Well, if he doesn’t do a good job of showing the importance of Springfield MO and Red Foley’s “Ozark Jubilee” - the first national TV program to feature country music - it’s not worth a bucket of spit.
In the early days of television, thanks to that program Springfield MO was #2 behind New York City - ahead of Chicago and LA - for national television program origination. 25 million viewers per week in black and white, where most people were lucky to get 2 or 3 channels. The brainchild of Ralph Foster who owned KWTO radio “Keep Watchin The Ozarks”, where Chet Atkins and the Carter Family were once staff musicians. This is what opened the door for Branson.
Red Foley’s “Ozark Jubilee”
I remember that from the 1950s! I personally am a Bob Wills and Spade Cooley fan.