Ralph Emery
American disc jockey and television host (1933–2022) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Walter Ralph Emery (March 10, 1933 – January 15, 2022) was an American country music disc jockey, radio and television host from McEwen, Tennessee.
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Birth name | Walter Ralph Emery |
Born | (1933-03-10)March 10, 1933 McEwen, Tennessee, U.S. |
Died | January 15, 2022(2022-01-15) (aged 88) Nashville, Tennessee, U.S. |
Genres | Country, Nashville sound |
Occupation(s) | Disc jockey, television host |
Years active | 1955–2015 |
Labels | Liberty, RCA Records |
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Emery promoted numerous stars on his radio and TV shows, and was called the Dick Clark of country music.[1]
He gained national fame hosting the syndicated television music series, Pop! Goes the Country, from 1974 to 1980 and the nightly Nashville Network television program, Nashville Now, from 1983 to 1993.[2] From 2007 to 2015, Emery hosted the weekly program, Ralph Emery Live, on RFD-TV, a satellite and cable television channel devoted to rural American culture.