Episodes

Saturday Apr 22, 2017
Burkhardt’s Request Roundup - Jan 20, 1950
Saturday Apr 22, 2017
Saturday Apr 22, 2017
Finally on the blog this week, the next-to-last in a series of programs from a collection of discarded working lacquers originating at WHBC in Canton, Ohio, I’ve been posting over the past few weeks.
“Burkhardt’s Request Roundup” was a country music series sponsored by the Burkhardt Brewing Company of Akron, Ohio. The first tune is “Roamin’ in Wyoming” Other songs include “Anticipation Blues” and “A Calico Apron and a Gingham Gown”. The music is from transcriptions. Performers include Andy Parker and the Plainsmen, Tennessee Ernie Ford, and T. Texas Tyler. (They must have subscribed to the Capitol transcription library.)
A listener to the blog helpfully provided this scan of an advertising item from the series - I’d love to credit you for the scan, but I lost your message on Facebook!
Our show was transferred from a single-sided sixteen inch Audiodisc lacquer transcription from WHBC.

Saturday Mar 05, 2011
Red Horse Ranch - Pgm 1
Saturday Mar 05, 2011
Saturday Mar 05, 2011
"Red Horse Ranch" was a fun early syndicated show distributed by World Broadcasters. A continuing serial about a group of cowboys, the show was a mix of adventure, romance and great cowboy songs.

Monday Jan 17, 2011
Buckeye Barn Dance - December 4, 1948
Monday Jan 17, 2011
Monday Jan 17, 2011
A few weeks back, I posted two fifteen minute country music shows with the Georgia Crackers from April 29 and April 30, 1949. This is the last show in my collection featuring the group.

Monday Jan 10, 2011
Jimmy Wakely - Pgm 127
Monday Jan 10, 2011
Monday Jan 10, 2011
Program 127 of "The Jimmy Wakely Show" as it was heard on the Armed Forces Radio and Television Service has "I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter" as the first song. Then, Jimmy takes suggestions from listeners on names for a new chihuahua he bought his wife. We also hear a promo announcement by Marvin Miller dealing with the threat of Communism aimed at servicemen listening to the show on AFRS.

Sunday Nov 07, 2010
Georgia Crackers - April 30, 1949
Sunday Nov 07, 2010
Sunday Nov 07, 2010
A few weeks back, we heard a quarter-hour of country music from the Georgia Crackers on their Mutual network show that originated at WHKC in Columbus, Ohio.

Saturday Oct 30, 2010
Red Foley - Pgm 85
Saturday Oct 30, 2010
Saturday Oct 30, 2010
I don't have too many country shows in my collection; there's sometimes hard to dig up from sales and auctions.

Monday Oct 04, 2010
Jimmy Wakely - Pgm 126
Monday Oct 04, 2010
Monday Oct 04, 2010
Here's another entry in the "Jimmy Wakely Show"; I posted one of these awhile back.

Thursday Sep 09, 2010
Georgia Crackers - April 29, 1949
Thursday Sep 09, 2010
Thursday Sep 09, 2010
Once in a while, I turn up a nice little local or regional show featuring performers that were well known at the time in a particular area or with a certain audience, but are almost forgotten today. Such is the case with "The Georgia Crackers", a quarter-hour hillbilly music show that originated at WHKC in Columbus, Ohio and was carried on the Mutual network. I have a disc containing two shows from the series and another disc set containing a half-hour program featuring the Georgia Crackers.

Sunday Jun 13, 2010
Smiley Burnette Show - Pgm 177
Sunday Jun 13, 2010
Sunday Jun 13, 2010
A big tip of the hat to Michael Utz, who recently donated some wonderful discs to my collection.

Friday May 21, 2010
Jimmy Wakely - Pgm 124
Friday May 21, 2010
Friday May 21, 2010
From late in the old time radio era, here's the "Jimmy Wakely Show". This program of light patter and live music was broadcast on CBS in the late 1950s and was one of the last live music shows of the otr era.