Staff photo by Tim Barber/Chattanooga Times Free Press — Jun 4, 2012 – Luken Communications Vice President Matt Winn walks among the company’s 10 satellite dishes atop the TV empire located on East 8th Street. The Chattanooga based company is bringing back the Nashville Network to programing this summer.California station carries Luken networks
Luken Communications has signed a multi-network affiliation agreement with KSAO in Sacramento, Calif.
The TV station, which is owned and operated by Cocola Broadcasting Companies, launched Rev’n and Retro TV earlier this week.
“Our team is proud to answer the local audience’s call and bring Retro TV back to Sacramento,” said Kevin Mosesian, corporate sales manager for Cocola Broadcasting’. “Luken has proven to be a valuable programming partner, and we’re delighted to be the home of both Rev’n and Retro TV in this additional market.”
State’s biggest solar farm planned in Millington
The Tennessee Valley Authority has agreed to buy the solar power generated by a 53 megawatt-facility being built by the Nashville-based Silicon Ranch Corp. The solar farm on the Naval Support Activity Mid-South base in Millington, Tenn., e, just north of Memphis, will be the largest solar array of its type in the Tennessee Valley and will produce enough electricity to supply to power 7,500 homes. The new solar facility, which will include 580,000 solar panels, will be more than 10 times the size of the state’s current largest array located on I-40 near Stanton, Tenn.
“TVA is beginning to recognize the value that solar brings to their energy infrastructure and ratepayers alike, and we are hopeful that we will continue to see more projects like this awarded throughout our Southeastern region,” said Stephen Smith, executive director for the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy.
A Norfolk Southern locomotive switches tanks cars in Alton Park.Norfolk Southern cuts 135 jobs in Knoxville
Norfolk Southern is eliminating 135 jobs and reducing operations at a rail yard in Tennessee as part of its overall response to reduced freight traffic.
The Norfolk, Virginia, based railroad said that it will stop switching trains at its rail yard in Knoxville. The railroad said Knoxville will continue to serve as headquarters of the company’s central region with about 300 employees.
The railroad has already announced several cuts as part of an effort to reduce its annual expenses by $130 million this year and by more than $650 million by 2020.