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    • Jan 1, 1948
    Johnnie & Jack leave Nashville's Grand Ole Opry and WSM Radio to become regulars on KWKH in Shreveport, Louisiana, setting them up three months later among the first acts to perform on "The Louisiana Hayride"
    Feb 21, 1948
    Little Jimmy Dickens makes his first appearance on the Grand Ole Opry, performing "John Henry" and "I Dreamed Of An Old Love Affair"
    Apr 8, 1948
    Hank Williams plays a Grand Ole Opry-sponsored show featuring Johnny Bond and Cowboy Copas in Montgomery, Alabama. Williams starts drinking with Copas and disappears for several days
    Sep 4, 1948
    Eddy Arnold forfeits his Grand Ole Opry membership to host a show of his own on the CBS Radio Network
    Sep 11, 1948
    Eddy Arnold accepts a position as host of a new radio show called "Hometown Reunion." It requires him to be in a different city every weekend, so he resigns from the Grand Ole Opry. He uses "The Cattle Call" as the new show's theme
    Sep 25, 1948
    George Morgan joins the Grand Ole Opry
    Nov 5, 1948
    The Oak Ridge Boys' founder, Wally Fowler, inaugurates the all-night gospel sing following the Grand Ole Opry
    Nov 6, 1948
    Little Jimmy Dickens officially joins the cast of the Grand Ole Opry
    Feb 26, 1949
    The Maddox Brothers & Rose make their Grand Ole Opry debut. The sight of Fred Maddox' two-tone gray Cadillac Fleetwood spurs Chrysler owner Roy Acuff to buy a Caddy just like it
    Jun 11, 1949
    Hank Williams makes his debut on the Grand Ole Opry, performing "Lovesick Blues" and "Mind Your Own Business." Legend claims he receives six encores. In the audience is Porter Wagoner, attending his first Opry show



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