They went to doing two showsĪ night on Saturday nights and would usually broadcast the 10:30pm show over WSB.Īt 3am on March 29, 1941, WSB changed its frequency on the radio dial to 750kc.
Handle all the crowds that wanted to see the show. January 4, 1941, the show moved to the Atlanta Women's Club Auditorium at the corner A small admission fee was to be charged 40 cents for adults 20 cents for children.Īudience demand was such that they quickly out grew the studios and on The show moved to the Woman's Club Auditorium at 1150 Peachtree Venue to accommodate the demand for seating. On the first show of the new year, it moved to a larger The year of 1941 began with a change in venue.
It became known as Barn Dance and Jamboree night - it changed Saturday On Saturday nights, another slow night on radio and known as 'bath night', Hours of radio from non-revenue to revenue producing air time. In a Billboard article that hillbilly music turned the early morning The emcee of that first show was probably Dwight Butcher, author Wayne W. Dwight Butcher and the Pine Ridgeīoys, also from Renfro Valley along with Hank Penny, Harpo Kidwell, Lewis DuMont, Boudleux Bryant and Warren Judy Dell, barely over four feet tall, was one. The show was led by some former Renfro Valley performers. Requests for the opening program, but said that tickets would be given out in the future. Show led to a sudden deluge of requests to see the show in person. Was broadcast from the main studios of WSB, "the Voice of the South." The days leading up to the new The WSB Barn Dance made its on-air debut on Saturday night, Novemat 10:30pm. Rated of any show on the air in the Atlanta area, network or otherwise. Popularity that in the 1941 Hooper ratings, the show was the highest Daniel writes that WSB Barn Dance achieved such Music shows and one of them was a Saturday night show called the WSBīarn Dance. He put in place a revamped lineup of hillbilly So, they brought in a consultant, a fellowįrom Chicago and WLS National Barn Dance fame and later Renfro Valleyįame, John Lair. Owned by Cox Enterprises, who wanted to revamp their hillbilly The number ofīy 1940, WSB was a powerhouse 50,000 watt clear channel radio station Radio grew exponentially during the 1940's decade. Wayne Daniel points out in his book "Pickin' on Peachtree" that Hillbilly music's popularity and revenue draw on the radio. The WSB Barn Dance came into existence in 1940 during the peak of
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