Country of origin United States Running time 30 minutes Picture format Black-and-white Final episode date 14 November 1949 Language English | Camera setup Multi-camera Original network ABC-TV First episode date 21 February 1949 Genre Variety show Audio format Monaural | |
Presented by Hal O'Halloran
Jack Stillwell (hosts) Network American Broadcasting Company | ||
ABC Barn Dance is an early country and Western music show on American television, a spin-off of the popular radio program National Barn Dance. It also included some folk music. The show aired on Monday nights from February 21–November 14, 1949 on ABC-TV. Originally broadcast from 8:30–9 p.m. Eastern Time, it was moved to 9 p.m. and then to 9:30 p.m.
Filmed at the Eighth Street Theater in Chicago, Illinois, the weekly variety show was hosted by Hal O'Halloran and Jack Stillwell. Several of the radio program's performers appeared, including the Sage Riders (instrumental quartet), Lulu Belle and Scotty, Cousin Tifford, Bob Atcher, the DeZurik Sisters and Holly Swanson.
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