas">San Antonio, Texas</a></li> <li>Gaylord Springs Golf Links</li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_Jackson_(riverboat)" title="General Jackson (riverboat)">General Jackson Showboat</a></li></ul> <p>Previously owned properties and ventures include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Opryland_USA" title="Opryland USA">Opryland USA</a> (1972–1997) theme park</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Six_Flags_Fiesta_Texas" title="Six Flags Fiesta Texas">Fiesta Texas Theme Park</a> (minority interest)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WKY" title="WKY">WKY Radio</a>, Oklahoma City</li> <li><a href="/wiki/ResortQuest" class="mw-redirect" title="ResortQuest">ResortQuest International, Inc.</a> (November 2003—<sup id="cite_ref-nvp3_42-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nvp3-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 2007)<sup id="cite_ref-pbn_50-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-pbn-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Aston Waikiki Beach Hotel</li> <li>ResortQuest Kauai Beach</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bass_Pro_Shops" title="Bass Pro Shops">Bass Pro Shops' Outdoor World</a> (minority interest)</li> <li>Opryland Music Group <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Acuff-Rose_Music" title="Acuff-Rose Music">Acuff-Rose Music</a></li></ul></li> <li>Grand Ole Opry Tours</li> <li>Opryland River Taxis</li> <li>Opryland Productions</li> <li>Opryland Theatricals</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Corporate_Magic" title="Corporate Magic">Corporate Magic</a></li> <li>Gaylord Cable Networks <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Nashville_Network" title="The Nashville Network">The Nashville Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Country_Music_Television" class="mw-redirect" title="Country Music Television">CMT</a></li> <li>CMT International <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CMT_Europe" title="CMT Europe">CMT Europe</a></li></ul></li> <li>MusicCountry cable channel <ul><li>MusicCountry Latin America (50%) formerly TV Argentina</li></ul></li> <li>Solo Tango dance cable channel (50%)</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nashville_Predators" title="Nashville Predators">Nashville Predators</a> (minority interest)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Opry_Mills" title="Opry Mills">Opry Mills</a> (minority interest)</li> <li>Family Value Entertainment division (April 1997—)<sup id="cite_ref-BB_109_15_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BB_109_15-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>Blanton Harrell Entertainment talent management firm</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Z_Music_Television" title="Z Music Television">Z Music Television</a> (Christian music video channel) management with options to purchases</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Word_Entertainment" title="Word Entertainment">Word Entertainment</a> (1997—January 2002) Christian music company distributed by Epic at the time of sale to Warner Music Group<sup id="cite_ref-bbd1_33-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbd1-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <ul><li>Word Record, Christian record label</li> <li>Word Publishing</li> <li>Word Distribution, Christian market distribution</li> <li>Quint Entertainment, joint venture label<sup id="cite_ref-bbd1_33-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-bbd1-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li>Idea Entertainment division <ul><li>Pandora Investments</li> <li>Indigo Productions (March 1999—) minor stake; a new venture by British film and TV producers Nigel Stafford-Clark and Scott Meek started in 1998 after they departed Zenith Production.<sup id="cite_ref-vty1_28-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-vty1-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Gaylord Films</li></ul></li> <li>Gaylord Production Company</li> <li>musicforce.com</li> <li>lightsource.com</li> <li>Gaylord Digital</li> <li>Opry City Stage, a 28,000 square-foot four-floor music venue and bar/restaurant in <a href="/wiki/Times_Square" title="Times Square">Times Square</a>, <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ttn_66-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ttn-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The venue operated from December 1, 2017, to September 27, 2018.