Check into country fun with the Checkerboard Fun Fest!  This musical variety show from 1945 featured popular country western musical artists, star performances, and comedy interludes with a downhome flavor.  Personalities featured on the Checkerboard included The Cackle Sisters, Curle Fox, Rod Brasfield, and its inimitable host, Eddy Arnold. 

Eddy Arnold, the Tennessee Plowboy, was a hugely popular country music artist in the 1940s.  He was an unprecedented success on the country charts, dominating the industry with 57 singles in the top ten in one decade.  Arnold starred on many country radio programs as both host and performer, including the Grand Ole Opry and Hometown Reunion.  Arnold moved to television in the 1950s, hosting his own show, The Eddy Arnold Show.

All Star Western Theater Arthur Smith's Corner Store Bailes Brothers Bill Ring Show Checkerboard Fun Fest Chuck Wagon Jamboree Country Hoedown (Navy) Country Music Time (Airforce) Country Style USA Cowboy Slim Reinhart Crazy Water Crystal Program Dinner Bell Roundup Time Gene Autry Foy Willing and the Riders of the Purple Sage Hollywood Barn Dance Hollywood Rodeo Johnnie Lee Wills and his Boys The Korn Kobblers

Light Crust Doughboys Melody Ranch Melody Roundup Mothers Best Flour National Barn Dance Old Corral Pat O'Daniel and his Hillbilly Boys Pinto Pete and his Ranch Boys Plantation House Party Red Foley Renfro Valley Gatherin Roy Rogers Sage Brush Round Up Sunny Valley Ten-Two-Four Ranch Wake-up Ranch Western Rarities Western Party Western Music Sampler