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'''''Music City Roots''''' is a live radio show, created and produced by John Walker and Todd Mayo.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nashvillescene.com/music/article/13035844/a-year-on-music-city-roots-moves-to-the-fm-dial-while-keeping-its-unique-balance-of-americana-and-internetage-savvy|title=A year on, Music City Roots moves to the FM dial while keeping its unique balance of Americana and Internet-age savvy|website=Nashville Scene|language=en|access-date=August 17, 2019|archive-date=August 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817193431/https://www.nashvillescene.com/music/article/13035844/a-year-on-music-city-roots-moves-to-the-fm-dial-while-keeping-its-unique-balance-of-americana-and-internetage-savvy|url-status=live}}</ref> The show is owned and its international trademark is held by Heng Dai Media, LLC, a Tennessee corporation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://trademarks.justia.com/851/64/music-city-85164378.html|title=MUSIC CITY ROOTS Trademark of Heng Dai Media, LLC - Registration Number 4008763 - Serial Number 85164378 :: Justia Trademarks|website=trademarks.justia.com|language=en|access-date=August 17, 2019|archive-date=August 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817193443/https://trademarks.justia.com/851/64/music-city-85164378.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The television show is distributed via [[American Public Television]], and airs on [[PBS]] affiliate stations across the US and Canada.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bluegrasstoday.com/music-city-roots-to-pbs/|title=Music City Roots to PBS|date=August 1, 2013|website=Bluegrass Today|language=en-US|access-date=August 17, 2019|archive-date=August 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817193433/https://bluegrasstoday.com/music-city-roots-to-pbs/|url-status=live}}</ref>
Initially born as a radio show, ''Music City Roots'' is now carried by flagship station [[WMOT]], 89.5 FM in [[Murfreesboro, Tennessee|Murfreesboro]]-Nashville, TN.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/money/2016/08/26/mtsu-music-city-roots-launch-americana-radio-station/89270738/|title=MTSU, Music City Roots launch Americana radio station|last=Rau|first=Nate|website=The Tennessean|language=en|access-date=August 17, 2019|archive-date=July 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707162412/https://www.tennessean.com/story/money/2016/08/26/mtsu-music-city-roots-launch-americana-radio-station/89270738/|url-status=live}}</ref> The syndicated broadcast is carried by stations across the US. ''Music City Roots'' "on the road" has been filmed and broadcast from multiple locations, including Belfast,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://americansongwriter.com/2016/03/songwriter-u-behind-the-scenes-of-the-2016-belfast-nashville-songwriters-festival-convention/|title=Behind the Scenes at the 2016 Belfast Nashville Songwriters Festival « American Songwriter|date=March 23, 2016|website=American Songwriter|language=en-US|access-date=August 17, 2019|archive-date=August 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817193437/https://americansongwriter.com/2016/03/songwriter-u-behind-the-scenes-of-the-2016-belfast-nashville-songwriters-festival-convention/|url-status=live}}</ref> Northern Ireland<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://americansongwriter.com/2016/03/songwriter-u-behind-the-scenes-of-the-2016-belfast-nashville-songwriters-festival-convention/|title=Behind the Scenes at the 2016 Belfast Nashville Songwriters Festival « American Songwriter|date=March 23, 2016|website=American Songwriter|language=en-US|access-date=August 17, 2019|archive-date=August 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817193437/https://americansongwriter.com/2016/03/songwriter-u-behind-the-scenes-of-the-2016-belfast-nashville-songwriters-festival-convention/|url-status=live}}</ref> and Tamworth, Australia.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.northernstar.com.au/news/music-city-roots-brings-nashville-tamworth/1729278/|title=Music City Roots brings Nashville to Tamworth|last=Cronin|first=Seanna|website=Northern Star|language=en|access-date=August 17, 2019|archive-date=August 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817193437/https://www.northernstar.com.au/news/music-city-roots-brings-nashville-tamworth/1729278/|url-status=live}}</ref>
