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| Rural Free Delivery TV | |
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| RFD-TV official logo | |
| Launched | December, 2000 |
| Owned by | RFD Communications, Inc. |
| Slogan | Rural America's Most Important Network |
| Headquarters | Omaha, Nebraska |
| Sister channel(s) | Rural TV |
| Website | RFDTV.com |
| Availability | |
| Satellite | |
| DirecTV | Channel 345 |
| Dish Network | Channel 231 |
| AMC 1 at 103.0°W | 3906H tp11 DVB |
| Cable | |
| Available on some cable systems | Check local listings |
RFD-TV, or Rural Free Delivery TV, is a United States satellite and cable television channel devoted to rural issues, concerns, and interests. Production and uplinking occurs at Northstar Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, while the corporate and national sales office is in Omaha, Nebraska.
The station was launched in December 2000 and is currently distributed via the Dish Network and DirecTV satellite systems, as well as through the Mediacom, Charter Communications and NCTC cable systems. Additions to Time Warner Cable and Comcast cable systems are reportedly forthcoming.[citation needed]
The network has begun to extend its brand further, opening a theater in Branson, Missouri called RFD-TV The Theater (housed in the former venue of comedian Ray Stevens) in early 2007, and launched an HDTV version of the channel in the fall. [1]
It is marketed as "Rural America's Most Important Network" and its programming is similar to the now-defunct TNN (The Nashville Network) which became Spike. A U.K. version called Rural TV launched on March 2nd, 2009.
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Imus in the Morning
When Don Imus' returned to radio in late 2007, he had also struck a deal to simulcast Imus in the Morning on RFD-TV. The program broadcast from 6am to 9am on weekdays, along with a primetime play of the program on RFD-HD (which features a different programming schedule from RFD-TV's SD slate). During muchhe show's run, a news ticker was shown with the day's news, much like Imus' days on MSNBC. The program left RFD-TV on August 28, 2009, and moved to Fox Business Network several weeks later. [2]
Programs
Other programs to be added in Winter 2007-08 include a revival of Crook & Chase and Bluegrass & Backroads.[3]
Agriculture
- Ag PhD
- America's Heartland
- Prairie Farm Report
- Georgia Farm Monitor
- California Country
- Successful Farming Machinery Show - Coming November 1, 2007
- Superior Livestock Video Auctions
- Making it Grow
- Virginia Farming
- Farmweek
- Today’s Ag
- Louisiana Ag
- The Cattle Show
- Down Home Virginia
- Oklahoma Horizon
- Machinery of the Past
- FFA Convention
- FFA “LIVE”
- RFD-TV “LIVE”
- National Tractor Pull
- This week in Agribusiness (hosted by Orion Samuelson and Max Armstrong)
- Brazil Ag Report (formerly listed as Brazil Extension)
- U.S. Farm Report
Equine
- All Around Performance Horse Weekly [1]
- Wide World of Horses
- Dennis Reis
- Clinton Anderson
- Chris Cox
- Horse Sense
- Parelli Natural Horsemanship
- HorseCity.com TV
- Meredith Hodges
- Horse Babies
- Horseman's Edge
- Charles Wilhelm
- Paso Fino
- Dressage UnLtd.
- Ken McNabb
- Craig Cameron
- Linda Tellington-Jones
- The Roping Show
- Best Of America By Horseback
- Inside Eventing
- Extreme Cowboy Race
- Horse Master
- Equestrian Nation
Music and Entertainment
- Hee Haw
- The Porter Wagoner Show
- The Wilburn Brothers Show
- Big Joe Polka Show
- Polka America With Jimmy Sturr
- Cumberland Highlanders
- Midwest Country
- Pop! Goes the Country
- Gaither Gospel Hour
- 'Out There' With Baxter Black
- The Penny Gilley Show
- RFD-TV The Theatre (Branson, Missouri)
- Texas Country Reporter
- Ralph Emery
- Crook & Chase
- The Marty Stuart Show
Rural Lifestyle
- Classic Tractor Fever
- Talk’n Tractors
- Texas Country Reporter
- Dakota Life
- Trains & Locomotives
- Campfire Cafè
- Rural Heritage
- Michigan Magazine
- Quilt in a Day
- The American Rancher
- 20X Rodeo High
- Bluegrass & Backroads
- Dutch Oven Cooking
- I Love Toy Trains
- Ms. Lucy’s Cajun Cooking
- Justin Wilson Lookin' Back
- Living The Country Life
- Heartland Highways
- Carolina Explorer
- Alaska TV Magazine
- Cowboy Flavor
Former programs
The following programs were aired on RFD-TV at one point, but are no longer listed on the official website.
- UK Extension (Agriculture)
- Richard Winters (Equine)
- Lynn Palm (Equine)
- Richard Shrake (Equine)
- Monty Roberts (Equine)
- RV Today (Rural Lifestyle)
- Turnin' To Country (Travel / Lifestyle)
- Country Carnival
- Showcase Jubilee
- Imus in the Morning (Entertainment)
References
- ^ Multichannel News 7/26/07 RFD-TV Goes HD
- ^ Don Imus, RFD Part Ways - Move Pays Could Pave Way For Disc Jockey To Join Fox Business Network
- ^ Beverly Keel (2007-11-05). "Source: RFD-TV hopes Imus opens urban markets". The Tennessean. http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071105/BUSINESS01/711050328.
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