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For the music festival, see Austin City Limits Music Festival. The Austin City Limits Music Festival is an annual three-day music and art festival in Austin Texas 's Zilker Park.
Austin City Limits

Austin City Limits logo
Formatlive concert series television series
Country of originFlag of the United States United States
Production
Running time60 minutes
Broadcast
Original channelPBS
Original run1975 – Present
External links
[ACL website Official website]

Austin City Limits is an American television music program and a staple of the Public Broadcasting Service. A television program (US television programme (UK or television show (U The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Minutes also known as protocols are the instant written record of a Meeting or hearing. The Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS) is a Non-profit Public broadcasting Television service with 354 member TV stations in the Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The present is the Time that is perceived directly not as a recollection or a speculation The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic The Public Broadcasting Service ( PBS) is a Non-profit Public broadcasting Television service with 354 member TV stations in the Austin City Limits was initially created with an eye and ear toward original Texas music, featuring artists that created innovative new sounds in everything from western swing and Texas blues to Tejano music, progressive country and rock n' roll. Texas has long been a center for musical innovation Texans have pioneered musical developments in Tejano music, Punk rock, Mariachi, Country The series went on to feature a wide range of American roots artists, covering a variety of styles and expanding beyond the borders of the Lone Star State. As the programs audience has grown, the music has encompassed regional, national and even international performers, and producer Terry Lickona continues to seek a balance of music genres in every new season. Austin City Limits today focuses on the unique contributions of diverse artists, music and songwriting from around the world.

First aired in 1976, Austin City Limits has become American television's longest-running concert music program. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The program is taped live by PBS member station KLRU on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin. KLRU is the local PBS Public television member station in Austin Texas, in the United States of America. Images of Austin, Texas, the self-proclaimed "Live Music Capital of the World," are seen in the opening credits. ACL's set also features a mock skyline of Austin. The show inspired the Austin City Limits Music Festival, an annual live music festival at Zilker Park in Austin. The Austin City Limits Music Festival is an annual three-day music and art festival in Austin Texas 's Zilker Park. Zilker Metropolitan Park is a recreational area in the heart of south Austin (near Barton Springs Pool and Lady Bird Lake) that comprises over 350 acres

In 1977, ACL producers made London Homesick Blues, written by Gary P. Nunn, the ACL theme song. Gary P Nunn is a Texas singer/songwriter In 1968 he was a pharmacy major at the University of Texas at Austin. The show originally used the version performed by Nunn, but the song was rearranged several times starting in the mid 1990s. The current theme, beginning with the show's 30th season, is an original composition by Austin musician Charlie Sexton. Charles Wayne Sexton (born August 11, 1968) is an American Guitarist Singer and Songwriter, best known as the guitarist


Contents

ACL Tidbits

Austin City Limits performances

See: List of Austin City Limits performers

Funding

(as of the 2006-2007 season)

Past Funders

References

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