November 28 1925, The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcastingThe Grand Ole Opry, one of the longe
November 28 1925, The Grand Ole Opry begins broadcasting The Grand Ole Opry, one of the longest-lived and most popular showcases for western music, begins broadcasting live from Nashville, Tennessee. The showcase was originally named the Barn Dance, after a Chicago radio program called the National Barn Dance that had begun broadcasting the previous year. The four-and-a-half-hour Grand Ole Opry program became one of the most popular broadcasts in the South, and like its Chicago cousin, helped make country-western an enduring part of the popular American musical landscape. Playing a show at the grand ole opry is one of the highest honors in country music. -- source link
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