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A Chorus Line
ABC
Ackerman, Margaret Rich
Acuff, Roy:; clash with Jim Denny; and DeFord Bailey; early career; on early morning shows; and Minnie Pearl; as music publisher; at opening of new Opry House; as Opry ambassador; and Prince Albert Opry; on TNN; as young radio fan
Acuff-Rose Co.; creation of; role in DJ convention
Adair, Beegie
Aladdin Lamps
Allen, Bill “Hoss,”
Alley, Elmer
Allison, Joe
American Ace Coffee
American Federation of Musicians (including Nashville Local 257)
American General Co.
American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP)
America’s Flag Abroad
Amos ‘n’ Andy
Anchor Spring and Bedding
Anderson, Bill
Andrew Jackson Hotel
Andrews Sisters, The
Appointment with Music
Armstrong, Edwin Howard
Armstrong, Louis
Army Hour, The
Arnold, Eddy
Artist Service Bureau. See Grand Ole Opry
AT&T
Atkins, Chet; and the Nashville Sound
Atlantic Records
Atwater-Kent Hour, The
Autry, Gene
Axton, Hoyt
Axton, Mae Boren
Back to Basics
Bailey, DeFord: discrimination at WSM; fan mail; firing of; and Harry Stone; hired by WSM; image; life before WSM; on Opry; and Pan American Blues; recording
Bailey, Lewis
Bailey, Pearl
Banner News Hawk, The
Barnhardt, Bonnie
Barnouw, Erik
Bart, Teddy
Basie, Count
Bate, Humphrey
Beasley, Alcyone Bate
Beecher, Henry Ward
Belle Meade Country Club
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Belvedere (club)
Benny, Jack
Benson, Jodi
Billboard
Blaw Knox Co.
Blevins, Michael
bluegrass
BMO Music
Bond, Johnny
Boone, Pat
Bradford, J. C.
Bradley, Harold
Bradley, Jerry
Bradley, Owen; at DJ convention; early career; leaves WSM; as music director/bandleader; in music publishing; and Nashville Sound; on Noontime Neighbors; opens recording studios; recording at WSM; as record producer; in World War II; as WSM talent scout; on WSM-TV
Braid Electric Company
Brescia, Pietro
Briley, Beverly
British Broadcasting Co. (BBC)
Broadcasting (magazine)
Broadcast Measurement Bureau
Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI)
Broadway (Nashville)
Brooks, Dan
Brooks, Garth
Brooks & Dunn
Brown, Jim Ed
Brown, Margaret Rowland
Brown, Marty
Brown, Ruth
Browning, Gordon
Brunswick Records
Bryan, William Jennings
Bryant, Felice and Boudleaux
Buck Rogers in the Twenty-first Century
Buck, Louie; as announcer; inspiration for radio listeners; on Noontime Neighbors; and 1946 press junket; on Sunday Down South
Bulleit, Jim
Bullet Records
Burns, George
Burton, Bob
Bush, George H. W.
Bush, Joyce
Byrd, Jerry
Byrd, Richard
Cabin Door, The
Caldwell, Benjamin H.
Caldwell, Louis
Caldwell & Co.
Camel Caravan, The
Campbell, Glen
Cannon, Henry
Cantor, Eddie
Cantrell, Kyle
Capitol Records
Carlin, Phil
Carlisle, “Jumpin” Bill
Carlisle, Kay
Carnegie Hall (New York)
Carol Burnett Show, The
Carol Lombard
Carousel Club, The
Carson, D. B.
Carson, Martha
Carter, Jimmy
Carter, June
Carter Family, The
Carter’s Chicks
Caruso, Enrico
Cascade Plunge Pool
Cash, Johnny
Castle Heights Military Orchestra
Castle Recording Co.; demise of; move to Tulane Hotel; origins of; peak years of
CBS
Cedarwood Publishing Co.
