Casting Crowns, TobyMac, Natalie Grant, Superchic(k), And Other Top Artists Featured in World Premiere Concert Event This Sat. July 7 on Gospel Music ChannelATLANTA July 6, 2007 – Christian and gospel music’s top artists Casting Crowns, Natalie Grant, Aaron Shust, TobyMac, Nichole Nordeman, Marcos Witt, Bebo Norman, Rebecca St. James, Nate Sallie, Superchic[k], Avalon with Anthony Evans, Brandon Heath, Phillips Craig & Dean, Thousand Foot Krutch and Bethany Dillon will be featured in Gospel Music Channel’s exclusive coverage of 94.9 KLTY/Interstate Batteries Celebrate Freedom 2007 this weekend.
GMC will premiere four hours of concert coverage this Sat. July 7: 4:00-6:00 pm and 8:00-10:00 pm. All times eastern. Backstreet Boys’ Brian Littrell and Out of Eden’s Lisa Kimmey host Gospel Music Channel’s telecast.
Held last weekend at Southfork Ranch (Of the TV series Dallas fame) in Parker, Texas, the 2007 line-up for 94.9 KLTY/Interstate Batteries Celebrate Freedom 2007 boasted the biggest line-up in the event’s 17-year history.
Littrell, already a multi-platinum artist as part of the Backstreet Boys, has become a Christian and gospel fan favorite since releasing his solo debut, Welcome Home in 2006. Kimmey is one-third of sister group Out of Eden, and has recently become a television personality in her own right as a regular host for Gospel Music Channel’s Hot List series.
Gospel Music Channel (
www.gospelmusicchannel.com) is the nation’s first and only 24/7 all music entertainment television network devoted to the uplifting, inspiring and diverse music that is gospel/Christian music. GMC’s programming features music videos, artist biographies, music specials, live concerts, hosted music shows and original specials and more. It is one of the fastest-growing cable channels in television today; the network has doubled availability in 2007 alone and is now carried in all ten of the top ten markets and 22 of the top 25. GMC expects to finish the year in more than 20 million households. Gospel Music Channel can be seen on various cable systems around the country.