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    • Nov 4, 1941
    Back in the town hall again: The city of Berwyn, Oklahoma, officially changes its name to Gene Autry, Oklahoma. The ceremony takes place during a broadcast of Autry's "Melody Ranch" radio show
    Dec 7, 1941
    The Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor. Tennessee Ernie Ford, working as a disc jockey at WORL, is the first person to inform Knoxville of the tragedy
    Dec 25, 1941
    Bing Crosby sings "White Christmas" on his radio show, giving the Irving Berlin song its first public performance. Some eight years later, an Ernest Tubb version becomes a country hit
    May 9, 1942
    With World War II raging, Tommy Duncan, lead singer for Bob Wills' Texas Playboys, tells Tulsa's KVOO listeners goodbye and joins the Army. Wills subsequently replaces Duncan with Leon Huff
    Jul 26, 1942
    Gene Autry joins the Army Air Corps, volunteering during a CBS radio broadcast of his show, "Melody Ranch"
    Dec 12, 1942
    "Jamboree U.S.A." airs on Wheeling radio station WWVA. To encourage the conservation of gasoline during World War II, it marks the last time the show plays for a live audience until the war is over
    Jun 21, 1943
    Ernest Tubb begins hosting a morning radio program on Nashville's WSM Radio. The job lasts one year
    Oct 2, 1943
    Ernest Tubb begins hosting his own half-hour show on Nashville radio station WSM prior to the Grand Ole Opry
    Mar 1, 1944
    Merle Travis ends a six-year stint on Cincinnati's WLW Radio. Fellow employee Hank Penny drives him to the train station, and Travis moves to California the same day
    Jun 6, 1944
    Country Music Hall Of Fame broadcaster Grant Turner debuts on WSM radio the same day Allied troops invade Normandy. Turner, who becomes the Grand Ole Opry announcer, handles station breaks on D-Day between network news coverage



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