Chamberlain, Neville
Chapman, Steven Curtis
Cheek, Joel
Chess Records
Chicago Lyric Opera
Civil Rights Movement
Clarkston Hotel
Clear Channel Group
clear channel radio system
Clement, “Cowboy” Jack
Clements, C. Runcie
Cline, Patsy
Cliquot Club Eskimos
Clooney, Rosemary
Cobb, David; as classical DJ; as country announcer/DJ; and “Music City USA,”; on remote broadcasts; on Stump the Announcer; on This Is WSM
Cohen, Paul
Cole, Nat
Colley, Sarah Ophelia. See Pearl, Minnie.
Collins, Jud
Columbia Records
Commercial Appeal, The (Memphis)
Community Antenna Television
Como, Perry
Conrad, Frank
Constitution Hall, (Washington, D.C.)
Cook, Don
Coolidge, Calvin
Cooney, Marjorie (Ann Ford); directs Wormwood Forest; in the Piano Twins; on W47NV (WSM FM); on A Woman Looks at the News
Cooper, Bob
Cooper, George
Cooper, Prentice
Cooper, Wilma Lee and Stoney
Copas, Cowboy
Coulson, Lee
country music: development in the Depression; disc jockeys and growth in the 1950s; early recording in Nashville and elsewhere; growth of radio format; impact of WWII; in late 50s; 1990s boom; in the 1960s; postwar growth; retail; and rhythm and blues; and rock and roll
Country Music Association (CMA)
Country Music Disc Jockeys Association
Country Music Hall of Fame
Country Music Reporter
Country Music Television (CMT)
Country Song Roundup (magazine)
Courier Journal (Louisville)
Coursey, Farris
Cowan, Lou
Craig, Cornelius Abernathy “C. A.,”
Craig, Edwin:; on the air; becomes National Life president; and Bud Wendell; and classical music (See also Metropolitan Opera); conflict with Harry Stone; death of; development of WSM promotion; early career at National Life; gift from Jack DeWitt; and Hank Williams; interest in old-time music; and Irving Waugh; and NBC; obtaining WSM license; and Opry musicians; personal/managerial style; political/policy activity; promotes Jack DeWitt; and promotion of country music; public service; supervision of WSM; support of Opry; and television; WSM opening; and WSM transmitter; youth
Craig, Francis: career in the 1930s; diagnosed with tuberculosis; and Dinah Shore; DJ show; and James Melton; musical style; and “Near You,”; as orchestra leader; and Pee Wee Marquette; and Snooky Lanson; on WABV; war years; WSM appearances; at WSM opening; on WSM-TV; youth
Craig, Neil
Craig, Percy
Craig, Robert
Cramer, Floyd
Crazy Barn Dance
Crazy Water Crystals
Crosby, Bing
Crosland, Clayton E.
Crossley, Powel Jr.
Crudup, Arthur “Big Boy,”
Cumberland River
Cutelli, Gaetano “Count,”
Cutrer, T. Tommy
Cuyler, Kiki
Dad’s Auto Accessories
Damrosch, Walter
Dance in America
Dancin’ U.S.A.
Daniels, Josephus
Darden, Carolyn
Darrow, Clarence
Davis, Ewin
Davis, Jimmie
D-Day
Dean, Velma
Dearman, Dollie
Decca Records
Delmore Brothers, The (Alton and Raybon)
DeLuca, Gaetano
Dempsey, Jack
Denny, Jim; and Artist Service Bureau; and birth of Cedarwood Publishing; and Charlie Lamb; clash with Ernest Tubb; concession business; fired from WSM; and Hank Williams; and Jack Stapp; launches Jim Denny Artist Bureau; and music publishing; as Opry general manager; Philip Morris show; struggle with Jack DeWitt; ties to Opry; youth and career at National Life
Devine, Ottis (Ott); made WSM program director; made Opry manager; on premiere of WSM-TV; on Riverboat Revels
DeWitt, John H. “Jack,”; and astronomy; and Bud Wendell; and classical music; and the Clear Channel Group; early years; and employee moonlighting; and FM radio; and Hank Williams; and Harry Stone; and Irving Waugh; issues antimoonlighting memo; and Jim Denny; Legion of Merit Medal; made president of WSM, Inc.; meets George Patton; Project Diana (moon radar experiment); relationship with Edwin Craig; retires from WSM; and shortwave radio; superpower testimony before FRC; and television; and television tower; tenure and legacy as WSM president; and weather satellite images; work at Bell Labs and first marriage; World War II service; as WSM chief engineer; at WSM opening; and WSM studio life; and WSM tower;
DeWitt, Ward
Diamond Rio
Dick Tracy Show
Dickens, Little Jimmy
Dill, Danny
Dillard, Dottie; as 1950s staple; on Noontime Neighbors and The Waking Crew; on WSM-TV
Dillon, Dean
DiMaggio, Joe
Disc Jockey Festival (also Country Music Festival or DJ convention)
disc jockeys; in emerging country music
Dixianas, The
Dixie Dons, The
Dixie Tabernacle (Fatherland St.)
