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    • 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
    Sep 2, 1932
    Tex Ritter holds his first recording session in New York, with "Rye Whiskey" among the two songs he cuts. The version is not issued, but a later recording becomes one of his earliest hits
    Sep 7, 1932
    With a power play dividing group members Milton Brown and Bob Wills, Brown quits The Light Crust Doughboys
    Sep 21, 1932
    After auditioning 67 singers in a two-week period, Bob Wills hires Tommy Duncan to replace Milton Brown as the lead vocalist for The Light Crust Doughboys on the basis of Duncan's performance of "I Ain't Got Nobody"
    Mar 14, 1933
    William Borrett, manager of Halifax radio station CHNS, writes Hank Snow's first rejection letter, declining to put The Singing Ranger on the air: "Unless a sponsor was to ask for you, we could not do anything for you"
    Jul 28, 1933
    The Girls Of The Golden West hold their first recording session, for the Bluebird label, in Chicago, Illinois. The date includes a cover of Gene Autry's "That Silver-Haired Daddy Of Mine"
    Oct 10, 1933
    The Light Crust Doughboys record "Beautiful Texas" in Chicago. The session is the first for steel guitarist Leon McAuliffe
    Feb 9, 1934
    Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys begin a 24-year stint on Tulsa's KVOO
    Mar 13, 1934
    KFWB announcer Harry Hall introduces The Pioneer Trio on the Los Angeles radio station, saying the act is too young to be considered pioneers, but could be "sons of pioneers." Thus, the Sons Of The Pioneers receive their name
    Aug 7, 1934
    Bill Boyd holds his first recording session for RCA Victor, in San Antonio, Texas



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