RFD-TV to broadcast George Jones funeral

Updated May 3, 2013, 10:21am CT

RFD-TV announced that it will broadcast a live feed of the public funeral services of country legend George Jones direct from the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville this Thursday, May 2, beginning at 11am ET/10am CT. FamilyNet will carry a delayed feed of this broadcast, beginning at 2pm ET/1pm CT. RFD-TV will repeat its telecast at 10pm ET/9pm CT, and FamilyNet will repeat its coverage at 8pm ET/7pm CT.

George Jones passed away last Friday at the age of 81. He was a member of the Grand Ole Opry since 1956, so it is appropriate that the public will be able to say their farewells to him there. In lieu of flowers, the family has asked that contributions be made to the Grand Ole Opry trust fund. More details can be found at georgejones.com.

In a press release from Webster & Associates announcing that George Jones’ funeral service would be open to the public, publicist Kirt Webster said, “George would have wanted his fans and friends everywhere to be able to come and pay their respects along with his family.” A private visitation for family, friends and fellow performers is taking place Wednesday evening.

The public service for George Jones will include music from Charlie Daniels, Vince Gill with Patty Loveless, Alan Jackson, Ronnie Milsap, Kid Rock, The Oak Ridge Boys, Brad Paisley, Randy Travis, Travis Tritt, Tanya Tucker and Wynonna. Former first lady Laura Bush, Kenny Chesney, Grand Ole Opry VP and GM Pete Fisher, Gov. Bill Haslam, Mike Huckabee, Barbara Mandrell and CBS News’ Bob Schieffer will all make special remarks.

“George Jones touched upon the lives of our viewers like few artists can,” said Patrick Gottsch, founder of Rural Media Group, Inc., the parent company of RFD-TV and FamilyNet. “He’s both a music legend and a symbol of the style of country music that has always been true to the heart of rural America. George has visited our Nashville studios many times, performed with many of our programmers and been a dear friend to RFD-TV and our viewers. This is the least we could do to honor his life.”

Broadcast of the George Jones memorial service airs May 2 live beginning at 11am ET/10am CT on RFD-TV. RFD-TV will re-air the entire coverage May 2 at 10pm ET/9pm CT.

A delayed feed of this broadcast of the George Jones memorial service airs May 2 beginning at 2pm ET/1pm CT on FamilyNet. FamilyNet will re-air its coverage May 2 at 8pm ET/7pm CT.


UPDATE 5/3/13:
There have been numerous inquiries about whether the George Jones memorial service will be re-aired. Unfortunately, RFD-TV will not be able to re-air it. According to a spokesperson for the network, “Because of a broadcast restriction on the event, all repeats of the George Jones Tribute had to occur within a 24-hour period. RFD-TV ran two repeats yesterday [May 2], as did our sister-network, FamilyNet. Viewers who wish to enquire about additional repeats (especially online) are being urged to contact www.georgejones.com to see if they will be providing an online stream of the event or DVD copies. Our apologies to viewers that we are unable to offer a Saturday repeat, which was the original intention.”

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George Jones: Courtesy of Webster & Associates, LLC.

24 Comments

  1. PLEASE re-air the George Jones funeral service for those of us who missed it!

  2. Because there are 5 members of this household who all have different preferences I have my dvr set to record my choices. I missed the beginning and ending of the service. In the future should there be something as monumental as this please run a ticker along the bottom of the screen of your intentions to broadcast the event. The amount of country oriented shows you air would be more than ample time for this to be done.

  3. Oh, please, please work something out to replay this! I only saw the last 20 minutes of this last night, the last showing!

    I’ll go here and see what happens….I’m so very sad to have missed this. =(

    http://www.rfdtv.com/contact/

  4. Hello, all. I’ve just heard from RFD-TV that they will not be airing a repeat of the George Jones Memorial service, due to broadcast restrictions. The network is urging people to contact http://www.georgejones.com with any inquiries about future rebroadcasts or DVD availability. RFD-TV says they had originally planned a Saturday repeat, but are unable to do so because of the restrictions. A statement from a network spokesperson has been added to the end of the above article.

  5. I DO HOPE THAT GEORGE JONES’S MEMORIAL WILL BE RE-AIRED….I DID NOT KNOW ABOUT THIS, WAS FORTUNATE THAT I WENT TO RFD & CAUGHT ABOUT THE LAST HOUR… AM SICK ABOUT MISSING THIS… WHAT I DID GET TO SEE WAS A WONDERFUL TRIBUTE TO THE “GREAT ONE”.. SO I’M HOPING THAT IT CAN BE RE-AIRED SOON… IF YOU CAN, WOULD YOU SEND A QUICK EMAIL TO ALL OF US WITH THE DATE & TIME PLEASE… THIS WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED…. GLADYS BROOKS

  6. Will the service be re-broadcast in the near future? I came across it last night by accident and missed the first 15-20 minutes, plus several friends of mine missed it entirely. Will it be re-broadcast soon?

  7. Please replay Georges funeral I did not know. It was on. Please let us know if you have dvd. RIP. George

  8. When will you guys air the George Jones funeral again. I live in Georgia.

  9. Would also like to know if it will be rebroadcast and when. Also if it will be available to purchase.
    Thanks

  10. I JUST GOT THROUGH WATCHING GEORGE JONES
    MEMORIAL SERVICE, I WOULD LIKE TO GET
    A DVD OF IT. GEORGE JONES WAS A GREAT
    LEGEND AND NOBODY WILL EVER FILL HIS SHOES.

  11. How can I get DVD of George Jones TV on Thursday AM my dish did not record the whole thing.

    • I would also like to obtain a dvd of the program if available. Please advise.

    • Did not know the funeral was on missed part and the recorder did not get the part I was getting to see,wanted to be there. thanks for bringing us closer to being there.

  12. If possible, please re-broadcast the George Jones Memorial. Could not watch it due to the picture being jumpy. Please let me know if I could buy a copy of the memorial service either on VHS or DVD from you. Thanks and please e-mail me back about this.

    • I missed the 30 minutes of the Memorial on Thurs. May 2. Please show it again. When might it air again? Thanking you in advance.

  13. Yes it was very jumpy tried to tape it but turned out terrible,,was wondering if you could buy a video tape of the memorial service…please let us hear from you…thanks

  14. Hello, we are not affiliated with RFD or their coverage of the memorial so we cannot address picture concerns, and are just reporting on the coverage. Questions about the coverage can be addressed to RFD TV. Their contact info can be found at this page: http://www.rfdtv.com/contact/

    Thank you.

  15. Please fix the picture, you will have people having seizures trying to watch the George Jones memorial, not a healthy situation!

  16. I liked George Jones and he will be mist, his memoral wiil live on for ever.

  17. What is going on with your George Jones memoral? The signal is jumpy and hard to see.

    • Will you be re-airing George Jones memorial service as I missed it?

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