May 24, 1948 (1948-05-24) – May 29, 1950 (1950-05-29)
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Village Barn was the first country music program on American network television. Broadcast by NBC-TV from May 24, 1948[1]–September 1949 and from January 16–May 29, 1950, the live weekly variety series originated from The Village Barn, a country music nightclub in New York City's Greenwich Village.
Hosts included Zebe Carver, Dick Thomas, Dick Dutley, Bob Stanton (Robert Haymes), Rosalie Allen and Ray Forrest. Guests for the premiere, a 40-minute broadcast by WNBT-TV, were Texas Ruby and Curly Fox along with The Dixie Boys.[2]
Performers included Pappy Howard and His Tumbleweed Gang, Harry Ranch and His Kernels of Korn, Bill Long's Ranch Girls, Plute Pete (1948–1949) and Romolo De Spirito (1949).[3] Shorty Warren and His Western Rangers appeared in November 1948.[4] In July 1949, Oklahoma governor Roy J. Turner appeared, singing his single, "My Memory Trail".[5]
The show also featured square dancing and audience participation in kiddie car, hobby horse and potato sack races.
^"Niteries on TV Pose Problems" (June 5, 1948), The Billboard, p. 1
^Sippel, Johnny "Folk-Talent and Tunes" (August 28, 1948), The Billboard, p. 52
^Brooks, Tim; Marsh, Earle (1992). The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows. Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-345-37792-3.
^Sippel, Johnny "Folk-Talent and Tunes" (November 6, 1948), The Billboard, p. 33
^"Gov. Turner Gets Gotham Send-off On His New Tune" (July 30, 1949), The Billboard, p. 17
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