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    • Apr 22, 1940
    Jimmy Wakely and Johnny Bond lend musical support to Gene Autry when the cowboy makes an appearance on WKY Radio in Okemah, Oklahoma, promoting his movie "Rancho Grande." Autry eventually invites the two musicians to become regulars on his national radio show
    Aug 19, 1940
    Woody Guthrie and Burl Ives perform during the debut of the "Back Where I Come From" radio show on the CBS Network. By the end of the month, Guthrie is under contract to the firm
    Aug 27, 1940
    Woody Guthrie signs a contract with CBS Radio to be a regular cast member for their network show, "Back Where I Come From." His pay is $150 weekly, but the show lasts only a few months
    Nov 16, 1940
    "The WSB Barn Dance" airs for the first time in Atlanta
    Nov 25, 1940
    Three months after he began appearing on "Back Where I Come From," Woody Guthrie receives his own CBS Radio show, "Pipe Smoking Time." Within a month, he abandons the show
    Dec 2, 1940
    Ernest Tubb is listed for the first time as a performer on Fort Worth radio station KGKO, a job that helps launch him to prominence
    Dec 4, 1940
    Gene Autry, Roy Rogers, Hopalong Cassidy and Tex Ritter are among a number of Hollywood cowboys who team up for a live radio broadcast to raise money for British children victimized by Nazi bombing raids
    May 3, 1941
    "The Renfro Valley Barn Dance" moves from Cincinnati radio station WLW to Louisville outlet WHAS
    May 15, 1941
    Radio station WELO begins broadcasting in Tupelo, Mississippi. It will be the first station on which a young Elvis Presley performs. It also sponsors a talent contest at which he first sings at age 10
    Jul 24, 1941
    Teenage Chet Atkins picks up his first radio job, at Columbus' WRBL in Georgia



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