A concert headlined by country singer Dolly Parton to benefit victims of the recent wildfires in Tennessee will be unblocked for all Dish Network customers, the Douglas County satellite TV provider .
The airs Tuesday on the Great American Country Network beginning at 6 p.m. The concert will feature Parton, as well as other top singers Reba McEntire, Kenny Rogers and Alison Krauss. Donations will go to families who lost their homes in their fires.
For Dish customers, that’s channel 165.
Wildfires engulfed the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains in late November. Located in and around Gatlinburg, Tenn., the fires and came close to Dollywood, Parton’s theme park, according to the . There were 13 confirmed deaths.
The benefit concert will also be available online at sites like plus on TV on channels including AXS TV, rural channel RFD and the Heartland Network.
In a statement, DISH executive vice president Warren Schlichting said that the company has been actively volunteering in the region through its DISH Cares programs by providing technology to keep connect the hundreds of daily volunteers on site. The company is also providing its dishNET satellite-based internet service for free.
