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The following section is an excerpt from Wikipedia's PowerNation page on 11 July 2020, text available via the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License.
PowerNation is an American automotive how-to enthusiast television program that began originally as PowerBlock. The programming is produced by Gray Television, which purchased the assets of PowerNation's former owner Raycom Media in 2019. PowerNation consists of a block of automotive enthusiast shows including Engine Power, XOR (Xtreme Off Road), Truck Tech, and Detroit Muscle. PowerNation airs on the History Channel and NBCSN, and also features content on its own through a digital media player app available on the Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV and Roku platforms.
PowerNation first began airing on The Nashville Network (commonly referred to as TNN, now the Paramount Network, which shifted to a general entertainment model in 2018 and stopped carrying PowerNation programming) in 1999 as PowerBlock. PowerBlock rebranded to PowerNation in 2014 and began airing on NBCSN and CBS Sports Network in addition to the Paramount Network. Powerblock was originally hosted by Danica Patrick. PowerNation was originally hosted by Courtney Hansen. The current host of PowerNation is Katie Osborne. PowerNation is produced by RTM Studios in Franklin, TN.