![](/sites/texaspolkanews.com/files/field/image/1933_ft_worth.png "1933 ad in Fort Worth - Here ey Are - Lawrence Welk and His Novelty Band. America's Biggest Little Band, Saturday Nite, Top-O'-Texas, 9 Till 12:30 "Novelty Nite" $1.25 Per Couple Tax Paid. NOTE! e best food for less in main dining room Texas Hotel. Luncheon, 50c; Dinner, 85c. Dance to the Music of Ligon Smith and His Orchestra. Next page: Lawrence Welk knew the power of advertising.")
A plaque in the lobby of the Lawrence Welk Museum proclaims: “A total of 10,300,000,000 people! (That’s 10.3 BILLION!) have tuned in” to the TV show. Welk started his first TV show in 1951...
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