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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
612-822-4611
Jamboree in Wheeling

Jamboree in Wheeling

Hardcover

Series: Images of America

RadioCountry & FolkRegional: South

Publisher Price: $39.99

ISBN10: 1540245152
ISBN13: 9781540245151
Publisher: Arcadia Pub (Sc)
Published: Nov 2 2020
Pages: 130
Weight: 0.98
Height: 0.38 Width: 7.50 Depth: 9.25
Language: English
Beginning in the mid-1920s, radio stations that catered to rural audiences sponsored programs featuring country music, generically termed barn dances. Ranking second in terms of longevity and perhaps in significance to the Grand Ole Opry from WSM Nashville came the Jamboree in Wheeling, West Virginia. It became the springboard for such country stars as Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper, Hawkshaw Hawkins, the Osborne Brothers, Doc and Chickie Williams, Lee Moore, Big Slim the Lone Cowboy, and most recently, Brad Paisley. Under slightly varying names, the Jamboree flourished from 1933 through 2005 over the airwaves of 50,000-watt WWVA 1170 AM and now airs on WWOV 101.1 FM.

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