Music & Memories

The channel launched on Sky on 21 April 2010 as Showcase 2 on channel 216. On 1 September 2010, following the removal of Channel M and launch of Showcase +1 (which itself was replaced by fellow music channel WTF (then became Massive R&B, Planet Pop, Chilled TV and Now 90s)), it moved to channel 203. On 3 July 2012, following a Sky EPG reshuffle, it moved to channel 192.

On 3 December 2013, a timeshift channel launched on Sky channel 293, which moved to channel 238 on 19 August 2014 following another EPG clean-up. Showcase 2 was renamed as Showcase following the previous first channel's rebrand to Irish TV the previous month. On 1 June 2015, the timeshift channel closed and was replaced by Property Show. It moved to Sky channel 261 on 17 August 2015 following the closure of True Entertainment +1 and to free space for AMC from BT.

On 17 February 2016, the channel moved to Sky channel 389, being relabelled as Keep It Country the next month (it was previously a block). Operated by Phil Mack Country, the channel initially broadcast for 17 hours of each day because space for third party content left over from Showcase still had to be broadcast.{{Cite web|url=https://www.a516digital.com/2016/01/country-music-channel-takes-over.html|title=Country Music channel takes over Showcase|website=www.a516digital.com | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160129104709/https://www.a516digital.com/2016/01/country-music-channel-takes-over.html | archive-date=2016-01-29}} It launched on Freesat at the beginning of March 2016.

On 31 May 2016, the channel launched on Freeview, broadcasting via COM7 which is available to around 75% of the UK.{{Cite web|url=https://www.a516digital.com/2016/05/keep-it-country-to-make-freeview-debut.html|title=Keep It Country makes Freeview debut|website=www.a516digital.com | date=2016-05-29 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160602121122/https://www.a516digital.com/2016/05/keep-it-country-to-make-freeview-debut.html | archive-date=2016-06-02}}

From 26 January 2017 to 1 February 2017, Keep It Country was temporarily removed from Sky channel 389.

On 1 May 2018, following another EPG reshuffle, Keep It Country moved from Sky channel 389 to 376.

On 21 January 2019, the channel changed Freeview multiplex and increased its reach from 75% of the UK to 90%{{Cite web|url=https://www.a516digital.com/2019/01/keep-it-country-announces-freeview.html|title=Country music for the masses? Keep It Country has confirmed it will be expanding its Freeview coverage | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190114210451/https://www.a516digital.com/2019/01/keep-it-country-announces-freeview.html | archive-date=2019-01-14}} but it was removed from the platform in June 2019.

The channel was renamed as Spotlight TV on 1 July 2019{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/KeepItCountryTV/status/1123505033331597313|title=Keep your eyes peeled for an exciting new re-launch coming soon|website=X (formerly Twitter) |author=@SpotlightTV_kic}}{{Cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Jessica__Lynn_/status/1143534899229536259|title=I have BIG NEWS ya'll! |website=X (formerly Twitter) | author=@Jessica__Lynn_}} and broadcasts on Freeview in the Greater Manchester area. After a short break in transmission the channel also moved to the "Hybrid TV channel" VisionTV (Channel 264 on Freeview), so people in the UK could watch it if they had a 'connected TV' [available to devices connected to the internet].

Early 2022, the channel had a shift and is now shown on SKY TV 365 or Freesat 500.

When Spotlight TV dissolved and became Music and Memories, a block of repeated and new programmes are now shown on Sky Channel 186 on Ayozat TV.

On 10 July 2022, Phil Mack confirmed that Spotlight TV would be leaving Freesat and Sky on 31 August, with Mack{{Cite web|url=https://www.philmackcountry.com/|title=Phil Mack Promotions|website=phil-mack}} blaming BARB, which affected the cost he could sell advertising on the channel{{cite web | url=https://spotlight-tv.co.uk/our-future | title=Our Future – SpotlightTV }} whose viewing figures had underestimated the success of the channel and the monthly charge of £82,000 which allowed Spotlight to have its own channel number on the various platforms. Mack stated that BARB's figures were unfair as they were based on a small survey of 5,200 viewers with many of those panel members not being fans of Irish country music, resulting in an unfair zero rating for the channel when Mack recorded thousands of fans tuning in, with Mack stating in the past{{cite web | url=https://www.theirishworld.com/keep-it-country-defend-decision-to-leave-freeview/ | title=Keep it Country defend decision to leave Freeview | the Irish World }} that Memory Lane had a weekly reach of 1.2 million. He also stated that the Memory Lane show on 31 August 2022 would be his last and that he planned on starting a new channel called Music & Memories, which would be broadcast on FAST streaming service Channelbox{{Cite web|url=https://www.channelbox.tv/|title=Channelbox|website=Channelbox}} via Freeview channel 271. Mack also stated that he would be taking legal action against BARB over the reporting of the viewing figures and suggested that people contact Nadine Dorries, the UK'S Culture, Media and Digital Secretary to complain.

