Beginning in the mid-1920s, radio stations that catered to rural audiences sponsored programs featuring country music, generically termed barn dances. Ranking second in terms of longevity and perhaps in significance to the Grand Ole Opry from WSM Nashville came the Jamboree in Wheeling, West Virginia. It became the springboard for such country stars as Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper, Hawkshaw Hawkins, the Osborne Brothers, Doc and Chickie Williams, Lee Moore, Big Slim the Lone Cowboy, and most recently, Brad Paisley. Under slightly varying names, the Jamboree flourished from 1933 through 2005 over the airwaves of 50,000-watt WWVA 1170 AM and now airs on WWOV 101.1 FM.
By:
Ivan M Tribe, Jacob L Bapst Foreword by:
Barbara Peeper Williams Smik Imprint: Arcadia Pub (Sc) Dimensions:
Height: 235mm,
Width: 191mm,
Spine: 10mm
Weight: 445g ISBN:9781540245151 ISBN 10: 1540245152 Series:Images of America Pages: 130 Publication Date:02 November 2020 Audience:
General/trade
,
ELT Advanced
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active