Bradley Kincaid was at WLS in Chicago early on. He was from Kentucky but was getting 100,000 fan latters a year the 4 years he was on the National Barn Dance which started on April 19, 1924 (before my time).

In 1928-29 he went to Cincinnati's WLW. Then to KDKA in Pittsburgh. Then WGY in Schenectady, WEAF in New York City----the NBC Red Network. (Has nothing to do with politics.)WBZ in Boston was next and he was ten years in the East. In the mid 30's he joined Joe Troyan and Grandpa Louis Marshall Jones in a trio. Then, again as a solo, he went to WTIC in Hartford, Connecticut----back to WGY in Schenectady, WHAM in Rochester, N.Y. and back to WLW. In 1944 he went to WSM in Nashville, but he had been on the Opry many, many times before that. He stayed at WSM longer than any other station except WLS. I guess he never did get to WWVA.

Doc Hopkins was living in Chicago in the 1970s and he sounded very much like Bradley Kincaid to my ear.

Hope this helps some.

Art