Dixon, Willie
Does Crime Pay?
Dolly
Dorsey, Tommy
Dot Records
Douglas, Mike
Dreamtime
Driftwood Publishing
Dr. Philologue. See Lancaster, Maxwell
Duke of Paducah, The
Dunn, Richard
Durante, Jimmy
Durden, Thomas
Durham, Hal
Dustin, Winston
Duvall, Robert
Dylan, Bob
Earhart, Fannie
Edison, Thomas
Edwards, George “Honeyboy,”
Eight O’Clock Time
Eisenhower, Dwight
Ellington, Duke
Ellis, William
Emery, Ralph; hired by WSM; on Opry Star Spotlight; on television; on TNN; youth and radio career
Ernie’s Record Mart
Estes, Milton
Esty Agency, The
Evans Signal Laboratory
Everly Brothers, The
Ewing, Skip
Excello Records
Exum, Fred “Pop,”
Fairfield Four, The
Fan Fair (CMA Music Festival)
Farm Aid
Farm and Home Program
Farnsworth, Philo
Featuring Francis Craig
Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
Federal Radio Commission (FRC)
Ferrer, Jose
Fibber McGee & Molly
Fiddles and Life Insurance (promotional publication)
Fields, Gracie
First Baptist Church
First Presbyterian Church
Fisk Jubilee Singers; BBC broadcast of
Fisk University
Fitzgerald, Ella
Fitzpatrick, Leo
Five O’Clock Hop
Flaherty, Stephen
Flatt, Lester
Flatt & Scruggs
FM broadcasting
Foley, Clyde Julian “Red,”
Ford, Ann. See Cooney, Marjorie
Ford, Mary
Fort, Hank
Foster, Stephen
Frank, Joe
Freddie Rose’s Song Shop
Freed, Alan
Friday Night Frolics
Friday Night Opry
Frizzell, Lefty
Fruit Jar Drinkers, The
Gable, Clark
Gardner Agency, The
Garland, Hank
Garroway, Dave
Garvin, Carl
Gas Light, The
Gaston, Orin
Gay, Connie B.
Gaye, Marvin
Gayle, Crystal
Gaylord, Ed
Gaylord Entertainment Co.
General Electric
General Motors Family Party
Gennett Records
Gewen, Elizabeth
Gibbs, Georgia
Gill, Vince
Gillett Broadcasting Co.
Gillette, Lee
Godfrey, Arthur
Goell, Kermit
Golden, Kay
Golden Echo Quartet
Golden West Cowboys, The
Gone with the Wind
Goodman, Herald
Graham, Billy
Grand Ole Opry; and Amos ‘n’ Andy; Artist Service Bureau; auditions for; birthday party (DJ convention); birth of; Bud Wendell’s legacy; at Carnegie Hall; charging admission; controversy over; Dixie Tabernacle; early development and naming of; and Elvis Presley; first commercial sponsor; Friday Night Frolics and Friday Opry; growing popularity of; and Hank Williams; hillbilly image makeover; Hillsboro Theater; and insurance sales; and Jim Denny; listeners’ experience; mail to; move to Grand Ole Opry House; national media coverage of; need for new home; in 1935 Tennessean editorial; Prince Albert Opry on NBC; professionalization of; radio poll in the 1930s; in radio syndication; raising war bonds; Republic Pictures film; revenues; Ryman Auditorium; soldiers and; souvenirs/concessions; trademark/branding; War Memorial Auditorium; WSM promotion of
Grant, Charlie
Gregory, Jack
Griscom, Tom
Gully Jumpers, The
Haggard, Merle
Hall, Buddy
Hall, David
Hanserd, Tom
Happy Days
Harding, Warren G.
