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    • Apr 30, 1946
    Capitol Records offers 95,000 shares of stock, so it can build a pressing plant in Scranton, Pennsylvania
    Nov 19, 1947
    Gene Autry buys Phoenix radio station KOOL for nearly $250,000
    Dec 22, 1947
    Roy Acuff and the Smoky Mountain Boys headline a benefit at the Lyric Theater in Knoxville, raising $704 for the Empty Stocking Fund
    Mar 19, 1948
    Manager Fred Rose sends a letter to singer Hank Williams, refusing to lend him money just two days after wiring him $400. "For the present," Rose writes, "I am fed up with all your foolishness"
    Apr 8, 1948
    The FCC approves Gene Autry's purchase of Phoenix radio station KOOL for $250,000 on the condition that he divest himself of KPHO
    Apr 11, 1949
    Ernest Tubb buys a home at 331 Lawndale Drive in Nashville for $12,000
    Sep 20, 1949
    Elvis Presley's family moves into Lauderdale Courts, a public housing project in Memphis. Rent is $35 monthly
    Nov 19, 1949
    Jerry Lee Lewis gives his first professional performance when Babin-Paul Motors, of Ferriday, Louisiana, holds an open house to introduce the new Fords. Co-owner Lloyd Paul collects almost $13 for Lewis, who plays "Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-O-Dee"
    Sep 30, 1951
    Porter Wagoner makes his debut on KWTO Radio in Springfield, Missouri, where his instant popularity earns him a raise from $35 weekly to $70
    Sep 24, 1952
    Hank Williams signs a three-year contract to return to "The Louisiana Hayride" for $200-a-week for Saturday night performances



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