will.illinois.edu/prairiefire/segment/pf1995-11-09-a WILL Public Media, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Series Segment Arts/Culture, Illinois Culture/History, Radio, Tuscola, WILL Custom Prairie Fire Subject Headings Live country music, a singing news show and up-to-date market reports attracted listeners throughout central Illinois to WDZ radio in Tuscola during the 1930s and ‘40s. Prairie Fireon remembers the early days of WDZ when local musicians such as Smiley Burnette, who later became Gene Autry’s sidekick, and Lazy Jim Day, who went on to the Grand Ole Opry, performed live on the air. “It was real old-time country radio,” said Prairie Fire host Alison Davis. “A lot of people still remember it fondly.” The program looks back at programs like “The Kitchen Barn Dance” that endeared the station to its fans. Davis interviews Martha Brown, who worked for the station’s owner, and Red Proffitt, who performed on the air as part of the Proffitt Brothers when he was 9 years old. Abstract Magazine PBCore Genre Picklist Is Part Of http://will.illinois.edu/prairiefire/episode/pf1995-11-09 Illinois, Indiana Spatial Intermediate (grades 7-9)|High School (grades 10-12)|Primary (grades 1-6)|College|Post Graduate|General Education|General TV-G Alison Davis Producer WILL-TV, University of Illinois Copyright Holder Publisher © 2008 University of Illinois 1995-11-09T10:11:00-06:00 1995-11-09T10:11:00-06:00 video/x-pn-realvideo http://willmedia.will.uiuc.edu/ramgen/pf1995-11-09-a.rv Moving Image RealSystems Real Media 9 54285 00:10:29 eng pf1995-11-09-a.rv WILL Public Media, University of Illinois 1995-11-09T10:11:00-06:00 1995-11-09T10:11:00-06:00 video/mp4 http://willmedia.atlas.uiuc.edu/mpeg4/pf1995-11-09-a.mp4 Moving Image MPEG video MPEG-4 00:10:29 eng pf1995-11-09-a.mp4 WILL Public Media, University of Illinois 1995-11-09T10:11:00-06:00 1995-11-09T10:11:00-06:00 video/x-flv http://willmedia.atlas.uiuc.edu/flash/pf1995-11-09-a.flv Moving Image Flash Video Flash Media 8 00:10:29 eng pf1995-11-09-a.flv WILL Public Media, University of Illinois