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    • Aug 28, 1922
    The first radio commercial, lasting 10 minutes, airs on WEAF in New York
    Sep 18, 1922
    Fiddler Clayton McMichen makes his first appearance on Atlanta radio station WSB
    Sep 28, 1922
    Riley Puckett makes his radio debut on Atlanta's WSB
    Nov 29, 1922
    Atlanta's WSB presents an "Old-Fashioned Concert," regarded as the first all-country radio program in history
    Jan 1, 1923
    Los Angeles' KFI becomes the first radio station in America licensed by ASCAP, setting a precedent for the songwriting industry. As a result, songwriters receive a royalty each time one of their tunes is played on the radio
    Jan 4, 1923
    WBAP in Dallas becomes the first station west of the Mississippi River to broadcast country music, airing "The Radio Barn Dance"
    Jan 20, 1923
    WMC Radio goes on the air in Memphis, Tennessee, as a subsidiary of The Memphis Commercial Appeal. The signal proves significant in the careers of Eddy Arnold and Grand Ole Opry founder George D. Hay
    Aug 2, 1923
    Memphis broadcaster George D. Hay, working on WMC, becomes the first radio personality to announce the death of president Warren G. Harding. Two years later, Hay establishes the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville
    Apr 12, 1924
    Chicago radio station WLS begins broadcasting, just one week before it starts airing "The National Barn Dance," a live show formatted similarly to the Grand Ole Opry, established 19 months later
    Apr 19, 1924
    Chicago radio station WLS broadcasts the first "National Barn Dance"



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