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Aug 27, 1960
"The Louisiana Hayride" ends a 12-year run on on KWKH in Shreveport, broadcast from the Municipal Auditorium. The "Hayride" had provided competition for the Grand Ole Opry, and groomed such stars as Elvis Presley, Jim Reeves and Hank Williams
Dec 24, 1960
The Grand Ole Opry airs for the last time on the NBC Radio Network, which carried it for the first time in 1939. Hank Snow hosts the night's broadcast
Jun 17, 1961
With Patsy Cline in the hospital from a car accident, Loretta Lynn dedicates "I Fall To Pieces" to Cline on Ernest Tubb's "Midnite Jamboree" radio show. Cline's husband, Charlie Dick, asks Lynn to come meet Cline in the hospital the next day
Mar 7, 1962
The Beatles make their radio debut on the BBC, playing three songs, including a version of Roy Orbison's "Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream)"
May 27, 1962
The Los Angeles Times reports Gene Autry and his Golden West Broadcasters have purchased Portland radio station KEX
Jul 12, 1962
Mick Jagger and company first perform as The Rolling Stones, on a BBC radio show. In 1969, the band records "Honky Tonk Women," cited in the Country Music Foundation's "Heartaches By The Number" among country's 500 greatest singles
Oct 10, 1962
The BBC bans Bobby "Boris" Pickett's "The Monster Mash," including a background vocal appearance by future Nashville songwriter Johnny MacRae. Among MacRae's credits: "I'd Love To Lay You Down" and "I'd Be Better Off (In A Pine Box)"
Dec 8, 1962
Disc jockey Alan Freed pleads guilty in New York to taking $2,000 in 1958 in exchange for airplay. He receives a $300 fine and six months probation for violating payola laws. His name is among the credits on The Forester Sisters' hit "Sincerely"
Aug 30, 1963
Jeff Cook takes an on-air shift at Fort Payne's WFPA Radio
Oct 22, 1963
Thieves in St. Louis steal a saddle embedded with 65 silver dollars from Webb Pierce's car while the singer appears on an all-night radio show. Police later find the saddle--minus the silver dollars
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