Kent, Joey

During the1920s Shreveport radio station KWKH was managed by William Kennon Henderson, who frequently broadcast recordings of "hillbilly" music and recruited local talent to perform for the station's listeners. Henderson sold KWKH in 1932, but the station continued to support regional music, and in 1948 the weekly Louisiana Hayride program began its first run on KWKH. Broadcast live from the Shreveport Municipal Auditorium, the Hayride featured not only country and western music but also rockabilly and even early rock. Regular performers included Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Johnny Horton, Faron Young, George Jones, Merle Kilgore, Webb Pierce, and the Maddox Brothers & Rose, among others, and from 1954 to 1956, a young Elvis Presley was part of the weekly lineup. After 1960 the program was broadcast only sporadically, but in 1974 the Hayride started a thirteen-year run as a syndicated radio program under Shreveport businessman David Kent.

From the description of Louisiana hayride collection, 1904-2006 (bulk 1922-circa 1989 ). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 754392173

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