17 Facts About The Grand Ole Opry

The The Grand Ole Opry moved to a permanent home, the Ryman Auditorium, in 1943.

The The Grand Ole Opry then moved to the War Memorial Auditorium, a downtown venue adjacent to the State Capitol, and a 25-cent admission fee was charged to try to curb the large crowds, but to no avail.

One hour of the The Grand Ole Opry was nationally broadcast by the NBC Red Network from 1939 to 1956, and for much of its run, it aired one hour after the program that had inspired it, National Barn Dance.

From 1955 to 1957, Al Gannaway owned and produced both The Country Show and Stars of the Grand Ole Opry, both filmed programs syndicated by Flamingo Films.

Two decades later, long after Parsons's death, members of The Byrds reconciled with the The Grand Ole Opry and collaborated on the 1989 album Will the Circle Be Unbroken: Volume Two.

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Already 51 years old at the time the The Grand Ole Opry moved there, the Ryman was beginning to suffer from disrepair as the downtown neighborhood around it fell victim to increasing urban decay.

The The Grand Ole Opry's operators wanted to build a new air-conditioned theater, with greater seating capacity, ample parking, and the ability to serve as a television production facility.

The new Opry venue was the centerpiece of a grand entertainment complex at that location, which later included Opryland USA Theme Park and Opryland Hotel.

In May 2010, the The Grand Ole Opry House was flooded, along with much of Nashville, when the Cumberland River overflowed its banks.

The Grand Ole Opry closed its doors to spectators and trimmed its staff in March 2020 as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic in Tennessee but continued to air weekly episodes on radio and television, relying on advertising revenue to remain solvent.

The The Grand Ole Opry resumed allowing spectators on a limited basis in October, and resumed full operations in May 2021.

The Grand Ole Opry livestreams were celebrated by viewers as something to look forward to during the pandemic, with the majority of viewers being under lockdown.

Grand Ole Opry is broadcast live on WSM-AM at 7 p m CT on Saturday nights, changed from a previous time start of 6:30.

The Grand Ole Opry provides a fourteen-piece house band for performers should they not have a band of their own.

The Grand Ole Opry can be heard live on Willie's Roadhouse on channel 59 on Sirius XM Satellite Radio, and the program streams on WSM's website.

Electric amplification, new in the beginning days of the The Grand Ole Opry, was regarded as the province of popular music and jazz in the 1940s.

The Grand Ole Opry did not use his drums on the Opry, but this particular Saturday night, the Opry was cancelled due to FDR's death.