Television
I’ve got to make this quick: I’m missing “The Big Joe Polka Show.”
Oct. 8, 2006
Music
Bluegrass banjo legend Earl Scruggs likes watching “Nashville Now.”
March 8, 1992
Johnny Cash says he was proud to sing a patriotic song written by an Air Force sergeant serving in the Persian Gulf.
Nov. 23, 1990
There is a special blend as potent as Tennessee moonshine that is responsible for the 20-year success of the syndicated country variety show “Hee Haw.”
April 9, 1988
Entertainment & Arts
TV: Viacom’s cable station trades in Nashville for New York. Weekdays will have a more general-interest look.
Sept. 20, 2000
Ralph Emery has been The Nashville Network’s most-recognized face since the cable channel premiered a decade ago.
March 7, 1993
World & Nation
The National Baptist Convention U.S.A.
July 8, 1989
The Nashville Network is not MTV for country-music fans.
Dec. 30, 1990
Programs on The Nashville Network may look like “The Tonight Show” and “Entertainment Tonight,” but there’s a twang with the talk on this ambitious channel.
Aug. 30, 1989
Chuck Long pushes up his sleeves, scoots forward on his sofa, splashes a huge grin on his wholesome, freckled face and gestures toward an imaginary object on a table.
Dec. 22, 1989