{"id":1557,"date":"2012-11-01T13:47:43","date_gmt":"2012-11-01T19:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bhamterminal.com\/timetable\/?p=1557"},"modified":"2012-11-01T13:47:43","modified_gmt":"2012-11-01T19:47:43","slug":"tnn-nashville-network-relaunch-abc3340","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bhamterminal.com\/timetable\/2012\/11\/01\/tnn-nashville-network-relaunch-abc3340\/","title":{"rendered":"TNN returns via ABC 33\/40 while TheCOOLTV fades away"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"TNNDigital televisions across central Alabama have stumbled across a new digital sub-channel or two while flipping for the last few weeks while noticing others have disappeared.<\/p>\n

First, let’s talk about the new one. ABC 33\/40 signed an agreement<\/a> with The Nashville Network<\/a> to serve as the former cable-network-turned-broadcast-network’s area affiliate, using digital sub-channels 33.3, 40.3, and 58.3. It, and agreements with nine other stations located in Alabama, Georgia, Kansas, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennessee<\/a> were formally announced earlier this week; the station was only formally announced back in April of this year<\/a>. The classic country music station and Music City postcard to the world relaunched on November 1.<\/p>\n

It makes sense that ABC 33\/40 is the local affiliate considering their chief meteorologist, James Spann<\/a>, is a regular guest on The Rick & Bubba Show<\/a> – the Birmingham-based program that will anchor the revived network’s morning schedule from 6-10 a.m. The new version of The Nashville Network is a partnership between\u00a0Jim Owens Entertainment, Inc<\/a>. (the folks behind Crook & Chase<\/a>, another part of the network’s lineup) and Luken Communications, LLC (the folks behind Retro TV – a.k.a. RTV<\/a> – formerly seen on 13.2).<\/p>\n

Another digital sub-channel appears to have gone dark – at least that’s what it looks like over on 68.2, where TheCOOLTV<\/a> lived until August 31. That’s when it was dropped by all 32 Sinclair Broadcasting stations that had been carrying it, reducing its footprint<\/a> substantially.<\/p>\n

You can still watch it online though<\/a> if you’re really missing it…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"<\/a>

Those of us in metro Birmingham who’ve chosen to become cord-cutters may have noticed a new station appear while flipping through channels in recent weeks. If you loved the old Nashville Network, you’re in luck. If you liked TheCOOLTV – no so much… Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[45],"tags":[72,437,447,500,725,878,894],"class_list":["post-1557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-television","tag-abc-3340","tag-information","tag-james-spann","tag-launch","tag-rick-bubba","tag-the-nashville-network","tag-thecooltv"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4PdO-p7","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/bhamterminal.com\/timetable\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/bhamterminal.com\/timetable\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/bhamterminal.com\/timetable\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bhamterminal.com\/timetable\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bhamterminal.com\/timetable\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1557"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/bhamterminal.com\/timetable\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1557\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/bhamterminal.com\/timetable\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bhamterminal.com\/timetable\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/bhamterminal.com\/timetable\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}