It's Saturday night. The work week is done. Time for fun. Back then it was time for the music and dancing. Families and friends would get together. Those who could play and sing, did. The rest either watched or kicked up their heels and danced along. From these types of gatherings the first recording companies and radio stations began to find their musicians and artists. George D. Hay long associated with the Grand Ole Opry was at WLS before then and knew their was an audience out there, rural America was his target. History now lets us see which shows made it or lasted a few years. But for a while, it was like today's television copy cat formula for getting ratings. For a time, many radio stations used Barn Dance type radio shows featuring singing, comedy, square dancing as a way to gain listenership and to bring it to the audience live for broadcast. Kick back. Turn off the tv. Gather around the radio - pretend its an old time radio with the glowing dials. Let your mind wander back to those old days as you rediscover these old shows and remember them. Or learn about them for the first time. From shows like this many of country music's stars and legends got their start.

Program Radio Station—City, State Alabama Hayloft Jamboree WAPI—Birmingham, AL Allegheny Mountain Jamboree WFRM—Coudersport, PA Arizona Hayride —Phoenix, AZ Arkansas Jamboree Barndance KLRA—Little Rock, AR Big E Jamboree —Evansville, IN Blue Bonnet Barn Dance KCEN-TV—Temple, TX Bluff Creek Round Up KOMA—Oklahoma City, OK Boone County Jamboree WLW—Cncinnati, OH Brown County Jamboree WIBC, WIRE—Bean Blossom, IN Calgary Stampede —Calgary, AB California Hayride —Richmond, CA Carolina Barn Dance WBRM—Spruce Pine, NC Carolina Hayride WBT—Charlotte, NC CFCF Hometown Jamboree CFCF—Montreal, Quebec Canada Chippewa Valley Barn Dance WEAU—Eau Claire, WI Circle Jamboree —Cleveland, OH CKEY Hayloft Hoedown CKEY—Toronto, Ontario Canada CKNX Barn Dance CKNX—Wingham, ON Cornbelt Jamboree KMA—Council Bluffs, IA Country Carnival Barn Dance KMPC—San Gabriel, CA Cowtown Jubilee KCMO—Kansas City, MO Dixie Jamboree WBT—Charlotte, NC Dream Ranch Jamboree WJMX—Florence, SC East Texas Hillbilly Jamboree KFRO—Longview, TX Garden State Jamboree WATV (TV)—Newark, NJ Grand Ole Opry WSM—Nashville, TN Happy Valley Jamboree WSGN—Birgmingham, AL Hayloft Frolic WTTV—Terre Haute / Bloomington, IN Hayloft Hoedown WFIL—Philadelphia, PA Hayloft Jamboree WCOP—Boston, MA Hocking Valley Barn Dance WAOK—Lancaster, OH Hollywood Barn Dance KNX—Hollywood, CA Hometown Jamboree KXLA—Los Angeles, CA Hoosier Hop WOWO—Fort Wayne, IN Hoosierland Barn Dance WLBC—Muncie, IN Hoosierland Jamboree WJOB—Hammond, IN Houston Home Town Jamboree KNUZ—Houston, TX Indiana Hoedown WFBM—Indianapolis, IN Iowa Barn Dance Frolic WHO—Des Moines, IA Kansas Roundup WIBW—Topeka, KS KMA Country School KMA—Council Bluffs, IA KMBC Brush Creek Follies KMBC—Kansas City, MO Korn's-a-Krackin' KWTO—Springfield, MO KRLD Big D Jamboree KRLD—Dallas, TX KVOA Barn Dance KVOA—Tucson, AZ KWGB Rhythm Jamboree Bandwagon KWGB—Goodland, KS KWTO Barn Dance KWTO—Springfield, MO Lee Mace's Ozark Opry KRCG, KMOS—Lake of the Ozarks, MO Louisiana Hayride KWKH—Shreveport, LA Main Street Jamboree CHML—Hamilton, ON Marshall Jamboree KMHT—Marshall, TX Maumee Valley Jamboree WTOD—Toledo, OH Michigan Barn Dance WKNX—Saginaw, MI Midway Jamboree WGWD—Gadsden, AL Midwestern Hayride WLW—Cincinnati, OH National Barn Dance WLS—Chicago, IL Old Farm Hour WCHS—Charleston, WV Old Fashioned Barn Dance KMOX—St. Louis, MO Old Kentucky Barn Dance WHAS—Louisville, KY Original Warren County Jamboree WRRN—Warren, PA Ozark Jubilee KWTO—Springfield, MO Peach State Jamboree WJAT—Swainsboro, GA Pine Hollow Jamboree WPIC—Sharon, PA Possum Holler Opry WGEM-TV—Quincy, IL Red River Jamboree KFTV—Paris, TX Renfro Valley Barn Dance WLW—Renfro Valley, KY Rockford Hayloft Jamboree —Rockford, IL Rocky Mountain Jamboree KLAK—Denver, CO Saddle Mountain Roundup KVOO-KRLD—Tulsa, OK and Dallas, TX Sagebrush Roundup WMMN—Fairmont, WV Saturday Night Shindig WFAA—Dallas, TX Saturday Nite Hoedown CJCH—Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada Shady Valley Gang KWK—St. Louis, MO Sohio Hayride —Cincinnati, OH South Texas Serenade WOGT—Orange, TX Sunset Valley Barn Dance KSTP—St. Paul, MN Suwanee River Jamboree WNER—Live Oak, FL Tennessee Barn Dance WNOX—Knoxville, TN Tennessee Hayloft Jamboree WAGC—Chattanooga, TN The Lazy Ranch Boys Barn Dance WXYZ—Detroit, MI Town and Country Time Jamboree WMAL—Washington, DC Town Hall Jamboree WIP—Philadelphia, PA Town Hall Party KXLA—Compton, CA Virginia Barn Dance WDVA—Danville, VA WAVY Tidewater Jamboree WAVY—Tidewater, VA WBAM Deep South Jamboree WBAM—Montgomery, AL WDAY Hayloft Jamboree WDAY—Fargo, ND WGRC Hilltop Jamboree WGRC—Louisville, KY WGY Radio Ranch WGY—Schenectady, NY WIBC Jamboree WIBC—Indianapolis, IN WJJL Jamboree WJJL—Niagara Falls, NY WKBH Barn Dance WKBH—LaCrosse, WI WMBG Jamboree WMBG—Richmond, VA WMMT Jamboree WMMT—McMinnville, TN WNAX Missouri Valley Barn Dance WNAX—Yankton, SD WPFB Jamboree WPFB—Middletown, OH WRVA Old Dominion Barn Dance WRVA—Richmond, VA WSB Barn Dance WSB—Atlanta, GA WVOK Dixie Jamboree WVOK—Birmingham, AL WWVA Jamboree WWVA—Wheeling, WV