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Grand Ole Opry

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The Grand Ole Opry is an American country music radio program broadcast from Nashville, Tennessee, beginning in 1925 as a barn-dance style broadcast on radio station WSM and continuing as a weekly live program ever since. The Opry presents live performances by country music artists before a studio audience, and its long-running broadcast has been credited with helping establish Nashville as the commercial and cultural center of the country music industry. The Grand Ole Opry is widely regarded as one of the longest continuously running radio broadcasts in United States history.

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Release Year
1925 2
Country
United States 2
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Original Language
English 1
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Source Grand Ole Opry (Wikipedia)
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1. Wikidata: Grand Ole Opry
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2. Wikipedia
Wikimedia FoundationGrand Ole Opry, Description, original language
Quote, Grand Ole Opry, Description, original language
The Grand Ole Opry is an American country music radio program broadcast from Nashville, Tennessee, beginning in 1925 as a barn-dance style broadcast on radio station WSM and continuing as a weekly live program ever since.
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Grand Ole Opry (Wikipedia)
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Ole_Opry, lead paragraph, founding sentence
    It was founded on November 28, 1925, by George D. Hay as the WSM Barn Dance, taking its current name in 1927.
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Ole_Opry, lead paragraph, opening sentence
    The Grand Ole Opry is a regular live country-music radio broadcast originating from Nashville, Tennessee, on WSM, held between two and five nights per week, depending on the time of year.
  • In Medium: Radio, Article lead sentence
    The Grand Ole Opry is a regular live country-music radio broadcast originating from Nashville, Tennessee, on WSM, held between two and five nights per week, depending on the time of year.
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