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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)
- Westin La Cantera Resort, in San Antonio, Texas (to be acquired in 2008)
- 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 the Oklahoma City-based 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.
- 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: ** indicates a station built and signed on by Gaylord.
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