Lorianne Crook (born February 19, 1957) is an American radio and television host, producer, and

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, best known for her work on

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programs ''This Week In Country Music'' and ''

Crook & Chase ''Crook & Chase'' is an American television talk show hosted by Lorianne Crook and Charlie Chase, focusing primarily, but not exclusively, on country music. The pair had first worked together on the weekly syndicated program "This Week In Count ...

'' with Charlie Chase.

Early life

Crook was born in Wichita, Kansas and grew up in

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. She is a graduate of

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in Nashville where she was a cheerleader. She graduated from

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with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Chinese and Russian languages.

Career

An award-winning TV personality, Crook occasionally hosts ''Offstage with Lorianne Crook'', a series of in-depth conversations with major country music artists for

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(GAC). Subjects have included

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, and

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. For a brief time, she was co-host of ''

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''. Before her big break as a TV personality, she worked at

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, the

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affiliate in

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in the 1980s.

Personal life

Crook married television producer Jim Owens in 1985.A Country Girl, Wired August 9, 1990
/ref> Owens was the creator of ''Crook & Chase'' and through its success, he secured an exclusive contract with TNN to produce its country music and entertainment programming until the network shifted away from the format in 2000. Owens's company Jim Owens Entertainment purchased the rights to the TNN brand and the content he had produced for it in 2012. Crook and Owens were married until his death March 4, 2022.Jim Owens Dies, Music Row March 4, 2022
/ref>

External links

*
Offstage With Lorianne Crook

References

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