Retro Television Network

The Retro Television Network (RTV) is a system of television stations that airs classic television shows as well as more recently produced programs. Owned by Luken Communications, LLC, the network airs mainly on stations' digital subchannels or low power television stations. They run programs that come from various independent distributors. Until this past summer, Retro TV relied heavily on programming from the Universal Studios library. The network launched in 2005 under the RTN branding (which would be changed to RTV in June 2009 in a nod to the digital (DTV) switchover that occurred in June of that year). At its launch, RTV used a concept similar to the original idea behind cable network TV Land, a network launched as a spin-off from...