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''Today on the Farm'' was an American television program broadcast on NBC-TV from October 1, 1960–December 26, 1961. Hosted by country musician Eddy Arnold, the weekly series included a variety of features such as agricultural and farm news with Alex Dreier, Mal Hansen as a roving reporter, Carmelita Pope with women's features, and weather with Joe Slattery, who also served as announcer. Long-range weather forecasts were supplied by The Krick Organization. Regular performers included Arnold (backed by the NBC house orchestra) and The Tall Timber Trio (composed of Slim Wilson,
Speedy Haworth Herschel Haworth Jr. (May 16, 1922 – February 26, 2008), better known as Speedy Haworth, was an American guitarist and singer who was involved with the golden age of country music broadcasting in the Ozarks. He was a featured cast member ...
and Bob White). Guests, booked by
Si Siman Si Siman (born Ely E. Siman Jr.; January 17, 1921 – December 16, 1994) was an American country music executive as a radio producer, talent agent, songwriter, record producer, television producer and music publisher who helped transform the ...
, included
Betty Johnson Betty Johnson (March 16, 1929 – November 6, 2022) was an American traditional pop and cabaret singer who reached her career peak in the 1950s. Biography Johnson was born in Guilford County, North Carolina on March 16, 1929. Johnson's professio ...
, Tex Ritter, Minnie Pearl, Chet Atkins, Bobby Lord, Brenda Lee, Molly Bee, Skeeter Davis, June Carter,
Johnny Horton John LaGale Horton (April 30, 1925 – November 5, 1960) was an American singer-songwriter and musician. Initially performing traditional country, Horton later performed rockabilly songs. He is best known for a series of history-inspired narrat ...
, Robin Clark, Jim Reeves and The Collins Kids. The show aired live from NBC's Chicago, Illinois studios from 6–6:30 a.m.
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on Saturday mornings for the Central and Eastern time zones, and was rebroadcast at 7 a.m. Mountain Time for the Mountain and Pacific time zones. Carried by 190 stations, it was believed to be the first sponsored coast-to-coast TV program aired at that hour on Saturdays"NBC-TV to Star Arnold In New Series" (September 12, 1960), ''The Billboard'', p. 4 (sponsored by Massey Ferguson). Despite '' Today'' in its name, the series was produced not by NBC News but by Crossroads TV Productions based in Springfield, Missouri.


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*. *"NBC-TV to Star Arnold In New Series" (September 12, 1960), '' The Billboard'', p. 4 *"E. E. Siman Jr. Picks Guests for Arnold Show" (October 24, 1960), ''The Billboard'', p. 14 {{DEFAULTSORT:Today On The Farm NBC original programming 1960 American television series debuts 1961 American television series endings 1960s American television news shows Black-and-white American television shows Television shows about agriculture Country music television series