Stan Hitchcock

American Country singer, TV and radio host and author. Born:March 21, 1936 in Pleasant Hope, near Kansas City, Missouri, USA. Died: January 4, 2023 in Gallatin, Tennessee, USA Performed regularly during his teens on KWTO and WTTS Springfield. After working as a disc jockey on KWTO and KTTS, he moved to Nashville in 1962, where he hosted the WLAC-TV morning show and also guested on most of the top programs. Recorded on labels Columbia Records , Epic label in 1967, GRT in 1970, Cinnamon in 1973, MMI in1978, Ramblin’ in 1981. Later recorded an album for Audiograph. Presented The Stan Hitchcock Show which was syndicated and between 1979 and 1983, he hosted Stan Hitchcock From The Ozarks and also started the Heart To Heart program. In 1982, member of the team that founded CMT (initially called CMTV) and headed the Nashville operations of the organization. When CMT was sold, in 1991, to Gaylord Entertainment, Hitchcock relocated to Branson, Missouri, where he became founder, president and chairman of the cable television channel Americana Television Network, that presented round-the-clock programs featuring a wide selection of all forms of American folk, country, gospel, bluegrass and blues.