CMT Music


CMT Music is an American pay television channel and a sister network to CMT. It is part of the ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks division of ViacomCBS. It showcases country music videos, using the same 8-hour programming wheel schedule as its sister networks.

History

The network was first launched as VH1 Country, a Country music video-oriented spinoff of VH1. The channel launched on August 1, 1998, predating the merger of CBS Cable networks TNN and CMT into Viacom). On May 27, 2006, the channel rebranded as CMT Pure Country, as part of a realignment to use the CMT brand for all country music-related programming.
On January 4, 2016, the network's name was changed to CMT Music. Outside of the addition of full-length video tags throughout videos and new imaging, no major changes came to the channel's programming. In 2015, the network discontinued specific video blocks due to that year's cutbacks throughout Viacom, including music video programmers.

Programming

Currently, the network offers an eight-hour wheel of videos, all under the EPG-only title of CMT Music with little theming of video blocks. As Pure Country, the network featured branded blocks of programming sub-divided by genres and periods of time.