Gene Autry’s Melody Ranch is a Western variety radio show in the United States. A 15-minute pilot show aired on December 31, 1939. The program ran from January 7, 1940 to August 1, 1943, and from September 23, 1945 to May 16, 1956. The show’s entire run was broadcast over the CBS radio network, sponsored…

The Grand Ole Opry is a weekly country music stage concert in Nashville, Tennessee, that has presented the biggest stars of that genre since 1925. It is also among the longest-running broadcasts in history since its beginnings as a one-hour radio “barn dance” on WSM-AM. Dedicated to honoring country music and its history, the Opry…

Strap on your boots and pop on your ten gallon hat because:   “It’s time for Country Style USA… stay all night, stay a little longer, dance all night, dance a little longer, pull off your coat and go a little longer, don’t see why you don’t stay a little longer.”  Announced by Cecil Daniels,…

The All Star Western Theatre graced the airwaves in the mid-1940’s and was made up of a variety of different shows. The shows delivered riotous laughs and down-to-earth humor that was a pleasant alternative to other heavier and intense programs. The music of these old radio shows was done by a group called “The Riders…