My goodness, this is like deja vu. Mike Miller will be anchoring agricultural news on RFD-TV starting in January. I haven’t seen Mike in many years but was thrilled to run into him in Kansas City last week. Mike’s always been a good friend.

In fact, Mike talked me into working with him on an agricultural tv venture in Houston, Texas many moons ago. (Remember that Mike?) I stayed at his house and we commuted in to the studios each day. Oh my gosh does that bring back memories. That was before I joined Learfield Communications and the Brownfield Network and moved to Jefferson City, MO.

I’ve been following the development of RFD-TV with a lot of personal interest and am very happy to see it progressing. Adding a regular schedule of live daily news is a big step and I wish them all the luck in the world.

Daily broadcasts and hourly updates will begin on January 6, and will be produced in RFD-TV’s Nashville studios. Veteran rural newscaster Mike Miller will anchor the broadcasts, and will also assume the role of news director for this major programming expansion on the nation’s popular rural television network. Rural News Updates, Ag Weather Updates, and Market Minutes will be produced separately and rotated at :28 & :58 past each hour. Featured will be news from Washington D.C. and the USDA, current weather radar along with short-term and long-range forecasts, plus cash and future market coverage and analysis from Chicago and other commodity exchanges from around the major producing areas of the world.

“With independent research now confirming that at least 60% of all farmers and over 80% of all ranchers actually watching RFD-TV, we believe that this high-profile programming will attract strong sponsorship support from the agricultural community,” added Mike Hansen, Director of National Sales and Marketing.