The stars of country music gather for the second annual country music awards and the first ever to be telecast.  
Roy Rogers and Dale Evans serve as hosts.

Note: Numerous sources indicate the tape-delayed ceremony aired on November 20th, 1968. However, several newspaper television listings indicate the tape-delayed ceremony aired on October 30th, 1968.            

January 29, 1969-June 13, 1972. In 1969 Glen Campbell returned to TV as host of "The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour"; his regulars included Pat Paulsen, Jack Burns, John Hartford, Jerry Reed and Larry McNeeley.        

Dupe of #2642.      

September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971. This was the "It's Ladies Nite" broadcast. The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show, which lasted four seasons. It was hosted by a guest celebrity each week.       

Dupe of #3616 

      

September 13, 1967-May 12, 1971. This was the "It's Ladies Nite" broadcast. The 1967 version of "The Kraft Music Hall" was an hour show, which lasted four seasons. It was hosted by a guest celebrity each week.      

Duplicate of #3616       

Tonight's host: Mike Douglas.     

Highlights: The spotlight is on Lena Horne, singer Jeannie C. Riley, comic Totie Fields, jockey Barbara Jo Rubin and Debi Faubion, Junior Miss of 1968. Host Mike Douglas spends his weekday afternoons entertaining ladies via his syndicated weekday afternoon talk show. He finds himself trapped at a ladies matinee and working as a secretary to businesswoman Totie Fields. He joins Lena Horne for a medley of her hits and chats with Debi and Barbara.  

Musical highlights:

"The Most Beautiful Girl In The World" "Try A Little Tenderness"-
Mike

"Hello Young Lovers" "Softly, As I Leave You"- Lena
"There Never Was A Time"- Jeannie 

             

Special Coverage of today's HONOR AMERICA DAY ceremonies held in Washington, D.C. 

PBS hosts: Lincoln Trevor, with correspondents Peter Jenson and Vic Murky. 

Taped highlights of this morning's National Memorial service, honoring the nation on its 194th birthday. Highlights of original live coverage of an entertainment gala celebrating Honor America Day. Bob Hope and Billy Graham co-host: Guests include Jack Benny, Glen Campbell, Dinah Shore, Richard Nixon, The Young Americans, Red Skelton, Connie Stevens, Fred Waring orchestra, Kate Smith, Bishop Fulton J. Sheen, Jeannie C. Riley, and Sugar Ray Robinson.                                                    

June 20, 1948-June 6, 1971.

 This was the "Richard Rodgers Tribute" broadcast. 
From the Hollywood Bowl a tribute to composer Richard Rodgers who was a guest on the very first Ed Sullivan Show (Toast of the Town, June 20, 1948).

Television's longest-running variety show ran on Sunday nights for twenty-three years. Its host, Ed Sullivan.                          

The 1972 Country Music Awards are presented. Loretta Lynn wins the entertainer of the year award.     
Male Vocalist: Charley Pride
Vocal Group: Statler Brothers
Vocal Duo: Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn
Musician Of The Year: Charlie McCoy
Female Vocalist Of The Year: Loretta Lynn. 
                                                          

July 26th, 1973- September 6th, 1973.
January 1974- May 16th, 1974.    

Taped in Nashville, Tennessee, music country was an hour of country music performed by guest artists. The official title of the program was Dean Martin Presents Music Country.        

Special: Johnny Cash is joined for his traditional Christmas show by Mac Davis, Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers Band, June Carter Cash, Jeannie C. Riley, the Carter Family, and the Tom Tichenor Puppets. Johnny recites "The Christmas Guest" and "Little Grey Donkey." Taped at Nashville's Opryland. Musical Highlights include: "The Greatest Cowboy of Them All" by Johnny & Larry, and "Christmas is for Kids" by Mac.

Special: Nashville's Grand Ole Opry provides the appropriate setting for a country-music jamboree. Its highlights include a duet pairing Crystal Gayle and 81-year-old songwriter Hoagy Carmichael; a tribute to Bob Wills, performed by Chet Atkins; and a medley of Hank Williams tunes sung by Minnie Pearl, the Oak Ridge Boys, Bill Anderson, Tammy Wynette, Hank Williams Jr., the Statler Brothers, Bobby Bare, Faron Young and Jeannie C. Riley. Other performers include: Johnny Cash, Glen Campbell and Tanya Tucker, Ray Charles, Roy Clark, Statlers, Doug Kershaw, Larry Gatlin, Steve Gatlin, Rudy Gatlin, Loretta Lynn, the Carter Family, Roy Acuff, George Jones, and Alabama.

Special: It's ladies' night at the Grand Ole Opry as Johnny is joined by Emmylou Harris, Minnie Pearl, June Carter Cash, Rosanne Cash, Misty Rowe ("Hee Haw") and - in "I'm Going to Be a Country Girl Again" - a chorus of 28 female singers including Jeannie C. Riley, Wilma Lee Cooper, Helen Cornelius, Skeeter Davis.