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Date: October 06, 2005
Yup, that'd be right. Foley left WSM & The Opry in '54 to host the Ozark Jubilee radio show which in only a few months became the first Country music TV show. Here is a great Foley bio link: http://www.purecountrymusic.com/products/Red-Foley-biography.html He is the guy who popualrized the term 'country' music on this show which in time took over the term 'hillbilly'.