Grand Ole Lunch Hour

27/02/2024

Join George Hamilton V MONDAYS for Viva NashVegas Radio on WTOB 980AM & 96.7 FM Radio @ 6pm Central / 7pm Eastern & SATURDAYS 6:30am Central / 7:30am Eastern WORLD-WIDE via Wtob980.com DIRECT from Winston-Salem, NC: Home of The George Hamilton IV Bridge!!!

09/02/2024

CELEBRATING The 64th Anniversary of George Hamilton IV: The International Ambassador of Country Music Joining The Grand Ole Opry on Feb. 8, 1960! READ ALL ABOUT IT:

08/02/2024

Carlos DeFord Bailey (Grandson of ICONIC Grand Ole Opry Pioneer & Member of The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum: DeFord Bailey) on CBS Mornings Yesterday!!! A MUST SEE!!! CLICK BELOW!
*Carlos Joined Grand Ole Lunch Hour Host/Producer George Hamilton V for his "Americana Central Time" Show in COOLumbia, Tennessee in 2022 and Shared His AMAZING Story & Songs! IT'S A FAMILY TRADITION!!! Check-Out The Photo Album: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.816994462805456...

DeFord Bailey made history as the Grand Ole Opry's first Black performer and country music's first Black star. Now, his grandson is looking to chase the same fame.

05/02/2024

CONGRATS to Joni Mitchell for Her "BEST FOLK ALBUM" Grammy @ 2024's Grammy Awards Last Night!!! "Grand Ole Lunch Hour" Host George Hamilton V's Daddy Sure Knew How To Pick 'Em!!!
READ ALL ABOUT IT:

CONGRATULATIONS to Joni Mitchell on Receiving "Best Folk Album" @ The 2024 Recording Academy / GRAMMYs!!!
>"George IV" was the 1st to have a Top 10 "Hit" Record w/ a Joni Mitchell Song, in 1967:
"Urge For Going". LISTEN @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1jxLczZvj8

22/01/2024

Join "George V" TONIGHT for Viva NashVegas Radio on WTOB 980AM & 96.7 FM Radio @ 6pm Central / 7pm Eastern / Midnight GMT, etc. WORLD-WIDE via Wtob980.com!!! READ ALL ABOUT IT:

20/01/2024

HAPPY BIRTHDAY WEEKEND DOLLY PARTON!!!

01/01/2024

HAPPY NEW YEAR'S NIGHT Y'ALL!!! Tune-In to "George IV" Sharing Music & Memories of Hank Williams Sr on "Viva NashVegas Radio" TONIGHT @ 7pm Eastern / 6pm Central Time / Midnight GMT, etc. on WTOB 980AM & 96.7 FM Radio WORLD-WIDE via Wtob980.com DIRECT from Winston-Salem, NC: Home of The George Hamilton IV Bridge!!! READ ALL ABOUT IT:

29/12/2023

By Special Request: An ENCORE Presentation of "George IV" Sharing Music & Memories of Hank Williams Sr, The "HillBilly Shakespeare", aka "Luke The Drifter" on George V's "Viva NashVegas Radio" on WTOB 980AM & 96.7 FM Radio from Winston-Salem, NC: Home of The George Hamilton IV Bridge!!! This Coming Monday, Jan. 1st @ 7pm Eastern / 6pm Central Time / Midnight GMT, etc. WORLD-WIDE via Wtob980.com . . . READ ALL ABOUT IT:

18/12/2023

Join George Hamilton V TONIGHT via Wtob980.com WORLD-WIDE @ 7pm Eastern / 6pm Central / 11pm GMT, etc.. for The ChristmasTime Edition of "Viva NashVegas Radio" DIRECT from Winston-Salem, NC: Home of The George Hamilton IV Bridge on WTOB 980AM & 96.7 FM Radio!!! READ ALL ABOUT IT:

14/12/2023

"The Christmas Guest" Recitation by Hamilton IV: The International Ambassador of Country Music w/ Pianist Michael Webb LIVE on George V's "Viva NashVegas Radio Show" @ Historic Handy Hardware in DownTown Franklin, Tennessee (December 2012)

Grand Ole Opry® Member George Hamilton IV, "The International Ambassador of Country Music™", with His Reprise of the Grandpa Jones Christmas Favorite: "The C...

06/12/2023

CONGRATS to The LEGENDARY Brenda Lee as Her ICONIC “Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree” FINALLY hits the No. 1 Spot on the Billboard Hot 100 this week --- After 65 Years as a CHRISTMAS CLASSIC!!! Can Y'all Say Viva NashVegas®?!!! >>Here's Brenda Lee on George Hamilton V's "Viva NashVegas Radio Show" LIVE Stream CELEBRATING Her Friend George IV's 54th Anniv. w/ The Grand Ole Opry in 2014!

Rock & Roll AND Country Music Hall of Famer Brenda Lee, Grammy-Winning, Grand Ole Opry® Members: "Riders In The Sky", Tennessee State Senator Jack Johnson AN...

