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Country on the River 2015 began with a bang on Thursday (Aug. 6). The bands were rockin' and the crowd was all smiles on Day 1 of the three-day country music festival in Prairie du Chien, Wis.

The Academy of Country Music has announced the 2015 ACM Awards winners in a number of categories that won't be presented onscreen during the televised broadcast.

This year the Country Cares arm of St. Jude Children's Research Hospital's fundraising celebrates its 26th year. Randy Owen has been the face of a platform that has included hundreds of country radio stations and raised over $600 million dollars. He says he has a successor in mind, and a goal to hit before he steps away.

January 3rd, 1950 Sam Phillips opens the Sun Recording Studio, originally known as the Memphis Recording Service, at 706 Union Avenue in Memphis.

January 2nd, 1975 Austin City Limits premieres on PBS with Willie Nelson as the first featured guest.

January 1st, 2003 Big Kenny Alpin, already $140,000 in debt, loses most of his last $200 playing black jack in a Las Vegas casino.

December 27th, 1977 Dolly Parton earns the first gold album of her career, with her album Here You Come Again.

December 26th, 1972 Ronnie Milsap moves from Georgia to Nashville to take a job at the King Of The Road Motor Inn.

December 25th,  2014 Merry Christmas to you and your family from the KLAW101 family: Jeri Anderson, Seth Coburn (the Morning Krew), Nancy Mace and Eric Sharum.

December 20th, 1983 Johnny Cash checks into the Betty Ford Center to prevent an addiction to painkillers administered during a recent hospital stay.

December 18th, 2007 Taylor Swift was named iTunes’ Country Artist of the Year, and her song "Teardrops On My Guitar" was named iTunes’ top country single of 2007.

December 13th, 2001 Brenda Lee and Chet Atkins join the list of thirteen performers to be inducted into both the Country Music Hall of Fame and The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as they are announced as inductees into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. Le...