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    • Sep 11, 1948
    Hank Thompson begins starring in the Mutual Radio Network's "Smoky Mountain Hayride." Within several months, he leaves for the Grand Ole Opry, but when he discovers his check for performing is less than $10, he returns to Waco, Texas
    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
    Oct 16, 1948
    Dallas radio station KRLD debuts "The Big D Jamboree." The show launches the career of Ray Price
    Jan 10, 1949
    Hank Williams begins hosting a morning show, sponsored by Johnnie Fair Syrup, on Shreveport radio station KWKH, where he bills himself as "the ol' syrup sopper." The job lasts about four months, before he moves to Nashville
    Aug 20, 1949
    Slim Whitman makes his national radio debut singing with The Light Crust Doughboys on the Mutual Broadcasting Network
    Oct 22, 1949
    The Associated Press reports Gene Autry is selling his 50% interest in Santa Monica radio station KOWL
    Oct 25, 1949
    Ernest Tubb becomes a critic: The singer begins a six-month stint on Nashville's WMAK Radio, with a daily, one-hour show, "Ernest Tubb's Record Roundup," in which he offers his opinions on the latest releases
    Oct 29, 1949
    Dewey Phillips debuts his "Red Hot 'N' Blue" radio show on WHBQ in Memphis. Five years later, he becomes the first deejay to play a record by Elvis Presley
    Feb 18, 1950
    "The WSB Barn Dance" airs for the last time in Atlanta
    Apr 2, 1950
    WSM announcer David Cobb refers to Nashville as "Music City U.S.A.," unwittingly coining a nickname for the Tennessee capital



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