23/11/2023

HAPPY THANKSGIVING, Y'ALL!!! From George Hamilton V's "Grand Ole Lunch Hour" AND Abilene Acres: Music Farm, Turtle Ranch, HillBilly Adventure Park™! Just a Short Drive to the Country Side from Winston-Salem, NC: Home of The George Hamilton IV Bridge.
"Where Family Country Roots Run Deep!"

16/09/2023

HAPPY 100TH BIRTHDAY WEEKEND Hank Williams!!!

06/07/2023

60 Years Ago TODAY!!!
*CASH BOX Magazine Advertisement for George Hamilton IV's Country & 'Pop' HIT Record: "Abilene" . . .
READ ALL ABOUT IT @ "Abilene Acres":

10/06/2023

HAPPY "FAN FAIR" (CMA Music Festival) Y'all! How'd It All Begin?
The "George IV" & "Whisperin' Bill" Connection, as Reported in 2014 by Peter Cooper in The Tennessean. READ ALL ABOUT IT:

27/03/2023

JOIN Grand Ole Lunch Hour Host/Producer George Hamilton V TONIGHT @ 6:30pm Eastern / 5:30pm Central / 10:30pm GMT, etc. for "Viva NashVegas Radio" on WTOB 980AM & 96.7 FM Radio in Winston-Salem, NC: Home of The George Hamilton IV Bridge!!! He'll be Spinnin' CLASSIC Records by his Grand Ole Opry Heroes from the "Golden Age of Country Music"!!!
>>>WORLD-WIDE via Wtob980.com

17/03/2023

Howdy Y'all! "Cousin Minnie" & Friends have Left The Building During the "Front Porch Radio House" Remodeling Renaissance!!! And The World-Famous "Grand Ole Lunch Hour" LIVE from COOLumbia, Tennessee on WKRM Radio is Taking a Break for The Hammer-Slingin'. MEANWHILE: Join George Hamilton V for his "Viva NashVegas Radio" Program on WTOB 980AM & 96.7 FM Radio WORLD-WIDE via Wtob980.com from Winston-Salem, NC: Home of The George Hamilton IV Bridge, and ENJOY Your FAVORITE Golden Era Opry Stars on Mondays @ 6:30pm Eastern / 5:30pm Central AND Saturdays @ 7:30am Eastern / 6:30am Central!!!
*Photo: Drake Colley -- Cousin of "Cousin Minnie Pearl" (Sarah Ophelia Colley Cannon . . . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnie_Pearl) -- in George V's "MuleTown Pickin' Parlor" in COOLumbia, Tennessee @ WKRM Radio w/ Portrait of Minnie Pearl & Roy Acuff by LEGENDARY "Picture Taker" Jimmy Moore! www.JimmyMoorePhotographer.com

30/12/2022

Join George Hamilton V (aka "The Man w/ A Megaphone") for The FINAL "Grand Ole Lunch Hour" of 2022!!!
TODAY, 12:05pm - 1pm Central Time on WKRM Radio LIVE from COOLumbia, Tennessee WORLD-WIDE via WkrmRadio.com
(Photos from 2022 Leipers Fork Christmas Parade w/ "The Country Dumplin" Float!)

25/12/2022

Merry ChristmasTime to All Y'all!!!
From The "Grand Ole Lunch Hour" in COOLumbia, Tennessee!!!
*Here's Our "Announcer Emeritus from On-High", Colonel William Covington, Reading "The Night Before Christmas" on The World-Famous Viva NashVegas Radio Show, Dec. 2015.

The LEGENDARY Colonel William Covington w/ his Classic Holiday Reading: "The Night Before Christmas" aka "A Visit from St. Nicholas" By Clement Clarke Moore ...

24/12/2022

MERRY CHRISTMAS TIME Y'ALL!!! From George Hamilton V's
"Grand Ole Lunch Hour" LIVE from COOLumbia, Tennessee:
FRIDAYS, 12noon - 1pm Central on WKRM Radio!

02/11/2022

HAPPY NOV. 1st BIRTHDAY to Grand Ole Opry LEGEND and George Hamilton IV & V's fellow Opry Friend Whisperin' Bill Anderson!!!

16/09/2022

TUNE-IN to George Hamilton V's "Grand Ole Lunch Hour" TODAY Sept. 16, 12:05pm - 1pm Central on WKRM Radio 103.7FM / 1340AM ... LIVE from COOLumbia, Tennessee! WORLD-WIDE via WkrmRadio.com AND MuleTownRadio.com!!! "George V" will Feature Several Songs by George Hamilton IV: The International Ambassador of Country Music and Even One or Two w/ "George IV & George V" as we approach 8 Years since "George IV" Headed to Heaven on Sept. 17, 2014.

30/07/2022

Maybe Ernest hasn't left the building after all?!

New owners include local developer, Tubb relative, Russian-born musician

08/07/2022

JOIN George Hamilton V for the WORLD-FAMOUS "Grand Ole Lunch Hour™"!!! FRIDAYS: 12:05ish pm - 1pm Central Time on WKRM Radio 103.7FM & 1340AM (If You're On Your Tractor!) in COOLumbia, Tennessee™ and MARVELOUS Maury Co., TN aka "Music County, USA™"!!! WORLD-WIDE via WkrmRadio.com AND MuleTownRadio.com and https://c13.radioboss.fm:18087/web!!!