On 31 August 2022, after Spotlight TV was added to Channelbox under its normal channel name, it was removed from Sky and Freesat. It was removed from VisionTV (channel 264) a few days later.

In early September Spotlight TV was renamed Music & Memories.{{Cite web |url=https://www.philmackcountry.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220907090022/https://www.philmackcountry.com/ |title=Latest update on our new channel |archive-date=7 September 2022}} The version of Music & Memories on musicandmemories.tv carries no advertising and has a black on-screen bug, while the version on Channelbox carries advertising and has a white on-screen bug. In late September the channel moved to musicandmemories.uk and now has a white on-screen bug.

Currently the owners search for funding a new satellite channel {{Cite web|url=https://www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/philip-mclaughlin-1|title=Crowdfunding to We are looking at ways to sustain a similar channel going forward maybe as Music and Memories . See all at www.philmackcountry.com on JustGiving}}

The majority of the channel's output is country music but recently the channel has added a "small number of shows from other genres," mostly oldies and classic hits from the second half of the 20th century, to encourage more viewers to watch the channel as part of its overall growth plans. As of 2022, the nostalgic television network hosts a variety of hour-long themed programmes such as The Irish Music Hour hosted by Phil Mack & Natasha Magee, American Country Mix or Stacey Jackson In The 80s hosted by Stacey Jackson.

• American Country Mix{{cite web | url=https://spotlight-tv.co.uk/shows | title=Shows – SpotlightTV }}{{cite web | url=https://spotlight-tv.co.uk/american-country-mix | title=American Country Mix – SpotlightTV }}
• Brolly & Friends with Bob Brolly{{cite web | url=https://spotlight-tv.co.uk/brolly-friends | title=Brolly & Friends – SpotlightTV }}
• Caitlin’s Country with Caitlin Murtagh{{cite web | url=https://spotlight-tv.co.uk/caitlins-country | title=Caitlin's Country – SpotlightTV }}
• Country Jamboree with Marisa D’Amato{{cite web | url=https://spotlight-tv.co.uk/country-jamboree | title=Country Jamboree – SpotlightTV }}
• Glenn Rogers Crazy World{{cite web | url=https://spotlight-tv.co.uk/glenn-rogers-crazy-world | title=Glenn Rogers Crazy World – SpotlightTV }}
• Hayley’s Happy Hour with Hayley Sparkes{{cite web | url=https://spotlight-tv.co.uk/hayleys-happy-hour | title=Hayley's Happy Hour – SpotlightTV }}
• Kelly Talks Country with Paul Kelly{{cite web | url=https://spotlight-tv.co.uk/kelly-talks-country | title=Kelly Talks Country – SpotlightTV }}
• Maria’s Gospel Hour with Maria Doherty{{cite web | url=https://spotlight-tv.co.uk/marias-gospel-hour | title=Maria's Gospel Hour – SpotlightTV }}
• Sarah Jory’s Hot Picks with Sarah Jory{{cite web | url=https://spotlight-tv.co.uk/sarah-jorys-hot-picks | title=Sarah Jory's Hot Picks – SpotlightTV }}
• Saturday Night With Hayley Palmer with Hayley Palmer{{cite web | url=https://spotlight-tv.co.uk/saturday-night-with-hayley-palmer | title=Saturday Night with Hayley Palmer – SpotlightTV }}
• Shauna’s Country with Shauna McStravock{{cite web | url=https://spotlight-tv.co.uk/shaunas-country | title=Shauna's Country – SpotlightTV }}
• Stacey Jackson In The 80s{{cite web | url=https://spotlight-tv.co.uk/stacey-jackson-in-the-80s | title=Stacey Jackson in the 80s – SpotlightTV }}
• Steve’s Country Showdown with Steve Bloor, Louise Morrissey and Ed Holland{{cite web | url=https://spotlight-tv.co.uk/steves-country-showdown | title=Steve's Country Showdown – SpotlightTV }}

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Category:Music video networks in the United Kingdom

Category:Television channels and stations established in 2010

Category:Country music mass media

Category:2010 establishments in the United Kingdom