Jon Weisberger wrote:
> Why, I'm so excited about these releases that I'm willing to overlook <g>
> the characterization of the WLS Barn Dance as "a radio show that surpassed
> the Grand Old Opry in influence well into the 1960’s..." Influence in
> Chicago, maybe <g>, but I don't think that by the 50s, let alone the 60s,
> the WLS show had the influence of the Opry, the Wheeling Jamboree, SoCal's
> Town Hall Party and maybe some others.
When did the WLS Barn Dance cease? I was listening to WLS in the early mid
60s and it was top 40. Dick Biondi anyone? I sure don't remember the Barn
Dance, but I was a wee child then.
