Back9 is on the air

Hartford’s Back9Network said its programming hit DirecTV’s digital airwaves Monday as planned.

The golf-lifestyle media company’s first program, ‘The Turn,’ aired at noon on channel 262, following a ribbon cutting at its studios with executives and local officials, including Council President Shawn Wooden, Metro Hartford Alliance President Oz Griebel, and City Treasurer Adam Cloud, whose father Sanford Cloud Jr., is on the company’s board.

Tuesday at 9 p.m., the eponymous ‘Ahmad Rashad’ program will air, with a special guest appearance by actor Bill Murray.