ABC Barn Dance was an early country and Western music show on American television, a spin-off of the popular radio program National Barn Dance. It also included some folk music.Filmed at the Eighth Street Theater in Chicago, Illinois, the weekly ABC-TV variety show was hosted by Hal O"Halloran and Jack Stillwell. Several of the radio program"s performers appeared, including the Sage Riders (instrumental quartet), Lulu Belle and Scotty, Cousin Tifford, the DeZurik Sisters and Holly Swanson.The show aired on Monday nights from February 21 - November 14, 1949. Originally broadcast from 8:30-9 p.m. Eastern Time, it was moved to 9 p.m. and then to 9:30 p.m.



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