GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT COMPANY

'Gaylord Entertainment Company' () operates a number of hotel, resort, and media companies.
Facilities owned include:

★ Gaylord Hotels

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★ Gaylord Opryland Resort & Convention Center, in Nashville, Tennessee

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★ Gaylord Palms Resort & Convention Center, near Orlando, Florida

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★ Gaylord Texan Resort & Convention Center in Grapevine, TX Dallas/Fort Worth area.

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★ Gaylord National Harbor Resort & Convention Center, in Prince George's County, Maryland (under construction)

★ Grand Ole Opry

★ WSM-AM

★ Ryman Auditorium

★ The General Jackson Showboat

★ Corporate Magic, Inc. (special events production company)
Previously owned properties include:

★ Opryland USA theme park

★ ResortQuest International, Inc.

★ Bass Pro Shops' Outdoor World (minority interest)

★ 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 and is now known as Sommet Center.
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.

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Television stations formerly owned by Gaylord

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'
5.	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
13.	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	'WUAB 43'	1977-89	'MyNetworkTV' affiliate owned by Raycom Media
18.	Denver	'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 Local TV
53.	New Orleans	'WVUE 8'	1977-87	'Fox' affiliate owned by Emmis Communications (station for sale; awaiting new buyer)
118.	Montgomery - Selma, AL	'WSFA' 12	1955-59	'NBC' affiliate owned by Raycom Media

Note:
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★ indicates a station built and signed on by Gaylord.