Harkreader, Sidney
Harris, Emmylou
Harris, Jack; on America’s Flag Abroad; coverage of Gone with the Wind; coverage of 1937 flood; and Irving Waugh; joins War Department; leaves WSM; as news editor/reporter; and 1946 Opry media junket; World War II service/coverage; in WSM drama; youth and career
Harvey’s Department Store
Hay, George D.; as announcer; career and recruitment of; and DeFord Bailey; at DJ convention; illness and management; on move to Hillsboro Theater; as mentor; naming the Opry; on Prince Albert Opry; public relations; as reporter; on Rise and Shine; at WLS; at WSM first anniversary; at WSM opening; on WSM-TV
Heartworn Highways
Hee Haw
Helms, Don
Hemphill, Paul
Herman, Woody
Hermitage, The
Hermitage Hotel
Hermitage Music Co.
Hill, Eddie
Hill, J. B.
Hill and Range Co.
hillbilly music and image
Hillsboro Theater
Hindenburg
Hippodrome
History of American Music (show)
Hitler, Adolf
Hobby, Oveta Culp
Hobby, William P.
Hoffheinz, Roy
Hoffman, Daisy
Holiday, Billie
Holland, Reese
Home Box Office
Homemaker’s Chat (radio show)
Hoover, Herbert
Horn, Blinkey
Houston Post, The
Howard, Harlan
Howse, Hillary
Hughes, Marvin
Hume Fogg High School
Husky, Ferlin
Huxtable, Ada Louise
Idlewild (boat)
I Hear America Singing
Indiana University
Ingram, Bronson
Inman, Autry
International News Service
Iroquois Steeplechase
Jackson, Alan
Jackson, Tommy
James, Sonny
Jamup & Honey
Jarrett, Ted
Jenkins, Carl
Jenkins, Charles
Johnny and Jack
Johnny Cash Show
Johnson, Christine
Johnson, James Weldon
Jonathan Winters Show, The
Jones, Eddie
Jones, Eva Thompson
Jones, George
Jones, Grandpa
Jones, Sam
Jones, Spike
Jones, Zena
Jordanaires, The
Kallen, Kitty
Kaltenborn, H.V.
Kay, Lambdin
Kaye, Sammy
Kay Kaiser’s College of Musical Knowledge
KDKA (Pittsburgh)
KEBE (Tyler, Tex.)
Keefe, Jack; calling baseball; career; on Opry; departure from WSM
Keillor, Garrison
Keller, Ernie
Kerr, Anita
Kershaw, Rusty and Doug
KFI (Los Angeles)
Killen, Buddy
Kilpatrick, W. D.
Kincaid, Bradley
King, B. B.
King, Martin Luther Jr.
King, Nelson
King, Pee Wee
King Records
Kinkaid, Bradley
Kinnan, Donald Ward
Kirby, Brother Oswald
Kirby, Edward M.: career and impact at WSM; departs WSM; and Harry Stone; hires Jack Harris at War Department; and Jack Harris; names “Air Castle of the South,”
Kirby, Marjorie
Kirkland, James
Kirshner, Robert Lee
Kittrell, Christine
Klyce, Battle
KMOX (St. Louis)
Knights of Columbus Quartet
KNX (Los Angeles)
Kristofferson, Kris
Krupa, Gene
Kuhn, Casper (announcer Dick Dudley)
KVOO (Tulsa)
KWKH (Shreveport)
Laine, Frankie
Lamb, Charlie
Lamb, Christine
Lancaster, Maxwell (Dr. Philologue)
Lanson, Snooky (Roy Landman)
Lasorda, Tommy
Lasses & Honey. See Wilds, Lee Davis, and White, Lee Roy
Lasses White All-Star Minstrels, The
Law, Don
Layne, Joe
Lea, Luke
LeCroy, Beverly
Lee, Brenda
Leno, Jay
Leverett, Les
Lewis, Eugene Castner
Lewis, Jerry Lee
Lewis, John
Life & Casualty Insurance Co.
