RFD-TV

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Rural Free Delivery TV
RFD-TV official logo
Launched December, 2000
Owned by RFD Communications, Inc.
Slogan Rural America's Most Important Network
Headquarters Omaha, Nebraska
Website RFDTV.com
Availability
Satellite
DirecTV Channel 379
Dish Network Channel 231
Cable
Mediacom Channel varies by area

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.

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 The Nashville Network (currently Spike TV).

Contents

[edit] Imus in the Morning

Since Don Imus' return to radio in late 2007, RFD-TV has simulcast Imus in the Morning. The program is currently 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).

Other programs to be added in Winter 2007-08 include a revival of Crook & Chase and Bluegrass & Backroads.[1]

[edit] Programs

(from the official website as of 22 June 2006)

[edit] Agriculture

[edit] Equine

[edit] Music and Entertainment

[edit] Rural Lifestyle

[edit] Talk

[edit] 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)

[edit] Channel Number

[edit] References

  1. ^ Beverly Keel (2007-11-05). Source: RFD-TV hopes Imus opens urban markets. The Tennessean.

[edit] External links