Municipal Auditorium designated National Historic Landmark (KTBS Shreveport)
by NewsFeed on December 22, 2009
Shreveport's Municipal Auditorium, the site where entertainers like Elvis Presley and Hank Williams got huge boosts to their careers, has been designated a National Historic Landmark. The Louisiana Hayride radio program broadcast from Municipal starting in 1948, bringing listeners music from the likes of artists like Presley, Williams, Kitty Wells and Jim Reeves. A plaque denoting the 80 ...
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