Heng Dai Media's Roots Radio brand and musical format has been contractually licensed by WMOT radio.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://trademarks.justia.com/owners/heng-dai-media-llc-2201482/|title=Heng Dai Media, LLC Trademarks :: Justia Trademarks|website=trademarks.justia.com|access-date=August 17, 2019|archive-date=August 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817193436/https://trademarks.justia.com/owners/heng-dai-media-llc-2201482/|url-status=live}}</ref>
== History ==
The show was first conceived by John Walker while working at [[WSM (AM)|WSM Radio]] in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nashvillescene.com/music/article/13035844/a-year-on-music-city-roots-moves-to-the-fm-dial-while-keeping-its-unique-balance-of-americana-and-internetage-savvy|title=A year on, Music City Roots moves to the FM dial while keeping its unique balance of Americana and Internet-age savvy|website=Nashville Scene|language=en|access-date=August 17, 2019|archive-date=August 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817193431/https://www.nashvillescene.com/music/article/13035844/a-year-on-music-city-roots-moves-to-the-fm-dial-while-keeping-its-unique-balance-of-americana-and-internetage-savvy|url-status=live}}</ref> The news came that the [[Grand Ole Opry]] was planning to cancel the late Saturday show due to low attendance. Walker postulated that the lack of late show attendance was due to inattention to the growing trend toward [[Americana (music)|Americana music]], and therefore had become less relevant to the younger, more diverse music fan. He began pitching the idea of a show to focus on the less commercial, yet highly gifted artists playing music that was authentically inspired by American roots tradition.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://americansongwriter.com/2014/07/music-city-roots-finds-a-new-home/|title=Nashville's Music City Roots Finds A New Home « American Songwriter|date=July 9, 2014|website=American Songwriter|language=en-US|access-date=August 17, 2019|archive-date=August 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817193434/https://americansongwriter.com/2014/07/music-city-roots-finds-a-new-home/|url-status=live}}</ref>
The idea quickly took hold with sponsors and artists, and was embraced by the press. The original concept was to be named "Back to the Barn", a metaphorical reference to a return to the early days of the Opry, originally called the Saturday Night Barn Dance.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ryman.com/history/wsm/|title=WSM|website=Ryman Auditorium|language=en-US|access-date=August 17, 2019|archive-date=August 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817193433/https://ryman.com/history/wsm/|url-status=live}}</ref> While similar in that it was a live radio broadcast with a traditional announcer at a podium, it added contextual relevance by also including journalist-interviewer Craig Havighurst, who had written a historical biography of WSM's influence on Music City called Air Castle of the South.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bluegrasstoday.com/craig-havighurst-to-produce-music-city-roots/|title=Craig Havighurst to produce for Music City Roots|date=January 20, 2012|website=Bluegrass Today|language=en-US|access-date=August 17, 2019|archive-date=August 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817193433/https://bluegrasstoday.com/craig-havighurst-to-produce-music-city-roots/|url-status=live}}</ref> The show was to have a third, musical host - Americana icon [[Jim Lauderdale]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.twangnation.com/2013/05/10/a-song-of-perseverance-an-interview-with-jim-lauderdale/|title=A Song of Perseverance – An Interview With Jim Lauderdale|website=www.twangnation.com|access-date=August 17, 2019|archive-date=August 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817193432/http://www.twangnation.com/2013/05/10/a-song-of-perseverance-an-interview-with-jim-lauderdale/|url-status=live}}</ref>
During this time, Walker connected with long-time friend Todd Mayo, who had begun paid airing of [[Bluegrass Underground]] on WSM, a show that he created to air from a cave inside [[Cumberland Caverns]] in [[McMinnville, Tennessee|McMinnville, TN]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/2017/08/18/bluegrass-underground-move-new-location/579620001/|title=Bluegrass Underground to move to new location|last=Thanki|first=Juli|website=The Tennessean|language=en|access-date=August 17, 2019|archive-date=July 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707162440/https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/2017/08/18/bluegrass-underground-move-new-location/579620001/|url-status=live}}</ref> Todd fell in love with the show concept, as its core values aligned with an idea that he also had for a musical variety radio show. He signed on to book artists and co-produce the show with Walker.