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C Dixon Member From: Duluth, GA USA |
posted 03 April 2004 08:00 AM
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I enquired about a satellite dish yesterday. In the list of channels for all the different packages, I noticed no TNN. I enquired as to why. I was told TNN is now "Spike". Is this true and when did it happen? carl |
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Jay Fagerlie Member From: Lotus, California, USA |
posted 03 April 2004 08:29 AM
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Hey Carl, Yep, it did happen, last summer. As a matter of fact, there was an injunction against the official name change brought about by Spike Lee, the film director, that held up the change for about 3 months. Spike TV is the self proclaimed "Network for Men".....some of the programming is ok, some just plain bad. My personal favorites are "Stripperella", and "Most Extreme Elimination" both are pretty racy, but well done. Jay |
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Donny Hinson Member From: Balto., Md. U.S.A. |
posted 03 April 2004 08:38 AM
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It happened about 6 months ago, Carl. Actually, the change was not immediate, but was more of a weened-in thing. Emphasis switched from music, family programming, and sports shows to more of a sports, "male oriented" theme, with guy-appeal movies. The name "Spike TV" was held up in litigation for a short while by a protest from director Spike Lee, but the Network won out in short order. The old TNN we knew is gone, and it's now sometimes referred to by pundits as "The Red-Neck Network". Lotsa wrestling, fighting, hunting, and "macho movies". So, I guess the sobriquet is not without merit. |
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frank rogers Member From: usa |
posted 03 April 2004 09:09 AM
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Actually the "real TNN" has been gone for at least 3 or 4 years. The "TNN" that vanshed in the last few months was "The National Network". Even the last couple of years that "The Nashville Network" existed, late 90's, the programming had slipped into a haven for old CBS network programs and certainly less emphasis on "native to Nashville" programs. Very sad, the original TNN from the early 80's thru the mid 90's was a real hilight in Cable programming. What great shows, especially the early ones like, Yesteryear in Nashville with Archie Campbell, The E.T. Show reruns, You Can Be A Star, On Stage, The Country flavored game shows, The Phantom of the Opry, I 40 Paradise, and even better its spinoff, Pickin' at the Paradise where Doug Jernigan was once a guest star. It's doubtful we'll ever see that kind of programming again. I hope I'm wrong. [This message was edited by frank rogers on 03 April 2004 at 09:21 AM.] |
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Earnest Bovine Member From: Los Angeles CA USA |
posted 03 April 2004 10:38 AM
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Then The National Network changed its name to Spike TV. |
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Billy Wilson Member From: El Cerrito, California, USA |
posted 03 April 2004 12:35 PM
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Last weekend I had cable Tv in my hotel room in Eureka Ca. and there was a "country music" channel going with those awful videos. What was that? They also had Spike channel which was cool cuz they were showing the the new episodes of my favorite cartoon show; Ren and Stimpy, which is hilarious. Lots of steel guitar and accordion on there too!! BW |
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Tony Prior Member From: Charlotte NC |
posted 03 April 2004 01:40 PM
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Does this mean that Spike Lee is gonna make a Country Video ? Has he switched from whatever the heck he was to a Country Bumpkin? Is he gonna appear on a Kenney Chesney song? Is he gonna do a duet with Kid Rock ? Huh ?
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Earnest Bovine Member From: Los Angeles CA USA |
posted 03 April 2004 02:35 PM
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Spkie Lee sued Spike channel for using huis name but I believe he dropped the suit. I would say that he did it only for the publicity but apparently the publicity did not reach here. |
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C Dixon Member From: Duluth, GA USA |
posted 03 April 2004 02:42 PM
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Thanks folks. I have just about talked myself out of getting the dish anyway. So you folks helped in that decision. May Jesus richly bless you all. For whatever its worth, I would strongly urge anyone NOT to purchase an HDTV unless you are going to pay the bucks to get as many HDTV programs as is currently available thru a digital network such as a satelite dish. They have pulled one on us. IN Order to show regular (SD) broadcasts on an HDTV (HD) they have compromised the clarity; everything else being equal. I am very sorry I bought one. I should have realized this; since I used to teach TV serice technnicians in depth, but somehow I failed to realize what they were going to have to do to show regular progamming on an HDTV scanned CRT. I realize they had NO technical choice, but they should have provided a disclaimer. They do talk about it in a very general way in the instruction book, but not one word in any sales literature. And it is next to impossible to get the manufacturer to admit it. But they finally did after heavy pressure. But no refund sadly!! "Buyer beware"! For you technical buffs, the following is the problem. SD TV broadcasts only 540 lines of vertical resolution (only 525 are for video. HD broadcasts 1080 lines minimum. (NOTE: not talking about horizontal resolution-this is ok). So what they do on a regular broadcast (SD) is to fill these extra lines with a dark scan mixed with a psuedo video. This causes several symtoms that possibly some would not see or notice. I noticed it the first night. One of the symptoms is any dark areas in the scene are accentuated and you get the illusion the picture is too dark. If there is mostly brite scenes, you do not notice it. No adjustment will correct it however without washing the picture out for obvious reasons. But it was not until after I began to really analyze it and made many phone calls, I discovered that in order to take two steps forward they had to take one step backwards in order to bring HDTV to this country with its strict FCC rules, without making everyone's TV obsolete. oh well, what's good for the future I suppose. carl |
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Joe Casey Member From: Weeki Wachee .Springs FL (population.9) |
posted 04 April 2004 07:17 AM
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Actually if the truth be known they caught the disease called "Gaylorddumps".  |
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Bobby Lee Sysop From: Cloverdale, North California, USA |
posted 05 April 2004 12:55 PM
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I thought it was replaced by CMT (Country Music Television)? |
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frank rogers Member From: usa |
posted 05 April 2004 01:58 PM
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No, CMT did not replace TNN although on some cable systems it may have appeared that way. |
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Charlie Moore Member From: Deville, Louisiana, USA |
posted 11 April 2004 06:55 PM
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Well it don't matter it had turned in to jungle music anyway country was gone!!!!!!!!! Charlie..... |
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KENNY FORBESS Member From: peckerwood point, w. tn. |
posted 12 April 2004 11:12 AM
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Sooo,, what kind of set-up.if any, does a person have to use to get the live Opry, I'm missing the TW licks . (the few he got to play on the TV portion) Kenny ------------------ |
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Hook Moore Member From: South Charleston,West Virginia |
posted 13 April 2004 04:06 AM
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to get to hear Tommy your best chance is radio or over the net, they don`t give us much most of time on the tv portion. Hook ------------------ |
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Gary Harris Member From: Hendersonville, TN, USA |
posted 13 April 2004 12:09 PM
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To get Opry live you need to get CMT. They do a good job of rebroadcasting the Opry show two or three times during the week that I know of. One downside is that some of the Opry shows are reruns. I guess this saves money. |
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Dave Burr Member From: Tyler, TX |
posted 13 April 2004 12:27 PM
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Gary, The Opry is not on CMT anymore. It's now being broadcasted on GAC (Great American Country). You can always listen to it live on the internet though. Usually hear better music too! Respectfully, |
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