Saturday Night Jamboree
Saturday Night Jamboree, also referred to as the NBC Jamboree, was an early American country music series on NBC-TV from December 4, 1948–July 2, 1949. The name was originally given to an NBC Saturday night radio show in the 1930s, which was broadcast on the WEAF station in New York City.[1][2]
The TV series aired live from New York City from 8–9 p.m.
yodeler Elton Britt
as host. Beginning in January 1949, the host was Boyd Heath and the program aired from 8–8:30 p.m. until April, when it moved to 9:30–10 p.m. through July 2.
The cast included comedian "Chubby Chuck" Roe; Sophrony Garen, vocals; Ted Grunt, bass fiddle.[3]
The show's competition included Stand By for Crime on ABC, Spin the Picture on DuMont, and sports on CBS.[4]
Other Saturday Night Jamboree programs
Other programs named Saturday Night Jamboree included the following:
- A program that ran for more than 10 years on WSAZ-TV in Huntington, West Virginia.[5]
- A program that debuted on WFMY-TV in Greensboro, North Carolina, on April 4, 1953.[6]
- A radio program on WOPI in the Bristol, Tennessee-Bristol, Virginia market in the 1940s.[7]
- A radio program on WMAQ in Chicago in the mid-1930s.[8]
References
- ^ NBC Yearbook, National Broadcasting Company, 1937
- ISBN 9781458340429.
- ISBN 978-0-307-48320-1. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
- ISBN 978-1-4766-0515-9. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
- ISBN 978-0-8131-8737-2. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
- ISBN 978-0-7864-8036-4. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
- ISBN 978-1-62674-243-7. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
- ISBN 978-0-19-984045-8. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
External links
- Saturday Night Jamboree at IMDb
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