Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 30. Chapters: Grand Ole Opry, Hee Haw, Ozark Jubilee, Porter Wagoner, The Johnny Cash Show, Louisiana Hayride, List of country television and radio shows, Midwestern Hayride, Five Star Jubilee, Town Hall Party, Village Barn, Talent Varieties, Don Messer's Jubilee, Pop! Goes the Country, The Old American Barn Dance, Big D Jamboree, Cross Canada Barndance, Today on the Farm, Hayloft Hoedown, The Moriss Taylor Show, ABC Barn Dance, Hometown Jamboree, The Statler Brothers Show, Windy City Jamboree, Circle 8 Ranch, Saturday Night Jamboree, The Bill Jefferson Show, That Nashville Music, Singalong Jubilee, Country Style, USA. Excerpt: Ozark Jubilee is the first U.S. network television program to feature country music's top stars, and was the centerpiece of a strategy for Springfield, Missouri to challenge Nashville, Tennessee as America's country music capital. The weekly live stage show premiered on ABC-TV on January 22, 1955, was renamed Country Music Jubilee on July 6, 1957, and was finally named Jubilee USA on August 2, 1958. Originating "from the heart of the Ozarks," the Saturday night variety series helped popularize country music in America's cities and suburbs, drawing more than nine million viewers. The ABC Radio version was heard by millions more starting in August 1954. A typical program included a mix of vocal and instrumental performances, comedy routines, square dancing and an occasional novelty act. The host was Red Foley, the nation's top country music personality. Big names such as Patsy Cline, Eddy Arnold, Johnny Cash and Faron Young were interspersed with a regular cast, including a group of young talent the Jubilee brought to national fame: 11-year-old Brenda Lee, Porter Wagoner, Wanda Jackson, Sonny James, Jean Shepard and The Browns. Other featured cast members were Webb Pierce, Bobby Lord, Leroy Van Dyke, Norma...