Lindbergh, Charles
Lion Oil Co.
Little Richard
Little Texas
Loflin, Bob
Lombardo, Guy
Lombardo, Victor
London, Julie
London, Terry
Long, Hubert
Long, Huey
Louisiana Hayride, The
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Louvin Brothers, The
Loveman’s department store
Lovullo, Sam
Lowe’s theaters
Lucy Comes to Nashville
Luker, Charlie
Lum & Abner
Lynn, Loretta
Macon, Uncle Dave
Macon Midway Mule and Wagon Transportation Company
MacPherson, Joseph
Maddox, Johnny
Magnolia Blossoms
Mandrell, Barbara
Marquette, Pee Wee
Martha White Flour
Martin, Ann Elise
Martin, Grady
Marty Robbins’ Spotlight
Mary Pickford’s Parties at Pickfair
Masten, Alven
Mastrantonio, Mary Elizabeth
Matthews, Pam
Maxwell, Ray
Maxwell House Coffee
Maxwell House Coffee Showboat (show)
Maxwell House Hotel
McConnell, “Smilin’ ” Ed; on first WSM syndicated show
McCormack, John
McDaniel, Bill
McDaniel, Hattie
McDonald, John; host of Noontime Neighbors;
McElhiney, Bill
McEntire, Reba
McEwen, Red
McGee, Sam and Kirk
McMichen, Clayton
McPhatter, Clyde
Melton, James
Memorial Auditorium
Menken, Henry L.
Mercury Records
Metropolitan Opera (New York)
Mid-Day Merry-Go-Round (radio show)
Mielziner, Jo
Miller, Glenn
Miller, Mitch
Miller, Neville
Miller, Priestly
Milsap, Ronnie
Monroe, Bill
Monroe, Charlie
Montgomery, Jack;
Moore, Barbara
Moore, Harrianne
Morgan, George
Morgan, Lorrie
Moss, Charlie
Mother’s Best Flour
Mr. DeeJay U.S.A.
Mr. Smith Goes to Town
Mule Day (Columbia, Tenn.)
Muller, Merle Red
Mullican, Moon
Munson, Larry
Murder of the Count, The
Murrow, Edward R.
Music All Night Long
Musical Millers, The
Music Appreciation Hour
Music City USA nickname
Music Row (business district)
Myers, Mrs. James A.
Naff, Lula
Nash, Murray
Nashville: blizzard of 1951; in Depression; music industry evolution; recording in; rhythm and blues in; social divides in; tourism; during World War II; WSM’s impact on music business;
Nashville (movie)
Nashville Alive
Nashville Banner, The
Nashville Bridge Co.
Nashville Conservatory of Music
Nashville Little Theater
Nashville Network, The (TNN)
Nashville On Stage (concert series)
Nashville Sound, The
Nashville Sound, The (book)
Nashville Symphony
National Association of Broadcasters, The
National Barn Dance, The (show)
National Broadcasting Co. (NBC); relationship with Edwin Craig; WSM feeds to
National Life and Accident Insurance Company: and African Americans; business history; company picnic; corporate culture; in the Depression; growth of; Home Office; identification with WSM; insurance policies; profitability from WSM; promotion of/via WSM; sale to American General; service in World War II; and television; thirtieth birthday show; ties to Craig family
National Life Variety Show, The
NBC Symphony
Nelson, Ken
Nelson, Willie
Newman, Jimmy C.
Newton, Wayne
New York City Opera
Nixon, Pat
Nixon, Richard
Nobles, Gene
Noland, Hamilton
Noon Show, The
Noontime Neighbors
Nunley, Louis
O’Day, Anita
Oak Ridge Quartet, The
Ohio River Valley flood of 1937
Ohio State University
Olander, Jimmy
Old Cabin Co., The
Oliver, Joe “King,”
Opry Almanac
Opryland Hotel
Opryland Productions
Opryland USA; closure of; economic impact
Opry Mills (mall)
Opry Star Spotlight
Orin Gaston orchestra
Orpheum Theater
Overton, Dave
Owen, Peck
Owens, Buck
Owens, Jim
Page, Patti
Paisley, Brad
Palmolive Hour, The
Parker, “Colonel” Tom
Parkes, Thomas L.
