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Keith Urban is GAC's July "Artist of the Month." GACTV.com offering chance to meet country star in New York City. Knoxville, TN (PRWEB) July 18, 2007 -- No matter where they live, July will prove to be a month of truly "Urban" experiences for country music fans as Great American Country (GAC) announces 2006 CMA Male Vocalist of the Year, Keith Urban, as the "GAC Artist of the Month." Fans who visit GACTV.com will have the chance to enter the "Ultimate Urban Experience Sweepstakes" with one fan winning a grand prize trip to New York City and tickets to The Meadowlands stop of Urban's "Love, Pain & the whole crazy World Tour ," where they will also get a chance to meet the artist. And for fans who think they know all there is to know about Keith Urban, GACTV.com offers the chance to test their knowledge with an interactive trivia challenge game. Fans will also be treated to an all-new Webisode of GACTV.com's original Web series Still Rollin featuring Keith Urban sharing memories of his first and favorite concerts he attended as a fan, seen only online; as well as additional interview clips from his latest GAC special.
Urban, who set the record for the highest-debuting country single "Once in a Lifetime" on the Billboard charts in 2006, is in the midst of his "Love, Pain & the whole crazy World Tour" in promotion of his platinum-selling album. The current single off of the "Love, Pain & the whole crazy thing" album, "I Told You So," is a current top 5 radio hit and is the #1 video on GAC's Top 20 Country Countdown. About Great American Country (GAC)
Great American Country is America's main street for the widest variety of country music, its artists and the lifestyles they influence. In addition to country music videos, GAC features original programming, special musical performances and live concerts, and is the exclusive television home of the Grand Ole Opry. GAC is available in more than 48 million households and online at GACTV.com.
GAC is owned by Scripps Networks, the leading developer of lifestyle-oriented content for television and the Internet, including HGTV (hgtv.com) , Food Network (foodnetwork.com/) , DIY Network (diynetwork.com/) and FINE LIVING TV Network (fineliving.com/) . Scripps Networks is based in Knoxville, Tenn., with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Detroit, Atlanta and Nashville, and is owned by The E.W. Scripps Company (NYSE:SSP), a diverse media concern with interests in newspaper publishing, broadcast television, national television networks and interactive media. Scripps operates daily and community newspapers in 17 markets, 10 broadcast TV stations, Scripps Howard News Service, United Media, Shopzilla.com and USwitch. Scripps Networks Interactive
The dynamic Web sites created and supported by Scripps Networks Interactive attracted an average of more than 13.5 million unique visitors per month in 2006. The Scripps Networks Interactive properties -- Web sites HGTV.com, FoodNetwork.com, DIYnetwork.com, FineLiving.com, GACTV.com along with broadband channels HGTV Pro, HGTV KitchenDesign, HGTV BathDesign, HGTV Simply Quilts (hgtv.com/simplyquilts) , DIY Automotive, DIY Crafts, DIY Gardening, DIY Home Improvement, DIY Woodworking and GAC Still Rollin' (gactv.com/stillrollin) -- are not only extensions of Scripps Networks leading lifestyle brands, providing users programming information and additional instructional content, but also exciting destinations for original content, engaging video and powerful interactive tools.
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