The Heartland Network, Luken Communications’ country music and lifestyle channel, debuted on 11 stations in five new markets this week, broadening its national footprint by 33%. The new stations and […]
Heartland Diginet Launches On WHNE Detroit
The Heartland Network, Luken Communications’ country music and lifestyle multicast network, has made its debut in Detroit market (DMA 14) on Tait Broadcasting’s WHNE-LD (ch. 14.12). WHNE already broadcasts Luken’s Retro […]
Luken Communications-owned Heartland Network will present the network’s first original Christmas special. Christmas Songs and Stories, starring Grammy award winner John Berry. It will air nationally on Heartland this Christmas Eve […]
The Heartland Network, Luken Communications’ country music and lifestyle multicast channel, has returned to the Chicago market (DMA 3) on WJYS. The independent station, owned by Oxford Media Group, began […]
Rev’n, Luken Communications’ automotive multicast network, has further expanded its over-the-top availability by launching its channel on the Roku streaming platform. The new channel, available for free in the Roku channel […]
Luken Communications has launched its Heartland Network multicast network on Dilicast Broadcast Services-owned WLPS-CD Lumberton-Pembroke (the Myrtle Beach-Florence, S.C., DMA: No. 129). Heartland features country music and lifestyle programming composed […]
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The TV and music industry executive is chosen to oversee the company’s portfolio of multicast networks.
Luken Communications today appointed Art Lanham senior vice president of sales and affiliate relations. In this newly created role, Lanham, a veteran of the television broadcast industry, will oversee management […]
Luken Communications has launched its multicast networks The Action Channel and The Heartland Network on KMCC Las Vegas (DMA 40). The station, owned and operated by Cranston II LLC, debuted both […]
Luken Communications-owned diginet Retro TV returns to Oklahoma City (DMA 41) on KOHC-CD, owned by Sunshine State Television Network, on Monday, Oct. 17. Area viewers will be able to find […]
Luken In Multi-Network Affiliation Deal With KSAO
Luken Communications today announced a multi-network affiliation agreement with Cocola Broadcasting’s KSAO-LD Sacramento-Stockton-Modesto, Calif. (DMA 20). KSAO today launched Rev’n and Retro TV over-the-air on chs. 49.3 and 49.4, respectively. […]
Luken Communications’ niche network about all things “revving” airs in 40 markets and on OTT platforms including Klowd TV. It’s newest original show, Rev’n News, offers viewers an in-depth look at the latest in parts, products, movers and shakers.
Luken Communications has signed a multi-network affiliation agreement with K44JP Eugene, Ore. (DMA 120). K44JP, owned and operated by South Lane Television, will begin broadcasting Luken’s The Family Channel, Heartland, […]
Luken Sells Rev’n, Retro TV in Kansas City, Topeka
Luken Communications and Heartland Broadcasting signed a multi-network deal that will bring Luken diginets Rev’n and Retro TV to WROB-LD and KMJC-LD Topeka, Kan. (DMA 136) as well as KCKS-LD […]
Belmax Broadcasting’s KYNM Albuquerque-Santa Fe, NM (DMA 47) debuted Luken Communication’s Rev’n multicast network on July 22 over its ch. 21.4. Vickie Archiveque, president of Belmax Broadcasting, said: “There’s nothing […]
Luken Communications announced a multi-network affiliation agreement with WSWF-LD Orlando, Fla. (DMA 18). WSWF is owned and operated by Specialty Broadcasting Corp. WSWF is scheduled to launch Luken’s Rev’n and The […]
Independent KFLA-LD Los Angeles (DMA 2) will launch Luken Communications automotive-themed diginet Rev’n on July 1 on over-the-air ch. 8.6. KFLA also carries Luken’s Retro TV on 8.3. Roy William […]
Luken Communications’ latest multicast network, Rev’n, is adding V8TV to its programming lineup on Monday at 9 p.m. ET starting today, April 6. V8TV is built around the V8 Speed […]
Luken Communications has signed a multi-network affiliation agreement with Syncom Media Group’s independent KHDT Denver (DMA 17). KHDT has launched Luken’s Heartland, PBJ and Tuff TV networks, in addition to […]
Luken Signs Multi-Net Deals In D.C., Denver
WWTD Washington and KHDT Denver are both adding Luken diginets Retro TV and Rev’n.
Minds Gate Communications launched Luken Communications’ new diginet Rev’n on Jan.1 on its KPHE-LD Phoenix (DMA 11). Phoenix area viewers can now find Rev’n over-the-air on ch. 44.3, in addition […]
WBXZ-LP In Multi-Net Affiliation Deal With Luken
Ritchie Broadcasting’s WBXZ-LP Buffalo, N.Y. (DMA 52), has signed a multi-network affiliation agreement with Luken Communications. WBXZ will begin broadcasting Luken’s Retro TV and Rev’n networks on Dec. 1. “The WBXZ […]
On Tuesday, Nov. 11, Luken Communications, in cooperation with One Eighty Films and X Factor Entertainment Group, will present the broadcast premiere of the feature film Everyman’s War. This primetime […]
WMJN In Multi-Net Affiliation Deal With Luken
WMJN-LP Huntsville-Decatur-Florence, Ala. (DMA 79), has signed a multi-network affiliation agreement with Luken Communications. The station launched Luken’s The Heartland Network on Sept. 26 and plans to launch Retro TV […]
Bill Horton, general counsel of Luken Communications, a Chattanooga-based television network provider, announced today that the company will successfully emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy by the end of October. The […]
Luken Signs Multi-Network Affiliation With KPHE
Luken Communications has entered into a multi-network affiliation agreement with Minds Gate Communications-owned KPHE-LD Phoenix (DMA 12). The station plans to launch Luken’s Retro TV and PBJ on Friday, Aug. […]
Luken Signs Multi-Network Affiliation With WLFG
Luken Communications today signed a multi-network affiliation agreement with independent WLFG Tri-Cities, Tenn.-Va. (DMA 97). WLFG, owned and operated by Living Faith Ministries, will begin broadcasting Luken’s Retro TV, PBJ […]
Chattanooga-based Luken Communications has rebranded one of its diginets. What was The Nashville Network is now The Heartland Network, featuring a broad spectrum of what it calls “true country music,” […]
Retro TV Network EVP Neal Ardman has left the stable of diginets now owned by Luken Communications—Retro TV, PBJ, Tuff TV and My Family TV. According to sources, Ardman and […]
PBJ, “designed for the kid in all of us,” will offer shows from the 1950s, ’60s, ’70s and ’80s 24/7. It’s slotted to launch this summer.
