[2] Over the course of its run, Avalon Time was also sponsored by Sir Walter Raleigh Pipe Tobacco and the Bulova Watch Company.
Foley began his career in broadcasting in 1930 while still attending school at Georgetown College to perform with the house band on WLS-AM's National Barn Dance.
In 1937, Foley, with producer John Lair, created the radio program Renfro Valley Barn Dance for WHAS in Louisville, Kentucky.
With the premiere of The Avalon Variety Show in 1938, Foley became the first country artist to host a network radio program.
Foley left Avalon in July 1939 and was replaced as host by up-and-coming comedian Red Skelton.
[6] After Avalon Time, Foley returned to National Barn Dance and also became a lifelong member of the Grand Ole Opry.
The show received enough fan mail after the performance to invite both comedians back two weeks after Skelton's initial appearance and again in November of that year.
[11] Canadian-born singer Dick Todd (1914–1973) took over from Cliff Arquette as host of Avalon Time in the spring of 1940.