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://sportsandentertainmentnashville.com/underground-roots-bringing-nashvilles-musical-roots-above-and-below-ground/|title=Underground Roots: Bringing Nashville's Musical Roots Above — and Below — Ground|date=August 21, 2013|website=Sports and Entertainment Nashville|language=en-US|access-date=August 17, 2019|archive-date=August 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817193434/http://sportsandentertainmentnashville.com/underground-roots-bringing-nashvilles-musical-roots-above-and-below-ground/|url-status=live}}</ref> The show was to originate from the then-financially challenged [[Wildhorse Saloon|Wild Horse Saloon]] on Saturdays, immediately following the early Opry show.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wildhorsesaloon.com/wildhorse-saloon-begins-86-million-renovation|title=Wildhorse Saloon Begins $8.6 Million Renovation|website=wildhorsesaloon.com|access-date=August 17, 2019|archive-date=August 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817193444/https://wildhorsesaloon.com/wildhorse-saloon-begins-86-million-renovation|url-status=live}}</ref>
The economic downturn of 2008, along with some dissension from Opry management caused [[Ryman Hospitality Properties|Gaylord Entertainment]], then owner of WSM, Wildhorse Saloon and the Grand Ole Opry, to cancel plans to air the show.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cmt.com/news/1596410/stonewall-jacksons-lawsuit-against-opry-settled/|title=Stonewall Jackson's Lawsuit Against Opry Settled|date=October 6, 2008|website=CMT News|access-date=August 17, 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314205628/http://www.cmt.com/news/1596410/stonewall-jacksons-lawsuit-against-opry-settled/|archivedate=March 14, 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref> Walker and Mayo immediately agreed to form an independent production company and continue plans to produce the show. The company was called Heng Dai Media, LLC,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Heng Dai Media, LLC|url=https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_tn/000596370|website=opencorporates.com|access-date=August 17, 2019|archive-date=August 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817193431/https://opencorporates.com/companies/us_tn/000596370|url-status=live}}</ref> named for their shared love of [[HBO]] series [[Deadwood (TV series)|Deadwood]]; an analogy for the Wild West's similarities to the post-digital music industry.<ref>{{Citation|title=Deadwood (TV Series 2004–2006) - IMDb|url=http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0348914/plotsummary|access-date=August 17, 2019|archive-date=June 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210609063744/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0348914/plotsummary|url-status=live}}</ref>
They named their new show ''Music City Roots'', and signed a one-year deal with WSM to purchase air time for the show and underwrite costs through corporate sponsorships.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nashvillescene.com/music/article/13035844/a-year-on-music-city-roots-moves-to-the-fm-dial-while-keeping-its-unique-balance-of-americana-and-internetage-savvy|title=A year on, Music City Roots moves to the FM dial while keeping its unique balance of Americana and Internet-age savvy|website=Nashville Scene|language=en|access-date=August 17, 2019|archive-date=August 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817193431/https://www.nashvillescene.com/music/article/13035844/a-year-on-music-city-roots-moves-to-the-fm-dial-while-keeping-its-unique-balance-of-americana-and-internetage-savvy|url-status=live}}</ref> As two of the cities top media sales executives, they quickly built a roster of support. Mayo coined the phrase, "A community of fans, bands and brands",<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.visitmusiccity.com/media/press-release/2019/music-city-roots-reviving-and-rebooting|title=Music City Roots is Reviving and Rebooting|date=July 11, 2019|website=Visit Nashville TN|language=en|access-date=August 17, 2019|archive-date=August 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817193432/https://www.visitmusiccity.com/media/press-release/2019/music-city-roots-reviving-and-rebooting|url-status=live}}</ref> and the two built a strategy for digital distribution and pioneering use of social media to connect the show to a worldwide niche audience.
