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    • Apr 2, 1980
    Syndicated radio host Bobby Bones is born in Hot Springs, Arkansas. He earns a Top 5 country album in 2016 when his comedic duo, Bobby Bones And The Raging Idiots, releases "The Critics Give It 5 Stars"
    Sep 8, 1980
    New York jazz station WRVR flips to country WKHK, launching with Waylon Jennings' "Are You Ready For The Country"
    Jun 21, 1982
    Kenny Rogers hears Mike Dekle's song "Scarlet Fever" on a Georgia radio station and calls Dekle for a copy. Rogers subsequently records his own version and has a hit with it the following year
    Jun 10, 1983
    The Los Angeles Times reports Gene Autry's Golden West Broadcasters is selling San Francisco radio station KSFO to King Broadcasting
    Sep 1, 1983
    Gaylord Broadcasting officially takes over control of Opryland, including WSM Radio, the Grand Ole Opry and TNN
    Mar 21, 1984
    Gene Autry's Great Western Broadcasters sells two Portland radio stations, KEX-AM and KKRZ-FM, to Taft Broadcasting, in accordance with his late wife's will. The proceeds go into the Autry Foundation charities
    Apr 19, 1984
    Gene Autry's Golden West Broadcasting sells two country radio stations in Detroit, WCXI-AM & FM, to Shamrock Broadcasting, for a reported $4 million
    Apr 30, 1984
    As Willie Nelson turns 51, 17,500 fans sing "Happy Birthday" at a concert in Phoenix. Radio station KNIX provides five 200-pound birthday cakes, shaped like the state of Arizona, at a cost of $2,500
    Dec 22, 1984
    Twelve-year-old Brad Paisley makes his first appearance on "The Wheeling Jamboree," a WWVA radio show in West Virginia
    Feb 4, 1985
    Terre Haute's WPFR-AM changes format from beautiful music to country. Owned by The Oak Ridge Boys, the station's first country song is "Elvira"



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