Parks, Bert
Parthenon (Nashville)
Parton, Dolly
Patton, George
Paul, Les
Payne, Johnny
Payne, Leon
payola
Pearl, Minnie (Sarah Ophelia Colley); character development; at DJ conventions; on Idlewild Opry; and Jim Denny controversy; Opry audition; as Opry/Nashville ambassador; plays Carnegie Hall; on Riverboaat Revels; youth and school
Peay, Austin
Peer, Ralph
Peer Music
Pellettieri, Vito: Andrew Jackson Hotel Orchestra; career of and recruitment to WSM; as music librarian; Opry management of
Perryman, Tom
Philco Hour, The
Philip Morris
Phillips, Sam
Piano Twins, The
Pickard, Obed and the Pickard Family
Pierce, Webb
Pines (club)
Poole, R. E. J.
Pop Goes the Country
Porter Wagoner (show)
Poteet, Blythe
Poulton, Curt
Presler, George
Presley, Elvis
Preston, Francis Williams
Price, Ray
Pride, Charley
Prince Albert Smoking Tobacco. See Grand Ole Opry
Printer’s Alley
Proctor, Elizabeth
Queen Victoria
Rabbitt, Eddie
RADAR
radio: burgeoning of; clear-channel system; coverage of World War II; growth in power; live versus recorded programming; power allocation hearings; power of advertising; ratings; superpower (500kw); transistor
Radio Act of 1927
Radio & Records (magazine)
Radio Guide (magazine)
Radio Stars (magazine)
Rainwater, Cedric
Ralston Purina Co.
Rawls, Lucien
Ray, Alvino
RC Cola
RCA (corporation)
RCA Records
Redding, Otis
Red Foley Show, The
Reed, Colin
Reed, Jerry
Reeves, Jim
Renfro Valley Barn Dance, The
Republic Pictures
Republic Records
Reynolds, George Jr.
Reynolds, George Sr.
Reynolds, R. J. Co.
Rhodes, Cynthia
Rhodes, Mary Claire Jackson
rhythm and blues. See Nashville, rhythm and blues.
Rhythm and Romance (show)
Ricau, Lionel
Rice, Grantland
Richbourg, John (John R.)
Riders in the Sky
Ridgeway Inn (club)
Riehl, Oliver
Rise and Shine
Ritter, Tex
Riverboat Revels
Rivers, Jerry
Robbins, Marty
Rockefeller Center (New York)
Rodgers, Jimmie
Rodriguez, Johnny
Rogers, Roy
Rogers, Will
Roosevelt, Franklin
Rose, Fred
Rose, Wesley
Rosen, George
Rupp, Adolph
Rural Radio (magazine)
Rush, Ford
Russell, Freddie
Ryan, Danny
Ryman, Tom
Ryman Auditorium; decline of and new Grand Ole Opry House; first WSM broadcast from/Policeman’s Benefit Association fundraiser; and the Grand Ole Opry; history of; 1990s renovation of
Sacred Quartet, The
Sarnoff, David
Satherly, Art
Savoy Records
School of the Air
Scopes, John Thomas
Scotti, Antonio
Scruggs, Earl
Sears, Roebuck, and Co.
Sevareid, Eric
Sharpe, Claude
Shelton, Aaron: and Castle Recording; and coverage of 1937 flood by; Fisk Jubilee Singers remote; and Pan American; on remote broadcasts; as sound effects man; and TV tower collapse; World War II coverage by; and WSM-TV
Shepard, Jean
Shield, The, (Our Shield)
Shield Family Christmas Party, The
Shield Men
Shook, Jack
Shore, Dinah (Frances Rose); audition for WSM; and Beasley Smith; Nashville homecoming visit; wins Scripps-Howard poll
Showtime
Shyer, Harold
Sinatra, Frank
Sing for Your Supper
$64,000 Question, The
60 Minutes
Sizemore, Asher and Little Jimmy
Skaggs, Ricky
Sleepy Town Express
Smith, Beasley; and Dinah Shore; early career; made WSM musical director; on Mr. Smith Goes to Town; musical style of; in the Piano Twins; and songwriting/publishing; on Sunday Down South; and Teddy Bart; on WABV; on WCBQ; on WSM opening night; on WSM-TV
Smith, Bessie
Smith, Carl
Smith, Kate
Snow, Hank
Solee, Dennis
Southern Newspaper Publishers Association
Special Events Section of the American Broadcasting Station in Europe (ABSIE)
Spike TV
spiritual music
Sputnik
Stahlman, James G.
