Frost Great Outdoors

Last updated
Frost Great Outdoors
CountryUnited States
Ownership
Owner Get After It Media
Sister channels Retro Television Network
The Family Channel
Rev'n
The Action Channel
Heartland
History
Launched2011 [1]
ClosedJanuary 31, 2020

Frost Great Outdoors (FGO) was an American television network, operated as a joint venture between Luken Communications (now Get After It Media) and Frost Cutlery, a cutlery manufacturer based in Ooltewah, Tennessee. FGO began programming in late fall 2011. The network did not yet have a website, and the network carried outdoor programming, along with home shopping from Frost Cutlery during certain hours, mostly on weekends.

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WBON-LD in East Bernstadt, Kentucky was the last sole affiliate to carry the network, until January 31, 2020, when WBON discontinued the network & replaced it with a simulcast of their third subchannel, resulting in the discontinuation of the network.

Former Affiliates

CityStationChannelOwnerNotes
Birmingham, Alabama WSWH-LD 46.5 Get After It Media Now The Family Channel
Cortez, Colorado K30HJ-D 30.5Southwest Colorado TV Translator AssociationNow BYU TV
Willmar, Minnesota K48AH-D 48.4 UHF-TV Inc. Now Retro TV/Rev'n
Atlanta, Georgia WTBS-LD 26.10Prism BroadcastingChannel is now blank
Wichita, Kansas KSMI-LP 51.5 Get After It Media Now The Action Channel
East Bernstadt, Kentucky WBON-LD 9.2Wallingford Broadcasting Co., Inc.Replaced with a simulcast of channel 9.3
Roscommon, Michigan WURO-LD 18.4M33 Media, LLCNow Catchy Comedy
Kalispell, Montana KMJD-LD34.4Weese EnterprisesNow Retro TV
Arroyo, Puerto Rico W32DV-D 32.2TV Red de Puerto Rico, Inc.Now The Action Channel
Chattanooga, Tennessee WOOT-LD 6.4 Get After It Media Now The Action Channel
Memphis, Tennessee WBII-CD 20.2Mid-South BroadcastingNow The Action Channel

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References

  1. Flessner, Dave (June 10, 2012). "Chattanooga businessman Henry Luken goes country". ChattanooganTimes Free Press.