| Grand Ole Opry | | 1939-10-14 | The first tune is, "Ida Red." A telegram is read from Alvin C. York of Jamestown, Tennessee (among many others). |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1941-09-20 | The first tune is, "Lonesome Valley." The chimes at the end of the broadcast sound different than the usual NBC chimes. |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1942-02-07 | null |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1942-07-26 | The opening of "Moonlight Serenade" with Glenn Miller and His Orchestra follows the program. |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1944-01-08 | Replacing National Barn Dance AFRS #101. The first tune is, "Call Old Rattler." |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1944-08-08 | The first tune is, "John Henry." Part of the AFRS music fill has been deleted. The AFRS program number is subject to correction. |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1945-12-22 | Replacing National Barn Dance AFRS #166. The first tune is, "The Last Letter." Roy is announced as being out in Hollywood, so presumably his introductions are recorded. |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1948-01-25 | The broadcast originates from The Ryman Auditorium, Nashville. The first tune is, "Never Touch A Woman." The enthusiastic audience reactions sound dubbed in by AFRS. |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1948-05-10 | The first tune is, "Just Because." |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1948-05-29 | The first tune is, "Easy to Please." The first fifteen minutes of the program only. |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1948-07-24 | The first tune is, "Rock On Down The Line." |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1948-08-14 | Ernie Lee sings, "Hominy Grits." A strangely edited program, possibly due to the absence of Red Foley. |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1948-11-20 | The first tune is, "Fireball Mail." |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1949-04-16 | The first tune is, "Texarkana Baby." Guest Tex Ritter sings the "Boll Weevil" song. |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1949-04-23 | The first tune is, "On The Tennessee Border." Montana Slim sings the first tune he ever recorded, "My Swiss Moonlight Lullabye." |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1949-04-23 | The first tune is, "On The Tennessee Border." |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1949-04-30 | The first tune is, "Shortnin' Bread." Guest Elton Britt yodels "Chime Bells." |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1949-04-30 | The first tune is, "Shortnin' Bread." Elton Britt sings his famous yodel, "Chime Bells." |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1949-05-11 | The first tune is, "The Tennessee Polka." Lonzo and Oscar sing their hit. "I'm My Own Grandpa." |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1949-09-10 | The first tune is, "Detour." Montana Slim sings "the first number I ever recorded, "My Swiss Moonlight Lullaby." |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1949-09-21 | The first tune is, "The Tennessee Polka." Guest Rosalie Allen yodels "The Ding Dong Polka." |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1949-09-24 | The first tune is, "The Tennessee Polka." |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1949-10-01 | The first tune is, "Roly Poly." |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1949-10-25 | The first tune is, "Texarkana Baby." |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1949-11-05 | The first tune is, "John Henry." Margaret Whiting and Jimmy Wakely stop the show! |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1949-12-10 | The broadcast originates from The Ryman Auditorium, Nashville. The first train is, "Night Train To Memphis." |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1950-01-07 | The first tune is, "They All Go Native On A Saturday Night." Tennessee Ernie Ford appears on the Opry for the first time, his son was born the day before. He sings, "The Anticipation Blues." |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1950-01-14 | The first tune is, "The Sugarfoot Rag." The program may be dated January 14, 1951. |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1950-01-19 | The first tune is, "Giles County, Pulaski Post Office." |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1950-02-15 | The first tune is, "Tennessee Baby." |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1950-05-13 | The first tune is, "M-I-Crooked Letter-Crooked Letter I." |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1950-05-20 | The first tune is, "Sugar Foot Rag." Leon McAuliffe plays, "The Steel Guitar Rag." Red does a fine version of, "Bonaparte's Retreat" with Leon. |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1950-07-15 | The first tune is, "On A Sunday Night In Tennessee." Elton Britt sings, "The Yodel Blues." |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1950-07-22 | The first tune is, "The Birmingham Bounce." A program that does not duplicate cat. #47880 , despite the same date and AFRS