LeRoy Van Dyke

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 19th, 1952 Hank Williams gave his final performance, at the Skyline Club in Austin, Texas.

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 11th, 1946 Hank Williams has his first recording session, for Sterling Records, at the WSM Studios in Nashville, backed by The Willis Brothers and bass player Chuck Wright.

December 4th, 1956 During a Carl Perkins recording session also involving Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee, Elvis Presley visited the studio and jammed with Perkins and Lewis extensively with the tape recorders rolling.

November 13, 2010 Alan Jackson's "Where Were You (When The World Stopped Turning)" ranks #1 as CMT debuts 40 Greatest Songs Of The Decade.

November 6, 2006 George Strait, Sonny James and session guitarist Harold Bradley are officially inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame prior to the 40th annual Country Music Association awards at Nashville's Gaylord Entertainment Center.

October 30, 1982 Hank Williams Jr. set a record with nine albums on the Top Country Albums chart at one time.

October 23, 1997 Barbara Mandrell gave her final performance at the Grand Ole Opry house before retiring from country music.

October 20, 1967 The first Country Music Association Awards were held. The show was hosted by Sonny James and Bobbie Gentry.

October 16, 1972 Loretta Lynn becomes the first woman to win the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year in the sixth annual awards at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium.

1992 Brooks & Gill Reign At The CMAs Vince Gill and Garth Brooks are double-winners in the 26th annual Country Music Association awards at Nashville's Grand Ole Opry House.