Nashville music aficionado and restaurateur Tom Morales had recently inspired a group of investors to save the aging [[Loveless Cafe|Loveless Cafe and Motel]] from extinction at its remote location at the foot of the [[Natchez Trace Parkway]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nfocusnashville.com/people-places/article/20856005/behind-the-scenes-tom-morales|title=Behind the Scenes: Tom Morales|website=Nfocus|language=en|access-date=August 17, 2019|archive-date=August 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817193434/https://www.nfocusnashville.com/people-places/article/20856005/behind-the-scenes-tom-morales|url-status=live}}</ref> The newly remodeled Loveless Cafe had built an event barn on their complex. Morales reached out to ''Music City Roots'' producers, and they negotiated a deal to broadcast the weekly show from the brand new Loveless Barn.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://wlna-webservice.gannettdigital.com/articleservice/view/5443809/michigan-state-spartans/24.3.57/iphone?apiKey=57646bc6bca4811fea00000126a000bb69414f2a44f75039173cf104|title=Downtown Nashville's Acme Feed & Seed wants to 'elevate honky-tonk experience'|website=wlna-webservice.gannettdigital.com|access-date=August 17, 2019|archive-date=August 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817193434/https://wlna-webservice.gannettdigital.com/articleservice/view/5443809/michigan-state-spartans/24.3.57/iphone%3FapiKey%3D57646bc6bca4811fea00000126a000bb69414f2a44f75039173cf104|url-status=live}}</ref> It is here that the shows double-entendre announcer opening line, "From the edge of Music City" was coined.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://americansongwriter.com/2014/07/music-city-roots-finds-a-new-home/|title=Nashville's Music City Roots Finds A New Home « American Songwriter|date=July 9, 2014|website=American Songwriter|language=en-US|access-date=August 17, 2019|archive-date=August 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817193434/https://americansongwriter.com/2014/07/music-city-roots-finds-a-new-home/|url-status=live}}</ref> Both geographically and musically, the new show clearly represented the leading edge of what was to become a worldwide movement.
After securing [[Emmylou Harris]] to headline the inaugural show, Music City Roots launched its first episode from the Loveless Barn on October 14, 2009.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://americansongwriter.com/2014/07/music-city-roots-finds-a-new-home/|title=Nashville's Music City Roots Finds A New Home « American Songwriter|date=July 9, 2014|website=American Songwriter|language=en-US|access-date=August 17, 2019|archive-date=August 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817193434/https://americansongwriter.com/2014/07/music-city-roots-finds-a-new-home/|url-status=live}}</ref> The critical and audience acclaim was immediate, and the series was off and running. The first season featured performances from [[Sam Bush]], [[Mike Farris (musician)|Mike Farris]] and the [[The McCrary Sisters|McCrary Sisters]], [[Charlie Louvin]] and many others, spanning the range of emerging to legendary artists, both young and old.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Various-Music-City-Roots-Roots-Moments-Season-1/release/13046673|title=Various - Music City Roots Roots Moments - Season 1|website=Discogs|language=en|access-date=August 17, 2019|archive-date=October 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191017135856/https://www.discogs.com/Various-Music-City-Roots-Roots-Moments-Season-1/release/13046673|url-status=live}}</ref>
As the show neared the end of its one-year agreement with WSM, Gaylord Entertainment's senior management communicated to Heng Dai Media that they would not renew the contract to air Music City Roots unless they could purchase the show, or a minimum 51% controlling interest. Walker and Mayo declined, and over the next several years signed agreements with various Nashville radio stations to air the show.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nashvillescene.com/music/article/13035844/a-year-on-music-city-roots-moves-to-the-fm-dial-while-keeping-its-unique-balance-of-americana-and-internetage-savvy|title=A year on, Music City Roots moves to the FM dial while keeping its unique balance of Americana and Internet-age savvy|website=Nashville Scene|language=en|access-date=August 17, 2019|archive-date=August 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817193431/https://www.nashvillescene.com/music/article/13035844/a-year-on-music-city-roots-moves-to-the-fm-dial-while-keeping-its-unique-balance-of-americana-and-internetage-savvy|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2010, Heng Dai Media purchased video equipment and began streaming the show in HD over the internet. The first webcast in July 2010 featured [[Brandi Carlile]], and immediately began garnering a large audience to watch the filming of a live radio show.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theboot.com/brandi-carlile-music-city-roots/|title=Brandi Carlile, Jason & the Scorchers Go Back to Their 'Roots'|last=Betts|first=Stephen L.