Hayloft Hoedown WFIL Philadelphia, PA Year Started:  1944 Date Started:  December 2, 1944

WFIL Hayloft Hoedown The Hayloft Hoedown was televised over WFIL out of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. By October, 1948, it was a regular Saturday night feature. The show was carried over the ABC network and could be seen from Philadelphia to Boston, New York CIty, Baltimore and Washington. The telecast ran for an hour from 9:30 to 10:30pm. Credits & Sources Jamboree Magazine; October 1948; Western Song Club; Ventura, CA Hawkshaw Hawkins Jesse Rogers Lew Carter Jack Day Murray Sisters Elmer Newman Jack Steck Bill Haley and the Saddlemen Just Plain John Oldham Ray Whitley Pancake Pete Newman Monty Rosci Sleepy Hollow Gang Pee Wee (Pete) Miller Elton Britt Pat Patraw Pop Johnston