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Lola DeeNational Barn Dance National Barn Dance American country music radio program (1924–1968) National Barn Dance, broadcast by WLS-AM in Chicago, Illinois starting in 1924, was one of the first American country music radio programs and a direct precursor of the Grand Ole Opry.[1] Ad National Barn Dance also set the stage for other similar programs, in part because the clear-channel signal of WLS could be received throughout most of the Midwest and even beyond in the late evening and nighttime hours, making much of the United States (and Canada) a potential audience. The program was well received and thus widely imitated. National Barn Dance ended its broadcast in 1968. History The Barn Dance in 1940 National Barn Dance was founded… (Source: Wikipedia)
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