Edwin W. Craig (1893-1969)

Edwin W. Craig (1893-1969) is a Tennessee historical marker in Nashville., Davidson County.

7th Avenue North, near the Union Street Intersection, Nashville.

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Nashville insurance executive Edwin W. Craig launched radio station WSM on October 5, 1925 and made plans for a radio program called the "Barn Dance,” which first aired on November 28, 1925. WSM program director George D. Hay renamed the "Barn Dance” the "Grand Ole Opry" on December 10, 1927. Until October 1934, the Grand Ole Opry was performed and broadcast here in the National Life and Accident Insurance office building that once stood on this site.

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Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library

Historical maps covering this location

1895 · Battle-field, Nashville, Tenn. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1899 · Nashville. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1901 · Nashville (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1903 · Greenbrier, Tennessee (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)
1920 · New map of Nashville, Tennessee (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)

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