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    • Oct 8, 1944
    Kate Smith introduces the country to the Cole Porter/Bob Fletcher tune "Don't Fence Me In" during a radio broadcast. In short order, the song is a pop hit for Bing Crosby & The Andrews Sisters, and a country hit for Gene Autry
    Nov 21, 1944
    "The Roy Rogers Show" makes its radio debut on the Mutual Broadcasting System. The Sons Of The Pioneers are part of the cast
    Apr 14, 1945
    Buddy Harroll, of Pee Wee King's Golden West Cowboys, is the first to play trumpet on the Grand Ole Opry, delivering "Taps" in honor of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who died two days earlier
    Jun 5, 1945
    Chet Atkins begins working an on-air shift at Cincinnati radio station WLW
    Sep 23, 1945
    Gene Autry's "Melody Ranch" radio show returns to the airwaves, two months after he ended his three-year military service
    Nov 17, 1945
    "Opry House Matinee" debuts on the Mutual Broadcasting Network. The program is hosted by Ernest Tubb and Eddy Arnold
    Dec 29, 1945
    The Maddox Brothers & Rose return to the air on KGDM in Stockton, California, for the first time since the draft broke up the band
    Jan 26, 1946
    Hank Williams returns to on-air duties at WSFA Radio in Montgomery, Alabama, where he had played five years before. He becomes a major attraction for the station
    May 9, 1946
    George W. Smith dies of a cerebral hemorrhage at Ohio Valley General Hospital in Wheeling, West Virginia. The managing director of WWVA, he created "The Wheeling Jamboree," an Opry-style radio show
    Jul 13, 1946
    After a three-year absence during World War II, WWVA renews its weekly broadcast of "Jamboree U.S.A." The show eventually runs more than 70 years, featuring such acts as Stoney Cooper & Wilma Lee, Hawkshaw Hawkins and Grandpa Jones



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