Country & Western: Urban Folk Revival

What happened in the 1940’s in terms of the music marketing categories race records and hillbilly records?

They were changed to rhythm and blues (R&B) and country & western

What helped to mainstream hillbilly acts during the 1930’s?

The radio

What did the radio do?

1. Radio provided free music during the Depression era

2. Regional music can garner a national audience now

What is WSM? What did they build?

It was a Nashville Radio Station that built the tallest broadcast tower at that time which reached broad region of the south and midwest