Established in 1989 by Executive Producers Patty Bledsoe St. Lawrence and Joe St. Lawrence. In 2000, the company was purchased by Lagardere Active North American, the St. Lawrence’s continued to serve as President and COO. In late 2004, the St. Lawrence’s repurchased the company from LANA and is again a privately held corporation.
RTM Productions is a full-service television production company specializing in automotive, outdoor, and entertainment programming. The company employs a staff of 42 including executive staff, administration, sales, producers, writers, talent, videographers, editors, and graphic artists. RTM is vertically integrated providing all production services – studios, cameras and post-production in house.
In January, 2006 RTM consolidated its three locations and moved into a state-of the-art 50,000 sq ft facility located in Franklin, TN. This production tech center features six full production studios, five edit suites and all business offices.
RTM has supplied program series and specials to ESPN, espn2, CBA/TNN, The Outdoor Channel, Spike TV, Outdoor Life Network, as well as domestic syndication and international distribution.
PROGRAMMING
RTM's regularly scheduled half-hour programs have included new vehicle and how-to automotive series and outdoor lifestyle shows:
HORSEPOWER TV January 1999 - a studio set based how-to and lifestyle show targeting the DIY auto performance enthusiast.