Editing Springfield, Missouri (section)

===Country music===
Four nationally broadcast [[Television show|television series]] originated from the city between 1955 and 1961: ''[[Ozark Jubilee]]'' and its spin-off, ''[[Five Star Jubilee]]''; ''[[Talent Varieties]]''; and ''[[The Eddy Arnold Show]]''. All were carried live by [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] except for ''Five Star Jubilee'' on [[NBC]]. They were produced by Springfield's Crossroads TV Productions, owned by [[Ralph D. Foster]].

Many of the biggest names in [[country music]] frequently visited or lived in Springfield at the time. City officials estimated the programs meant about 2,000 weekly visitors and "over $1,000,000 in fresh income."<ref>Dessauer, Phil "Springfield, Mo.-Radio City of Country Music" (April 1957), ''[[Coronet (magazine)|Coronet]]'', p. 152</ref>

Staged at the Jewell Theatre (demolished in 1961), ''Ozark Jubilee'' is the first national country music TV show to feature top stars and attract a significant viewership. ''Five Star Jubilee'', produced from the [[Landers Theatre]], was the first network [[color television]] series to originate outside of New York City or Hollywood.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.springfieldlittletheatre.org/about/the-landers-theatre/five-star-jubilee/|title=Five Star Jubilee|website=Springfield Little Theatre}}</ref> Springfield's NBC affiliate, [[KYTV-TV]] (which helped produce the program), was not equipped to broadcast in color and aired the show in [[black-and-white]].{{Citation needed|date=October 2023}}

The [[Citadel Media#ABC Radio|ABC]], [[NBC Red Network|NBC]] and [[Mutual Broadcasting System|Mutual]] [[radio network]]s all carried country music shows nationally from Springfield during the decade, including KWTO'S ''Korn's-A-Krackin{{'}}'' (Mutual).