has been served with some of the fastest internet speeds in the area thanks to the utility's expansion into the telecom industry and offering fiber-optic network connections for internet, television, and telephone service to its customers, including Smart Grid technology. Haletown has enjoyed becoming an extension of EPB's "Gig City" as they became the first company in the United States to offer one gigabit-per-second Internet speed to more than 175,000 homes and businesses. This has attracted worldwide attention and earned Chattanooga the nickname "Gig City." Serodino, Inc. is the only major industrial commercial business in the community, operating an inland shipyard that builds and repairs towboats, excursion boats and barges. The Nickajack Radio Network, a subsidiary of Carmichael Media, operates from broadcast facility studios in Haletown, TN, which syndicates radio programming, services, information and entertainment for broadcast radio stations and internet stations around the world. Founded in 2010, the local outlet is most well-known locally for their local sports programming and broadcasts for area high schools, including seasonal football broadcasts of the Marion County High School Warriors; Whitwell High School Tigers; South Pittsburg High School Pirates; and Sequatchie County High School Indians, among others, which all originates from their Haletown broadcast facility over nearby local radio stations WEPG and WSDQ. References External links TAG Caver History of Hales Bar Dam TVA History of Hales Bar Dam replacement South Pittsburg Historic Preservation Society 'Guild' Page US Army news story recalling operation of navigational lock at Hales Bar Hales Bar Marina Ghost Stories of Haunted Hales Bar Travel Channel Ghost Adventures: Hales Bar Marina and Dam Ghost Hunters - Hales Bar Dam IMDB Serodino, Inc. Nickajack Radio Network Unincorporated communities in Tennessee Unincorporated communities in Marion County, Tennessee Chattanooga metropolitan area Tennessee populated places on the Tennessee River