Stamper, Powell
Standard Candy
Stanton, Bob
Stapp, Jack: and “Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy,”; and DJ conventions; early career before and at WSM; and FM stations; and Jim Denny; leaves WSM; and Opry; as program director; and Tree Publishing; wartime service; as WSM talent scout
Sterling Records
Stevens, Ray
Stevenson, Eldon Jr.
Stewart, Jimmy
Stewart, Redd
Stewart, Tom
Stone, David
Stone, Harry: on the air; conflict with Edwin Craig; and Country Music Association (CMA); and coverage of 1937 flood; and Dinah Shore; and Dollie Dearman; at FRC hearing; and Hank Williams; hired at WSM; impact on the Opry; and Irving Waugh; and Jehovah’s Witnesses; and Jim Denny; and John McDonald; and Minnie Pearl; personality of; quits WSM; and songs; and television; working at WCBQ (WBAW); and World War II coverage/service; at WSM first birthday; as WSM management; youth
Stoneman Family, The
Story of the Shield, The (show)
Stowe, Arthur “Tiny,”
Strait, George
Stratton, Dick
Strobel, Jerry
Stuart, Marty
Stubbs, Eddie
Stump the Announcer
Sulphur Dell
Sunday Down South
Sunday Night Serenade
Sun Records
Sutton, Andy
Swan Ball
Tate, Allen
Taylor, Ted
Taylor, W. C.
television
Tennessean, The
Tennessee Division of Markets
Tennessee Historic Sites Federation
Tennessee Records
Tennessee Valley Authority
Texas A&M
That Nashville Music
Third Century of Progress Program, The
Third National Bank (Nashville)
This Is War (news show)
This Is WSM (public affairs show)
Thomasson, Mort
Thompson, Hank
Thompson, “Uncle” Jimmy
Tichenor, Tom
Tillis, Mel
Tillman, Floyd
Tin Pan Valley
Tomlin, Lily
Tonight Show, The
Tootsie’s Orchid Lounge
Toscanini, Arturo
Trammell, Niles
Travis, Merle
Travis, Randy
Tree Publishing Co.
Trial of Vivienne Ware, The (radio show)
Truman, Dan
Tubb, Ernest; National Life shooting incident; record shop and Midnite Jamboree
Tucker, Bobby
Tucker, Clay
Tucker, Tanya
Tulane Hotel
Tulane University
Tumbleweed Theater
Turner, Grant (Jesse Granderson);
Turner, Ted
Turner, Zeb
Turney, Peter
Twain, Shania
Twitty, Conway
Two Guitars
Tyne, Thomas
Union Ice Cream Co.
Union Station
United Service Organization (USO)
University of Illinois
University of Nashville
University of Tennessee
Upson, Dean
Vagabonds, The
Vallee, Rudy
Vance, James I.
Vanderbilt University; chancellor Kirkland on WSM; Francis Craig and Beasley Smith as students; and Jack DeWitt’s astronomy; and 1951 basketball title; sports on WSM
Van Nostrand, Walter
Variety (magazine)
Varney, Jim
Vaughan, Jack
Vaughan, James D.
Vaughan Quartet, The
Viacom
Victor Talking Machine Co.
