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    • Feb 1, 1928
    Harry Stone becomes a staff announcer for WSM-AM in Nashville. He will eventually take over as general manager of the Grand Ole Opry
    Nov 2, 1928
    WBAW Radio debuts in Nashville. The station airs a Friday night country music show, "The Capitol Theater Owl Club," which competes with WSM's Grand Ole Opry and with WLAC for both hillbilly performers and listeners
    Nov 11, 1928
    The Federal Radio Commission re-assigns WSM Radio's dial position from 890 kilocycles to 650, where the AM station, which airs the Grand Ole Opry, remains
    Nov 11, 1929
    The Municipal Auditorium is dedicated in Shreveport, Louisiana. The building becomes the home of "The Louisiana Hayride," a radio show that provides a launching pad for Elvis Presley, Johnny Horton, Hank Williams, Webb Pierce and David Houston, among others
    Apr 6, 1930
    Country group The Beverly Hill Billies debuts on Los Angeles radio station KMPC. The act maintains popularity for nearly a decade. In 1963, they successfully sue producers of "The Beverly Hillbillies" for copyright infringement
    Jul 31, 1930
    "The Detective Story Hour," a mystery show on network radio, introduces a character called The Shadow. The character stays in circulation for more than 20 years, celebrated in the lyrics of The Statler Brothers' 1972 hit "Do You Remember These"
    Jul 1, 1931
    George W. Smith is named managing director of radio station WWVA in West Virginia. In the role, he creates "The Wheeling Jamboree," an Opry-style weekly show
    Dec 1, 1931
    Gene Autry begins a stint on WLS Radio in Chicago, with his own show "Conqueror Record Time." He remains with the station three years before moving to California
    Mar 19, 1932
    WLS Radio's "National Barn Dance" moves to Chicago's Eighth Street Theater, a venue it will call home for the next 25 years
    Sep 19, 1932
    Having left The Light Crust Doughboys, Milton Brown's Musical Brownies are listed for the first time in The Fort Worth Press with a performance on KTAT Radio



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