Musical Merry-Go-Round was a NBC

NBC

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 TV series which aired from 25 July 1947 to 1949. The series featured live music performances.

Production history

Each 30 minute episode was hosted by Jack Kilty. Little else is known about this early television series.

Musical Merry-Go-Round was an innovative early TV pioneering effort to do music video

Music video

A music video or song video is a short film integrating a song and imagery, produced for promotional or artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings...

s. It was re-named from predecessor groundbreaking series called Disc Magic. Ray Bloch, the orchestra leader, was host as one of the emcees featuring musical performances.

See also

• 1947-48 United States network television schedule (Thursdays at 8:30pm ET)
• 1948-49 United States network television schedule (Fridays at 7:30pm ET)