number. |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1950-07-22 | The first tune is, "The Tennessee Polka." Red Foley and Rod Brasfield do a comedy routine stolen right from Abbott and Costello's, "Who's On First." A program that does not duplicate cat. #56944, despite the same date and AFRS number. |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1950-07-29 | The first tune is, "Freight Train Boogie." |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1950-08-15 | The first tune is, "Aunt Jemima's Plaster." |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1950-09-02 | The first tune is, "The Tennessee Polka." |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1950-09-09 | The first tune is, "Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad." |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1950-09-16 | The first tune is, "Memphis Tennessee" ("Floatin' Down To New Orleans"). |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1950-09-23 | The first tune is, "They All Go Nitty (?) On A Saturday Night." Cowboy Copas mentions that he gets his clothes from "Nudie" (a famous Hollywood designer of western clothing). |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1950-10-07 | The first tune is, "Cincinnati's Dancing Pig." Guests Tennessee Ernie Ford and Kay Starr do a great duet to, "I'll Never Be Free." Minnie Pearl misreads her lines and cracks up on the air. |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1950-10-14 | The first tune is, "The Sugar Foot Drag." |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1950-10-21 | The first tune is, "The Smoky Mountain Boogie." |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1950-10-25 | The first tune is, "Spread Ash Tennessee (?)." A crying baby clearly heard during Rod Brasfield's routine gets him flustered. |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1950-11-11 | The first tune is, "The Tennessee Polka." Cousin Minnie Pearl is in the hospital and does not appear. Hank Williams stops the show by singing, "Moanin' The Blues." He also sings, "Nobody's Lonesome For Me." Stringbean does a fine, "That Old Mountain Dew." |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1950-11-25 | A twenty-fifth-anniversary program, which dates the program in 1950 (the program began November 28, 1925). The AFRS number, which is subject to correction, would indicate a 1951 date. The Governor of Tennessee speaks. |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1951-01-06 | The first tune is, "Tater Pie." |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1951-02-29 | The first tune is, "The Freight train Boogie." |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1951-03-10 | null |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1951-03-28 | The first tune is, "The Birmingham Bounce." |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1951-05-12 | The first tune is, "Smoky Mountain Boogie." |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1951-08-11 | The first tune is, "She's Mine, All Mine." |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1951-10-13 | The first tune is, "Giles County...In The State Of Tennessee." |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1951-10-24 | The first tune is, "Smoky Mountain Boogie." |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1952-01-05 | null |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1952-01-12 | The first tune is, "Detour Sign." |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1952-01-17 | The first announced tune is, "Cheer Up World." See cat. #61847, which may partially duplicate this program. Elton Britt holds one falsetto note for 25 seconds! The final 15:52 of the program. |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1952-01-19 | The first tune is, "Giles County." See cat. #108684, which might be a network, sponsored version of this program. |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1952-01-26 | The first tune is, "On The Tennessee Border." |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1952-02-02 | The first tune is, "Rock On Down The Line." |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1952-02-16 | The first tune is, "Freight Train Boogie." The program may be dated February 10, 1952. |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1952-04-12 | null |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1952-05-02 | The first fifteen minutes of the program only. |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1952-05-10 | The first tune is, "I'm Walking The Floor." The program concludes with a reminder about "absentee ballots" for military personnel, from Minnie Pearl. |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1952-09-20 | The first tune is, "Freight Train Boogie." Guest Smiley Burnette sings his famous, "Uncle Noah's Ark." |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1952-10-04 | The twenty-seventh-anniversary show. The first tune is, "Freight Train Blues." |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1952-11-22 | The first tune is, "Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes." |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1953-03-01 | The first tune is, "Sugar Foot