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Circle_Country" title="Circle Country">Circle</a>, a digital multichannel television network (50% joint venture with <a href="/wiki/Gray_Television" title="Gray Television">Gray Television</a>, ended in 2023)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Broadcast_properties">Broadcast properties</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ryman_Hospitality_Properties&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Broadcast properties"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Ryman Hospitality's only present broadcast property, as noted above, is <a href="/wiki/WSM_(AM)" title="WSM (AM)">WSM</a> (650 AM) in Nashville, a heritage <a href="/wiki/Country_music" title="Country music">country music</a> station with a 50,000-<a href="/wiki/Watt" title="Watt">watt</a> <a href="/wiki/Clear-channel_station" title="Clear-channel station">clear-channel</a> signal. Oklahoma Publishing acquired WSM as part of its purchase of the Grand Ole Opry and associated businesses in 1983.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Ryman, while it was a subsidiary of Oklahoma Publishing, owned several television and radio stations. The broadcasting subsidiary originated as the <b>WKY Radiophone Company</b>, named after its Oklahoma City flagship stations. In 1956 it became the <b>WKY Television System</b>, holding onto that moniker until 1975 when it took on the <b>Gaylord Broadcasting Company</b> name.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Below are charts of stations formerly owned by Ryman's predecessor companies. </p><p>Stations are arranged in alphabetical order by state and <a href="/wiki/City_of_license" title="City of license">city of license</a>. </p><p>Note: ** indicates a station built and/or signed-on by Oklahoma Publishing/Gaylord Broadcasting. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Radio">Radio</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ryman_Hospitality_Properties&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Radio"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table> <tbody><tr> <th style="border:1px solid #a3b0bf; margin:auto; background:#cedff2;">AM Station </th> <th style="border:1px solid #a3b0bf; margin:auto; background:#ddcef2;">FM Station </th></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/City_of_license" title="City of license">City of license</a> / <a href="/wiki/Media_market" title="Media market">Market</a> </th> <th scope="col">Station </th> <th scope="col">Years owned </th> <th scope="col">Current status </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Albuquerque,_New_Mexico" title="Albuquerque, New Mexico">Albuquerque, NM</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="background: #cedff2">KRKE 610 </th> <td>1974–1980</td> <td><a href="/wiki/KNML" title="KNML">KNML</a>, owned by <a href="/wiki/Cumulus_Media" title="Cumulus Media">Cumulus Media</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background: #ddcef2">KRKE-FM 94.1 </th> <td>1976–1980</td> <td><a href="/wiki/KZRR" title="KZRR">KZRR</a>, owned by <a href="/wiki/IHeartMedia" title="IHeartMedia">iHeartMedia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City" title="Oklahoma City">Oklahoma City, OK</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="background: #cedff2"><a href="/wiki/WKY" title="WKY">WKY</a> 930 </th> <td>1928–2002</td> <td>Owned by Cumulus Media </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background: #ddcef2">WKY-FM 98.9 </th> <td>1947–1952</td> <td>defunct, went silent in 1952 (frequency now used by <a href="/wiki/KYIS" title="KYIS">KYIS</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Portland,_Oregon" title="Portland, Oregon">Portland, OR</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="background: #cedff2">KYTE 970 </th> <td>1977–1983</td> <td><a href="/wiki/KUFO_(AM)" class="mw-redirect" title="KUFO (AM)">KUFO</a>, owned by <a href="/wiki/Alpha_Media" title="Alpha Media">Alpha Media</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background: #ddcef2">KYTE-FM/KLLB 101.1 </th> <td>1977–1983</td> <td><a href="/wiki/KXL-FM" title="KXL-FM">KXL-FM</a>, owned by Alpha Media </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee" title="Nashville, Tennessee">Nashville, TN</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="background: #ddcef2"><a href="/wiki/WSM-FM" title="WSM-FM">WSM-FM</a> 95.5 </th> <td>1983–2003</td> <td>Owned by Cumulus Media </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background: #ddcef2"><a href="/wiki/WWTN" title="WWTN">WWTN</a> 99.7 </th> <td>1995–2003</td> <td>Owned by Cumulus Media </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television">Television</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ryman_Hospitality_Properties&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/City_of_license" title="City of license">City of license</a> / <a href="/wiki/Media_market" title="Media market">Market</a> </th> <th scope="col">Station </th> <th scope="col">Channel </th> <th scope="col">Years owned </th> <th scope="col">Current status </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Montgomery,_Alabama" title="Montgomery, Alabama">Montgomery</a>–<a href="/wiki/Selma,_Alabama" title="Selma, Alabama">Selma, AL</a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/WSFA" title="WSFA">WSFA</a> </th> <td>12</td> <td>1955–1959</td> <td><a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> affiliate owned by <a href="/wiki/Gray_Television" title="Gray Television">Gray Television</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Denver" title="Denver">Denver, CO</a> </td> <th scope="row">KLZ-TV** </th> <td>7</td> <td>1953–1954</td> <td><a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> affiliate <a href="/wiki/KMGH-TV" title="KMGH-TV">KMGH-TV</a>, owned by the <a href="/wiki/E._W._Scripps_Company" title="E. W. Scripps Company">E. W. Scripps Company</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tampa,_Florida" title="Tampa, Florida">Tampa</a>–<a href="/wiki/St._Petersburg,_Florida" title="St. Petersburg, Florida">St. Petersburg, FL</a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/WTVT" title="WTVT">WTVT</a> </th> <td>13</td> <td>1956–1987</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a> owned-and-operated (<a href="/wiki/Owned-and-operated_station" title="Owned-and-operated station">O&O</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Wichita,_Kansas" title="Wichita, Kansas">Wichita</a>–<a href="/wiki/Hutchinson,_Kansas" title="Hutchinson, Kansas">Hutchinson, KS</a> </td> <th scope="row">KTVH </th> <td>12</td> <td>1968</td> <td><a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a> affiliate <a href="/wiki/KWCH-DT" title="KWCH-DT">KWCH-DT</a>, owned by Gray Television </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/New_Orleans" title="New Orleans">New Orleans, LA</a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/WVUE-DT" title="WVUE-DT">WVUE</a> </th> <td>8</td> <td>1977–1987</td> <td>Fox affiliate owned by Gray Television </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Lorain,_Ohio" title="Lorain, Ohio">Lorain</a>–<a href="/wiki/Cleveland" title="Cleveland">Cleveland, OH</a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/WUAB" title="WUAB">WUAB</a> </th> <td>43</td> <td>1977–1989</td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_CW" title="The CW">The CW</a> affiliate owned by Gray Television </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_City" title="Oklahoma City">Oklahoma City, OK</a> </td> <th scope="row">WKY-TV** </th> <td>4</td> <td>1949–1976</td> <td>NBC affiliate <a href="/wiki/KFOR-TV" title="KFOR-TV">KFOR-TV</a>, owned by <a href="/wiki/Nexstar_Media_Group" title="Nexstar Media Group">Nexstar Media Group</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Fort_Worth,_Texas" title="Fort Worth, Texas">Fort Worth</a>–<a href="/wiki/Dallas" title="Dallas">Dallas, TX</a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/KTVT" title="KTVT">KTVT</a> </th> <td>11</td> <td>1962–1999</td> <td>CBS owned-and-operated (O&O) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston, TX</a> </td> <th scope="row">KHTV** </th> <td>39</td> <td>1967–1995</td> <td>The CW outlet <a href="/wiki/KIAH" title="KIAH">KIAH</a>, owned-and-operated (O&O) by Nexstar Media Group </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tacoma,_Washington" title="Tacoma, Washington">Tacoma</a>–<a href="/wiki/Seattle" title="Seattle">Seattle, WA</a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/KSTW" title="KSTW">KSTW</a> </th> <td>11</td> <td>1974–1997</td> <td><a href="/wiki/Independent_station" title="Independent station">Independent</a> owned by <a href="/wiki/Paramount_Global" title="Paramount Global">Paramount Global</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Milwaukee" title="Milwaukee">Milwaukee, WI</a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/WVTV" title="WVTV">WVTV</a> </th> <td>18</td> <td>1966–1996</td> <td>The CW affiliate owned by <a href="/wiki/Sinclair_Broadcast_Group" title="Sinclair 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