{"id":530,"date":"2012-01-03T09:39:17","date_gmt":"2012-01-03T09:39:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whisnews21.wordpress.com\/?p=530"},"modified":"2012-01-03T09:39:17","modified_gmt":"2012-01-03T09:39:17","slug":"countrys-family-reunion-salute-to-the-kornfield","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/2012\/01\/03\/countrys-family-reunion-salute-to-the-kornfield\/","title":{"rendered":"Country&#8217;s Family Reunion Salute To The Kornfield"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/whisnews21.wordpress.com\/2012\/01\/03\/countrys-family-reunion-salute-to-the-kornfield\/heehawsalute01\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-531\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-531\" title=\"heehawsalute01\" src=\"http:\/\/whisnews21.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/01\/heehawsalute01.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/heehawsalute01.jpg 600w, https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/heehawsalute01-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a>Nashville, TN <\/strong><\/em>(January 2, 2012) \u2013 Another series from Gabriel Communications\u2019 ever-popular Country\u2019s Family Reunion will premiere on RFD-TV beginning on Friday, January 6 at 7 P.M. CST\/8 P.M. Eastern.* \u201cCountry\u2019s Family Reunion Salute to the Kornfield,\u201d features the beloved cast members from the long-running television show HEE HAW with Roy Clark, Buddy Alan (Owens) and Bill Anderson, and of course, a stellar line-up of iconic music guests and country bent humor that were staples of this cultural phenomena for over 25 years. RFD-TV, \u201cRural America\u2019s Most Important Network,\u201d will air portions of the show each week throughout the month of January during the same weekly time slots.<\/div>\n<div><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/gallery.mailchimp.com\/bf141dbbd818f4f933816b13a\/files\/Salute_logo_sm.jpg\" alt=\"Salute to the Kornfield\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" \/>*Check local listings for exact show times<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">Friday, January 6, 2012: 7 P.M. Central\/8 P.M. Eastern*<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">Saturday, January 7, 2012: 5 A.M. Central\/6 A.M. Eastern*<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration:underline;\">Saturday, January 7, 2012: 11 P.M. Central\/12 Midnight Eastern*<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Since 1997, Gabriel Communications has been bringing artists together into one room to reunite and reminisce about their careers, perform signature songs and share stories while the cameras roll. The result has been pure magic, leading to popular TV airings and successful DVD sales leaving country fans clamoring for more.<\/p>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<p>The entire \u201cSalute to the Kornfield\u201d series also includes appearances by Roy Clark, Buck Trent, Buddy Alan (Owens), Don Harron, Charlie Farquharson, Ramona Jones, John Conlee, Lulu Roman, Charlie McCoy, Ricky Skaggs, Victoria Hallman, T. Graham Brown, Gordie Tapp, Mike Snider, Johnny Lee, Barbi Benton, Larry Gatlin, Roni Stoneman, Moe Bandy, Gunilla Hutton, The Nashville Edition, The Whites, Jim Ed Brown, Jeff Smith, Gene Watson and Cathy Baker and is available in a 4-Disc set at <a href=\"http:\/\/websterpr.us1.list-manage1.com\/track\/click?u=bf141dbbd818f4f933816b13a&amp;id=65276e6421&amp;e=54ae0c1cc9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.cfrvideos.com<\/a> or by calling 1-800-820-5405.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt had been a number of years since many of us had seen each other and the reunion was joyous,\u201d reflects Lulu Roman, regular HEE HAW cast member. \u201cSeveral of the cast were missing and it was a firm reminder that for some of us, it was quite possibly the last time we might see each other,\u201d she sentimentally added. \u201cIt was a very special get together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/whisnews21.wordpress.com\/2012\/01\/03\/countrys-family-reunion-salute-to-the-kornfield\/heehawsalute02\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-536\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-536\" title=\"heehawsalute02\" src=\"http:\/\/whisnews21.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/01\/heehawsalute02.jpg?w=150\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"100\" srcset=\"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/heehawsalute02.jpg 400w, https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/heehawsalute02-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>It is incredible to believe that a television show that aired for over 25 years (1969-1993) was cancelled by CBS after just a few years on the air. Network executives made a decision to cancel shows such as HEE HAW, Petticoat Junction and The Beverly Hillbillies despite of their popularity in a move to pull a more affluent demographic. The cancellation of these shows, now known as \u201cthe rural purge,\u201d forced producers to begin airing HEE HAW to niche markets through syndication (a new concept at the time), which successfully led to an additional 20+ years on the air, millions of fans, a library of once-in-a-lifetime performances by country music\u2019s top artists and a cultural phenomenal that survives to this day.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nashville, TN (January 2, 2012) \u2013 Another series from Gabriel Communications\u2019 ever-popular Country\u2019s Family Reunion will premiere on RFD-TV beginning on Friday, January 6 at 7 P.M. CST\/8 P.M. Eastern.* \u201cCountry\u2019s Family Reunion Salute to the Kornfield,\u201d features the beloved cast members from the long-running television show HEE HAW with Roy Clark, Buddy Alan (Owens) and Bill Anderson, and of course, a stellar line-up of iconic music guests and country bent humor that were staples of this cultural phenomena for over 25 years. RFD-TV, \u201cRural America\u2019s Most Important Network,\u201d will<a href=\"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/2012\/01\/03\/countrys-family-reunion-salute-to-the-kornfield\/\" class=\"read-more\"><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":531,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=530"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/530\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=530"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=530"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=530"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}