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We are sad to report the passing
of Mabel McConnell
Mabel Ruth Moore McConnell
October 24, 1918 - August 15, 2011
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Mabel
McConnell talks about the Carter Family,
Doc & Carl: The Original Virginia
Boys and the early days of radio.
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1942-1955
DRAFT May 2010
Compiled from Billboard and Variety by Wayne W. Daniel
Radio Survives and Thrives
The History of Kentucky Broadcasting from
1945-1970
By Kenneth D. MacHarg
If you are interested in the history of
radio, you will enjoy this interview we conducted (April 2011)
with the author of 'Radio Survives and
Thrives: The History of Kentucky Broadcasting from 1945-1970'
Click
here to listen
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