Heartland is an American country music-oriented digital broadcast television network owned by Get After It Media and broadcast out of Chattanooga, Tennessee. Launched on April 16, 2012, the network began as a revival of The Nashville Network (TNN); the original incarnation (now known as Paramount Network) existed as a basic cable and satellite television network from March 7, 1983, to September 24, 2000.
History
On April 16, 2012, Luken Communications (now known as Reach High Media Group) and Jim Owens Entertainment announced a joint venture to relaunch The Nashville Network as a digital broadcast television network on November 1, 2012 with the network to carry much of the original TNN's programming, including Music City Tonight, Crook & Chase, Yesteryear and (in cooperation with the Country Music Hall of Fame) Nashville Now, as well as new and original programming.
In October 2013, the partnership between Jim Owens Entertainment and Luken Communications ended and the network was rebranded as Heartland, carrying much of the same programming and format.Nashville Network Now The Heartland Network, TV News Check, October 18, 2013.
Programming Programming that aired on the new Nashville Network included shows such as Nashville Now, Crook & Chase, Music City Tonight, The Rick and Bubba Show, and Larry's Country Diner. Much of the same programming continued to air after the rebrand to Heartland. New series added to the network include Rise Up Country with John Ritter, Reflections, Positively Paula (hosted by Paula Deen), the Canadian drama series Heartland, reruns of Canadian sketch comedy The Red Green Show (added September 2018), More Than the Music, The Unseen World, and Morning Beats, a soft news magazine which replaced Coffee, Country & Cody from WSM Radio in Nashville. Country music videos air when no other programs are scheduled; both contemporary videos and classic country performances are offered, usually presented in blocks by VJs. Coincidentally the network carries the Canadian series Heartland in repeats, with the only connection between the two a shared name.
Heartland's national feed contains no infomercials except for a regularly scheduled presentation brokered by Time-Life Home Video.
Distribution Heartland is distributed through digital subchannel affiliations. The network is also distributed freely over the Internet; some of the network's programming (including Jim Owens entertainment shows and programming made available online elsewhere behind a paywall) is not available online and is replaced with reruns of programs scheduled at other times. Since 2019, the online feed has operated a full schedule.
Affiliates +List of Heartland affiliates Media marketState/DistrictStationChannel Alexander City Alabama WAXC-LD 31.1 Dothan WJJN-LD 49.3 Tuscaloosa WSWH-LD 22.1 Scottsboro WNAL-LD 27.1 Phoenix Arizona KFPB-LD 31.5 Fayetteville Arkansas K28NT-D 48.1 Little Rock KLRA-CD 20.8 Texarkana KLFI-CD 35.4 Chico–Redding California KXCH-LD 19.1 KKRM-LD x.9 Los Angeles KWHY 63.2 Lucerne Valley KVVB-LD 33.4 San Diego KSDY-LD 50.5 San Francisco KUKR-LD x.9 Cortez Colorado K21LC-D 21.3 Denver KAVC-LD 48.1 Hartford, CT Connecticut WHNH-CD 2.2 Washington District of Columbia WMDE 36.3 Gainesville Florida WFGZ-LD 22.1 Jacksonville WJVF-LD 23.1 WQXT-CD 22.4 Orlando WZXZ-CD 36.4 St. Petersburg–Tampa WDNP-LD 36.1 Atlanta Georgia WDNV-LD 12.4 Columbus WXVK-LD 30.1 Savannah W31FE-D 23.1 Pocatello–Twin Falls Idaho KPTO-LD 41.1 Champaign–Urbana Illinois WBXC-CD 18.1 Chicago WJYS 62.4 Evansville Indiana WTSN-CD 20.2 Indianapolis WSWY-LD 21.1 Des Moines Iowa WBXF-CD 28.1 Topeka Kansas WROB-LD 25.9 Wichita KSMI-LD 30.1 Louisville Kentucky WBON-LD 9.3 WRLW-CD 17.1 Baton Rouge Louisiana WRUG-LD 50.1 Lake Charles K21OB-D 21.6 Shreveport KVPO-LD 30.1 Salisbury Maryland W14DK-D 14.7 Boston Massachusetts WWDP 46.6 Detroit Michigan WHPS-CD 15.5 Flint WXON-LD 9.7 Minneapolis–Saint Paul Minnesota KKTW-LD 19.1 Redwood Falls K16MV-D 16.2 Willmar K35NR-D 35.1 Joplin Missouri KJLN-LD 50.1 Kansas City KCKS-LD 25.9 Springfield KSFZ-LD 41.1 St. Louis KEFN-CD 20.6 Las Vegas Nevada KVGA-LD 51.1 Albuquerque New Mexico KNMQ-LD 20.1 KYNM-LD 21.4 Albany New York WYBN-LD 14.2 New York City WZME 43.9 Syracuse WBLZ-LD 33.6 Utica WVVC-LD 40.3 Jacksonville–Greenville North Carolina WJGC-LD 33.1 Myrtle Beach WTNG-CD 7.2 Raleigh WDRH-LD 16.1 Cleveland Ohio WIVM-LD 39.6 Zanesville WOOH-LD 29.1 Oklahoma City Oklahoma KWRW-LD 33.1 Tulsa KTUO-LD 22.1 Cottage Grove Oregon K30OC-D 44.5 Kingston Pennsylvania WRLD-LD 30.11 Philadelphia WMCN-TV 44.4 Pittsburgh WPTG-CD 69.6 Scranton WSRG-LD 59.1 Charleston South Carolina WLOW-LD 19.1 Greenville–Spartanburg WASV-LD 50.1 WNGS-LD 50.1 Rapid City South Dakota KRPC-LP 33.1 Chattanooga Tennessee WOOT-LD 6.1 WDGA-CD 43.1 WUWT-LD 26.2 Knoxville WKXT-LD 34.1 Nashville WWHL-LD 27.1 WLLC-LD 42.4 Corpus Christi Texas KQSY-LD 30.7 Fort Worth–Dallas KFWD 52.2 Houston KVQT-LD 21.6 San Antonio KRTX-LD 20.1 Salt Lake City Utah KPNZ 24.7 Seattle–Tacoma Washington KYMU-LD 6.5 Milwaukee Wisconsin WTAS-LD 23.5
See also Great American Country RFD-TV Country Music Television The Country Network
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