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    • Apr 23, 1900
    The derisive term "hillbilly" first appears in print in The New York Journal
    Mar 18, 1902
    Enrico Caruso becomes the first performer to make a recording, singing into a megaphone-shaped device while his rendition is etched into a cylinder. It's a significant event in the development of the recording business
    Dec 11, 1902
    The Nashville Musicians Union--Local 257--is founded. All musicians who play on a "master" recording are paid through the AFM
    Aug 22, 1906
    Victrola patents the phonograph. The hand-carved machine retails for $200
    Feb 13, 1914
    ASCAP is formed at the Hotel Claridge in New York City. The performing rights agency--the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers--collects and distributes royalties to songwriters for the public use of their works
    Oct 17, 1919
    The Radio Corporation of America is formed. RCA becomes one of the most-storied labels in country's history, representing such acts as Elvis Presley, Dolly Parton, Alabama, Clint Black, Eddy Arnold, Chet Atkins and The Carter Family
    Nov 2, 1920
    KDKA in Pittsburgh goes on the air, becoming America's first radio station
    Mar 16, 1922
    WSB goes on the air in Atlanta. One week later, it becomes the first radio station to broadcast country music
    Mar 23, 1922
    Fiddlin' John Carson becomes the first "hillbilly" artist to play on the radio, performing on Atlanta's WSB. His first song: "Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane"
    May 12, 1922
    New York radio station WEAF airs the first commercially-sponsored program



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