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    • Jul 14, 1946
    Hawkshaw Hawkins joins "The Wheeling Jamboree" in West Virginia
    Dec 25, 1946
    Don Everly sings "Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town" and Phil Everly performs "Silent Night" on radio station KMA in Shenandoah, Iowa. It marks the first time the two singers are recorded
    Feb 28, 1947
    Laverne Howell becomes the one-millionth fan to attend WWVA's "Jamboree U.S.A." radio show in Wheeling, West Virginia
    May 4, 1947
    Francis Craig's orchestra plays live for the last time on NBC Radio, after a 15-year run. The same year, he earns a pop hit with "Near You," which becomes a country hit for George Jones & Tammy Wynette 30 years later
    Nov 19, 1947
    Gene Autry buys Phoenix radio station KOOL for nearly $250,000
    Feb 1, 1948
    Having left Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys, fiddler Chubby Wise joins guitarist Clyde Moody--also an ex-Blue Grass Boy--as regular on-air performers with radio station WARL in Arlington, Virginia
    Apr 8, 1948
    The FCC approves Gene Autry's purchase of Phoenix radio station KOOL for $250,000 on the condition that he divest himself of KPHO
    Apr 8, 1948
    The FCC approves Gene Autry's purchase of Phoenix radio station KOOL for $250,000 on the condition that he divest himself of KPHO
    Jul 29, 1948
    Hank Williams makes his last appearance as a disc jockey on radio station WSFA in Montgomery, Alabama
    Sep 4, 1948
    Eddy Arnold forfeits his Grand Ole Opry membership to host a show of his own on the CBS Radio Network



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