NATIONAL BARN DANCE

NATIONAL BARN DANCE (1924–1971) The National Barn Dance was the first successful country music program, beating THE GRAND OLE OPRY to the airwaves by a year. The Barn Dance was most successful in the 1930s, and spawned a slew of talented performers. The first show was broadcast on April 19, 1924, over the Sears, Roebuck & Company's Chicago-based station, WLS (named for Sears's slogan, World's Largest Store ). The first program was an experiment, and simply featured a fiddler and square-dance…