Rag." |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1953-07-18 | The first tune is, "My Little Red Wagon." |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1953-08-22 | The first tune is, "Hillbilly Fever." |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1953-10-24 | The first thirteen minutes of the program only. The date is approximate. |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1953-11-28 | Webb Pierce starts the show with, "Walkin' The Dog." |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1953-12-12 | The date is subject to correction. Cowboy Copas starts the show with, "Filipino Baby." |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1953-12-19 | The first eleven minutes of the program only. The date is approximate. |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1953-12-26 | The final thirteen minutes of the program only. The date is approximate. |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1954-02-06 | The final thirteen minutes of the program only. The date is approximate. |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1954-10-30 | The first tune is, "Love Me Now." |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1955-01-29 | Carl Smith starts the program with, "If Some Folks Would Leave Us Alone." |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1959-06-12 | The first tune is, "Roll On Buddy, Roll On." The program features an appearance by Melva Montgomery, the winner of last year's talent contest. |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1959-08-15 | The six finalists of the first "Grand Ole Opry Talent Contest" perform and compete. The first tune is, "Once More," sung by Roy Acuff. The first contestant is twenty-year-old Johnny Tillotson. |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1959-09-11 | The first tune is, "I Never Can Come Back To You." Co-hosts Johnny Wright and Jack Anglin appear as, "Johnny and Jack." |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1959-09-18 | The first tune is, "I Don't Believe You Met My Baby." Co-hosts are Ira and Charlie Louvin. |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1959-09-25 | The first tune is, "Head Over Heels In Love With You." Co-hosts are Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs. |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1959-10-02 | The first tune is, "The Big Wheel." |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1959-10-09 | The first tune is, "Candy Kisses." |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1959-10-16 | The first tune is, "Billy Bayou." Guest Roy Drusky makes his first appearance on the show. |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1959-10-23 | The first tune is, "A Woman's Intuition." Co-hosts are Teddy and Doyle Wilburn. |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1959-10-30 | The first tune is, "Little Pal." |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1959-11-06 | The first tune is, "Ida Red." |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1959-11-13 | The first tune is, "Riverboat." |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1959-11-20 | Ray Price, "The Cherokee Cowboy," is the host and sings his big hit, "Heartaches By The Number." Margie Bowes, the winner of the 1958 Pet Milk Talent Contest appears. |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1959-11-27 | The first tune, "The Last Ride," is a fine hobo song. |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1978-03-03 | The first live telecast (on network TV) of the regular Saturday night 7:00 P. M. show. The program originates from Opryland, Nashville. |
| Grand Ole Opry | | 1992-08-26 | Political speeches by Governor Bill Clinton, Senator Al Gore, Hillary Clinton and Tipper Gore. |
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| Grand Ole Opry | | | AFRS replacing "National Barn Dance." The first announced tune is, "Down In Union County." The system cue has been deleted. |
| Grand Ole Opry | | | The first tune is, "My Old Pal Of Yesterday." The date is approximate. |
| Grand Ole Opry | | | The program originates from the Ryman Auditorium, Nashville. The first tune is, "Easy To Please." Grandpa Jones picks a great, "Good Old Mountain Dew" (you can almost taste it). The Blue Sky Boys appear for the first time on the program and sing their big hit, "Kentucky." |
| Grand Ole Opry | | | The first tune is, "John Henry." |
| Grand Ole Opry | | | The first tune is, "Detour Sign." |
| Grand Ole Opry | | | The first tune heard is, "Wanted." The final 14:20 of the program only, the date is approximate. |
| Grand Ole Opry | | | The first tune is, "Love Me Now, "I'm Much Too Young To Die." The first 12:29 of the program only, the date is approximate. |
| Grand Ole Opry | | | The broadcast originates from The Ryman Auditorium, Nashville. The first tune is, "Tomorrow Never Comes." The date is approximate. |
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| Grand Ole Opry | | | The program originates from the Ryman Auditorium. The first tune is, "Set 'Em Up Joe." The first 12:46 of the program only, the date is approximate. |
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| Grand Ole Opry | | | The date is approximate. |
