Wheeling Jamboree Venue Timeline |
Radio Station WWVA Hawley Building
Studios
where early
Wheeling Jamboree
Broadcasts began
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Now
known
as
Mull
Center
Offices
Wheeling
Jamboree
Studio
Shows
1927-1933
6
Years |
Studio
A
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Capitol Theatre
Formerly
Capitol Music Hall
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Relocated from Hawley studios
January 7, 1933 - February 10, 1934
moved to
the Victoria Theater
in 1934.
Wheeling Jamboree
1969-2005
"Jamboree USA Years"
36
Years
Total
April 3,
2010
Wheeling
Jamboree
Returned
77th
Anniversary
Show |
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Moved from Capitol Theatre
in 1934 for short run
Returned January - December 2009
West Virginia's
Oldest
Standing Theater |
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1937-1945 Demolished 1950's
8
Years |
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Home to the Wheeling Jamboree
Short run 1936
Returned from1946 -July 1962
17
Years
Demolished
1962
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Rex Theater
also briefly known as
Coronet Theater
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Home to the Wheeling Jamboree
1962-1965
3
Years
Demolished
in
the
early 1990's |
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Wheeling Island
Exhibition Hall
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Home to the Wheeling Jamboree
1966-1969
3
Years
Currently Owned by
Wheeling Island Gaming, Inc.
"Not in Use"
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Sources: 1976 50th anniversary booklet published by WWVA
Journal of Country Music
Wheeling Ohio County Library
Various Artist interviews
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