|website=The Boot|language=en|access-date=August 17, 2019|archive-date=August 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817193435/https://theboot.com/brandi-carlile-music-city-roots/|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2013, local PBS affiliate [[WNPT (TV)|Nashville Public Television (NPT-8)]] became the flagship station to present ''Music City Roots'' on public television, with an annual 12-episode series distributed by [[American Public Television]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://bluegrasstoday.com/music-city-roots-to-pbs/|title=Music City Roots to PBS|date=August 1, 2013|website=Bluegrass Today|language=en-US|access-date=August 17, 2019|archive-date=August 17, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817193433/https://bluegrasstoday.com/music-city-roots-to-pbs/|url-status=live}}</ref>
In 2016, Heng Dai Media contracted with WMOT radio, a 100,000-watt FM station owned by [[Middle Tennessee State University]], to become the flagship station for ''Music City Roots''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/money/2016/08/26/mtsu-music-city-roots-launch-americana-radio-station/89270738/|title=MTSU, Music City Roots launch Americana radio station|last=Rau|first=Nate|website=The Tennessean|language=en|access-date=August 17, 2019|archive-date=July 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707162412/https://www.tennessean.com/story/money/2016/08/26/mtsu-music-city-roots-launch-americana-radio-station/89270738/|url-status=live}}</ref> In addition to the show, Heng Dai Media contracted to curate programming and content under their trademarked Roots Radio brand. In addition to licensing their library of recorded live performances, they built the formatted playlist and consulted in building audience and revenue to the powerful but low-rated station. In the first quarter of broadcasting under the new format (Fall 2016) WMOT's [[Nielsen ratings|Neilsen audience rank]] went from 43rd (last) to top 20 in the Nashville Metro designated market area.
Home Venue for the broadcast have been The Loveless Barn from 2009 to 2015,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Paulson |first=Dave |title='Music City Roots' to open new venue in Madison |url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2019/07/11/music-city-roots-open-new-venue-madison-amqui-station-east-nashville/1706274001/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707162415/https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2019/07/11/music-city-roots-open-new-venue-madison-amqui-station-east-nashville/1706274001/ |archive-date=July 7, 2023 |access-date=August 17, 2019 |website=The Tennessean |language=en}}</ref> The Factory at Franklin from 2015 to 2017,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Music City Roots to Leave Loveless Barn for The Factory at Franklin |url=https://www.nashvillescene.com/music/article/13053378/music-city-roots-to-leave-loveless-barn-for-the-factory-at-franklin |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190817193433/https://www.nashvillescene.com/music/article/13053378/music-city-roots-to-leave-loveless-barn-for-the-factory-at-franklin |archive-date=August 17, 2019 |access-date=August 17, 2019 |website=Nashville Scene |language=en}}</ref> and in [[Madison, Tennessee]] on the site of [[Amqui station|Amqui Station]],<ref>{{Cite web |last=Paulson |first=Dave |title='Music City Roots' to open new venue in Madison |url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2019/07/11/music-city-roots-open-new-venue-madison-amqui-station-east-nashville/1706274001/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707162415/https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2019/07/11/music-city-roots-open-new-venue-madison-amqui-station-east-nashville/1706274001/ |archive-date=July 7, 2023 |access-date=August 17, 2019 |website=The Tennessean |language=en}}</ref> a museum founded by [[Johnny Cash]] to preserve the 1910-era passenger train station.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Historic Amqui Station revives Madison |url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/2014/09/25/historic-amqui-station-revives-madison/16187057/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230707162434/https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/local/2014/09/25/historic-amqui-station-revives-madison/16187057/ |archive-date=July 7, 2023 |access-date=August 17, 2019 |website=The Tennessean |language=en}}</ref>
In 2020, the entire staff was fired by the owners/investors.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Trigger |date=2021-11-17 |title=Future of ‘Music City Roots’ Uncertain as Original Staff Forced Out - Saving Country Music |url=https://www.savingcountrymusic.com/future-of-music-city-roots-uncertain-as-original-staff-forced-out/ |access-date=2023-08-08 |website=www.savingcountrymusic.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
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[[Category:Syndicated American radio programs]]
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