Vivien Leigh
Voodoo Lounge
WABC (New York)
WABV (Nashville)
Wade, Elizabeth
Wagner, Robert
Wagner, Rusty
Wagoner, Porter
Wakely, Jimmy
Waking Crew (show and band)
Waldrum Drug
Walker-Meador, Jo
Waller, Fats
WAPI (Birmingham, Alabama)
Ward, Rebekah Williams
Ward-Belmont School
War Memorial Auditorium
Watson, Dolores
Waugh, Irving; at DJ convention; and D. Kilpatrick; early career; and Jack DeWitt; move to ad sales and WSM management; and management crisis of 1957; as president of WSM; promoting WSM; and Ralph Emery; and television; World War II service/news coverage
WBAP (Dallas/Fort Worth)
WBAW (Nashville)
WBPA (portable transmitter)
WBT (Charlotte)
WCBQ (Nashville)
WCKY (Cincinnati)
WDAA (Nashville)
WDAD (Nashville)
WEAF (New York)
Weaver, Bill
Wednesday Midnighter, The (show)
Wells, Kitty
Wells, Lloyd
Wendell, E. W. “Bud”: in cable television and TNN; made Opry manager; put in charge of Opryland; takes first job at WSM
West, Madge
Westinghouse
WFAA (Dallas/Fort Worth)
W4XA (WSM classical shortwave)
W47NV (WSM classical FM)
WGN (Chicago)
WGST (Atlanta)
WHAS (Louisville)
Wheeling Jamboree, The
White, George L.
White, Lee Roy Lasses
Whiteman, Paul
Whiting, Margaret
Whitley, Keith
Whitley, Ray
Whitman, Slim
WHN (New York)
Wilburn Brothers, The (Teddy and Doyle)
Wildhorse Saloon, The
Wilds, Lee Davis “Honey,”
Williams, Bill
Williams, Don
Williams, Hank; fired from Opry and death; recording at Castle
Wills, Bob
Wills, Jesse
Wills, Ridley
Wills, Ridley II
Wilson County Fair
Wise, Chubby
Wiseman, Mac
WJZ (New York)
WKDA (Nashville)
WKEU (Griffin, GA)
WLAC (Nashville); disc jockeys and rhythm and blues; hires Irving Waugh; hiring Owen Bradley away from; origins of; and television
WLAC-TV
WLS (Chicago)
WLW (Cincinnati)
WMAK (Nashville)
WMAQ (Chicago)
WMC (Memphis)
WNOX (Knoxville)
WOAN (Lawrenceburg)
Wolever, Jack
Wood, Del
Wood, Randy
Work, John
World in Review, The
World Series
Wormwood Forest
WREC, (Memphis)
WRVA (Richmond)
WSB (Atlanta)
WSGN (Birmingham)
WSIX (Nashville)
WSM: “Air Castle of the South” slogan; African Americans and; announcing staff; Artist Service Bureau; benefits from World War II; call letters; children’s shows; classical music; commercial sales; coverage of 1937 flood; coverage of World War II; and disc jockeys; dramatic shows; early morning country music shows; ensemble variety shows; facsimile broadcasting; fan mail; farm/rural broadcasting; and 50kw; first anniversary; first staff orchestra; first studio; first transmitter; formation of WSM, Inc.; identity as country music station; impact on Nashville music business;; interference problem; live remote broadcasts; investment in; management; moves out of National Life Home Office; moves to near Opryland Hotel; move to 5,000 watts and 650 signal; named Variety radio station of the year; National Life vision for; and NBC; news broadcasting; news coverage in the 1960s; offices in the 1950s; opening night; origins of; Pan American broadcasts; political coverage; power struggle of the 1950s; programming in the 1920s; programming in the 1930s; programming in the 1940s; programming in the 1950s; promotion and publicity; proposed format change in 2002; public service in World War II; pursuit by CBS; radio tower/transmitter; reach of signal; religious broadcasting; and rhythm and blues/rock and roll; rural/farm service; shortwave and FM broadcasting; sound effects; sponsored shows; sports broadcasting; stature; studio audience; Studio C; studios; “superpower” application (500 kw); syndicated shows; as webcaster; women on
WSM-FM
WSM Hollywood Show, The
WSM-TV; and country music syndicated shows; and Elmer Alley; and John McDonald; and Ralph Emery; sale to Gillett Broadcasting; tower construction and disaster; and weather satellite premiere
WWJ (Detroit)
WWVA (Wheeling, WV)
Wynette, Tammy
Yoakam, Dwight
Young, Cal
Young, Faron
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