Gaylord Entertainment Company
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Gaylord Entertainment Company (NYSE: GET) operates a number of hotel, resort, and media companies.
Facilities owned include:
- Gaylord Hotels
- Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center, in Nashville, Tennessee,
- Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center, near Orlando, Florida,
- Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Grapevine, TX Dallas/Fort Worth area.
- Gaylord National Harbor Resort & Convention Center, in Prince George's County, Maryland (under construction)
- ResortQuest International, Inc.
- Grand Ole Opry,
- WSM-AM radio,
- Ryman Auditorium,
- Bass Pro Shops' Outdoor World retail chain (minority interest).
Previously owned properties include:
- Opryland USA theme park
- Acuff-Rose Music
- The Nashville Network
- Country Music Television
- Nashville Predators (minority interest)
- Word Entertainment
It was previously a subsidiary of Oklahoma Publishing Company.
Its name still appeared on the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville (home of the Nashville Predators until March 16, 2007, though the naming rights agreement has been terminated. The facility reverted its name back to the original moniker of the Nashville Arena.
Gaylord Entertainment also produced the long-running comedy/variety series Hee Haw (initially out of the studios of WTVF) and distributed the program over their television stations and in syndication.
[edit] Television stations formerly owned by Gaylord
- Gaylord, while it was a subsidiary of Oklahoma Publishing Company, owned several television stations (see below):
| Current DMA# | Market | Station | Years Owned | Current Affiliation/Owner |
| 6. | Fort Worth-Dallas | KTVT 11 | 1971-99 | CBS owned-and-operated (O&O) |
| 10. | Houston | KHTV 39** (now KHCW) |
1967-95 | CW affiliate owned by Tribune Company |
| 12. | Tampa-St. Petersburg | WTVT 13 | 1956-87 | Fox owned-and-operated (O&O) |
| 14. | Tacoma-Seattle | KSTW 11 | 1974-97 | CW affiliate owned by CBS |
| 17. | Lorain-Cleveland, Ohio | WUAB 43 | 1977-89 | MyNetworkTV affiliate owned by Raycom Media |
| 18. | Denver, Colorado | KLZ-TV 7** (now KMGH-TV) |
1953-54 | ABC affiliate owned by McGraw-Hill |
| 34. | Milwaukee | WVTV 18 | 1966-96 | CW affiliate owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group |
| 45. | Oklahoma City | WKY-TV 4** (now KFOR-TV) |
1949-77 | NBC affiliate owned by The New York Times Company (sale pending to Oak Hill Capital Partners) |
| 54. | New Orleans | WVUE 8 | 1977-87 | Fox affiliate owned by Emmis Communications (station for sale; awaiting new buyer) |
Note: ** indicates a station built and signed on by Gaylord.
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