Circle Country

Circle Country, previously known as Circle, is a free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) service owned by Circle Media, LLC, a part of the Opry Entertainment Group subsidiary of Ryman Hospitality Properties. The network's programming consists of country music oriented shows, and rural/blue collar themed material, featuring a mix of original and off-network shows.

Previously before 2024, the network was available primarily through the digital subchannels of broadcast television stations, as well as an ad-supported video-on-demand channel on Peacock and Stirr, along with national carriage on Dish Network and Sling TV. Cable television and IPTV providers were offered either the network's local affiliate, or the network's national feed on their systems.

Circle Media is headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, with offices at Ryman's E.W. Wendell Building and production facilities inside the Grand Ole Opry House. The network's flagship station was Gray's WSMV-DT5, a station which had been owned by a forerunner company of RHP until its sale in 1981 and separation from WSM and WSM-FM (Gray acquired the station from Meredith Corporation in 2021). The network is master controlled out of Gray's Atlanta hub.

Circle ended the OTA portion of the channel on December 31, 2023. Streaming of the channel remained available under the Circle Country name. Many of the OTA stations replaced Circle with one of several networks under the new Gray/Lionsgate/Warner Bros. Discovery joint venture Free TV Networks, which is led by broadcasting veteran Jonathan Katz. Opry's programming rights will be utilized on several new AVOD ventures by Opry and NBCUniversal, which took a 30% minority stake in Ryman Hospitality in 2022. Programs from the Circle Network continue to be available through various streaming providers on the Circle Country network after the OTA service ended.