WSM (AM)
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WSM is a commercial AM radio station, located in Nashville, Tennessee. It broadcasts a country music format and is known as the home of the Grand Ole Opry, the world's longest running radio program. T
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Hank Williams and the Drifting Cowboys performing at WSM in 1951
WSM's "fishbowl" studio inside the Gaylord Opryland hotel, from which the station operated between 1990 and 2024.
WSM's transmitter facility and Blaw-Knox tower, located just south of Nashville along Interstate 65 in Brentwood, Tennessee
Hank Williams
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Hiram "Hank" Williams was an American singer, songwriter, and musician. An early pioneer of country music, he is regarded as one of the most significant and influential musicians of the 20th century.
WSM (AM)
…September 30, 1950, WSM added a television sister station on channel 4, operating as a primary NBC affiliate; WSM-TV was Nashville's first TV station. Hank Williams and the Drifting Cowboys performing at WSM in 1951 The studios remained in its original location until the mid-1960s, when the company built a new…
Williams in a 1948 promotional photo for WSM
Williams's family house in Georgiana, Alabama
Williams performing in Montgomery in 1938