tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post5776909834586281553..comments2024-03-28T21:22:49.157-04:00Comments on Fayfare's Opry Blog: Observations on MySpace/Grand Ole Opryfayfarehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00173166778978335059noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-43782909301071738192009-12-10T15:23:20.486-05:002009-12-10T15:23:20.486-05:00hey, just found this citation in a November inter...hey, just found this citation in a November interview with GAC president Ed Hardy. <br /><br />"Q. The Grand Ole Opry Live series has been a staple of GAC's programming with two dozen or more Saturday night shows a year broadcast for a number of years. Has that been scaled back now, and if so, why?<br /><br />Starting on Dec. 19, we'll do our first Opry Live show this year. And what we're going to do now … we've both jointly decided to air fewer shows — but we're going to do bigger shows. The first one will have Carrie Underwood and Jake Owen.<br /><br />Through 2010, we'll probably end up doing eight to 10 more shows. They will be bigger talent shows than they were before.<br /><br />We feel it's better television and better marketing. You tend to get bigger ratings with the bigger names. To try to fill up two dozen shows on a Saturday night with a strong lineup all the time … it was hard to book the top acts (consistently).<br /><br />http://www.tennessean.com/article/20091115/BUSINESS05/911150355/Ed+Hardy+s+expertise+led+Great+American+Country+to+gainsBaritone Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02433436284927483770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-57234489489720059752009-12-09T16:39:48.621-05:002009-12-09T16:39:48.621-05:00I've been searching the web for most of 2009 t...I've been searching the web for most of 2009 trying to learn whats become of Opry Live on GAC. As you know, the website still says it is on "Summer Hiatus". This blog here is the first reference I've found that a tv deal might be dead for now. Hope not. I miss TIVO'ing the Opry live show on a weekly basis.Baritone Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02433436284927483770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-9250810167955756252009-11-16T21:08:27.358-05:002009-11-16T21:08:27.358-05:00Martina McBride twittered after the show and said ...Martina McBride twittered after the show and said the goal was 20,000 listeners and they got 96,000. I never saw that many, I too saw the 65-73,000. At any rate, I was thinking, if what I was watching was progress, give me back TV. It was a mess to have to watch. Really hope they get some kind of regular TV deal with GAC or somebody soon. I do miss the Opry on TV.mll06041965https://www.blogger.com/profile/04468069496696407529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-64491590305974923212009-11-16T12:15:21.300-05:002009-11-16T12:15:21.300-05:00Here is what I have regarding the Opry and live tv...Here is what I have regarding the Opry and live tv. On March 4, 1978, the Grand Ole Opry was televised live for the 1st time as part of a PBS pledge-drive special. Both of the shows that night were televised and this became an annual event until 1981. On April 13, 1985, the Grand Ole Opry begins regular television broadcasts for the first time, as a half-hour program called Grand Ole Opry live on The Nashville Network (TNN). In 1987, the half hour show, Backstage at the Grand Ole Opry was added to the schedule and this aired prior to the live Opry show. Eventually, the Opry itself expanded to 1 hour and the Backstage show was dropped. In 2001, the Opry moved to CMT and then in 2003 it moved to GAC.fayfarehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00173166778978335059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6344993590139159352.post-44774554026305343252009-11-15T22:18:57.267-05:002009-11-15T22:18:57.267-05:00I was not aware of Nan Kelley's health issues....I was not aware of Nan Kelley's health issues. I did a quick Google search and it looks as though she's recovered. I wish her the best.<br /><br />It has been disappointing that the Opry no longer has regular TV coverage. Streaming it on the Web is just not the same. <br /><br />I am curious as to whether this is the first long gap in TV coverage. Would anyone care to offer a time line on the history of Opry TV coverage, what networks during what years, etc.?Robert W Donnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16944231400440786271noreply@blogger.com