Opry on the NET!!!

Billy Johnson · Post by **Billy Johnson** » 18 Jun 2000 2:19 pm

I was wondering, now that the opry is on line at opry .com, did anybody check it out? Or how about ET record shop? WSM is online 24/7. [This message was edited by Billy Johnson on 18 June 2000 at 03:20 PM.]

erik · Post by **erik** » 18 Jun 2000 4:42 pm

Hi,
I just viewed the web site with my WebTV. The text version works for me although frames are converted to tables. I need to get my computer online.

I realize this site is for the general public, but my first instinct was to look for a link to the staff band. Do you plan on having one in the future?

All in all, anything that gives country music bigger exposure is a good thing. Seeing how i don't subscribe to cable i look forward to listening to the broadcast online.

MALCOLM KIRBY · Post by **MALCOLM KIRBY** » 18 Jun 2000 6:02 pm

I didn't listen Saturday night, but did hear Eddie Stubbs Show online Saturday morning as clear as a bell. I'm only 75 miles from Nashville and inside the house WSM-AM radio reception is terrible.
It's really good to be able to listen to WSM's legendary DJ's without the AM noise.

Billy Johnson · Post by **Billy Johnson** » 18 Jun 2000 6:09 pm

Malcolm,Eddie Stubbs is doing a tribute to the Louvin Brothers tue everning 7-midnite.Billy[This message was edited by Billy Johnson on 18 June 2000 at 07:11 PM.]

MALCOLM KIRBY · Post by **MALCOLM KIRBY** » 18 Jun 2000 6:54 pm

Thanks Billy! I'll have to have me some of that. Now that WSM is online, I need to check the program schedule to see what I've been missing.

ROBERT LEE CRIGGER · Post by **ROBERT LEE CRIGGER** » 22 Jun 2000 11:49 pm

BILLY--How are you guys down there?--Haven't tried opry on line yet--sure do miss being there on fri. and sat. nights--hope Jean is back soon---ROBERT CRIGGER--

Billy Johnson · Post by **Billy Johnson** » 23 Jun 2000 8:59 am

Crigger, You can also get it at: wsmonline.com I have'nt tried it yet. I heard that Jean was in Branson. I have'nt been to the opry since I left, but since tuesday I'm filling in with Porter for 4 months while L.D. is out with Randy Travis.

Jude James Shiels · Post by **Jude James Shiels** » 23 Jun 2000 11:11 am

from opry.com....

June 13, 2000

WSM, GRAND OLE OPRY TO
BE HEARD WORLDWIDE
World's Longest-Running Live Radio
Show's Internet Debut Set For June 17
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (June 13, 2000) - WSM radio
and the Grand Ole Opry today announced
broadcasts of the world-famous Grand Ole Opry
will be available on the Internet beginning
Saturday (June 17) as part of the station's 24-hour
programming. The Opry, the world's
longest-running live radio show, has not missed a
broadcast since signing on the air in 1925.

"Country music's two most famous brands, the
Grand Ole Opry and WSM, will now truly be
available to fans around the globe," said Kyle
Cantrell, WSM operations manager. "The WSM
pioneers in 1925 used the technology of their time
to deliver the sounds of the Opry to the widest
audience possible. We, too, will be using the
technology of our day to broaden the Opry's reach
even further. People all over the world have heard
about the Grand Ole Opry. Beginning with this
Saturday night's 6:30 p.m. Opry performance,
they'll be able to hear the show itself."

"Many of the Opry's fans were first introduced to it
through the airwaves of WSM-AM," said Pete
Fisher, Grand Ole Opry general manager. "We're
delighted that fans around the world will now be
able to listen to the Opry just as radio listeners
throughout much of the United States and Canada
have for nearly 75 years."

Internet users can stream the WSM broadcast by
logging on to www.opry.com or
www.wsmonline.com. Broadcasts will also be
available at [url=http://www.musiccountry.com,]www.musiccountry.com,[/url] another
Gaylord Entertainment site.

WSM first began broadcasting in October 1925.
Less than two months later, it introduced what
would become its flagship program, the Grand Ole
Opry, from the fifth floor WSM Studio A of the
National Life & Accident Insurance Co. offices in
Nashville. The first performer on the Opry's
broadcast that night was Uncle Jimmy Thompson,
an 80-year-old fiddler who launched the show
with the tune "Tennessee Wagoner."

The Opry has moved several times in its 75-year
history, most recently to the Grand Ole Opry
House in 1974. Last week, the Opry began a
year-long 75th anniversary celebration by
unveiling a new, cutting edge set design--its first
new set in more than 20 years.

The Grand Ole Opry and WSM are part of Gaylord
Entertainment Company (NYSE: GET), a
diversified entertainment company operating in
three groups: hospitality and attractions, creative
content and interactive media. Its headquarters are
in Nashville, Tenn.