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The Grand Ole Opry is a country music concert and radio show, held between twice and five times per week, in Nashville, Tennessee.The show began as a radio barn dance on November 28, 1925, by George D. Hay and has since become one of the genre's most enduring and revered stages.
From 1955 to 1957, Al Gannaway owned and produced both The Country Show and Stars of the Grand Ole Opry, both filmed programs syndicated by Flamingo Films. Gannaway's Stars of the Grand Ole Opry was the first television show shot in color. [15] On October 2, 1954, a teenage Elvis Presley had his only Opry performance.
Grant Turner (May 17, 1912 – October 19, 1991) was an American disc jockey known as the long time host of the Grand Ole Opry and on WSM AM radio in Nashville, Tennessee.In 1981, Turner was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, the first announcer or disk jockey to achieve that honor.
Christmas at the Opry was filmed at the historic Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville on Oct. 3. The taping at the country music mecca was before a live audience. The taping at the country music ...
In 1982, Bilbrey began announcing on the Grand Ole Opry, joining a long tradition of legendary Opry announcers, including George D. Hay, Grant Turner, Ralph Emery, and Hairl Hensley. [7] When The Nashville Network (TNN) began televising a thirty-minute portion of the show in 1985, the young announcer became the first host of Grand Ole Opry Live ...
For the first time ever, The Grand Ole Opry welcomed an announcer from far beyond planet Earth. This weekend, the Opry presented a live performance and guest appearances from NASA astronauts, ...
He was also one of two regular announcers for the long-running Grand Ole Opry carried on WSM on Tuesday, Friday and Saturday nights. He was on the air on weekday evenings from 7 pm to midnight, Central Time, on WSM. WSM's powerful nighttime clear channel signal allows WSM to be heard in a large part of the US and Canada.
Lainey Wilson's Wildflowers and Wild Horses Tour comes to the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on Dec. 14. ... “The Grand Ole Opry is a magical place. My parents took me there when I was nine years old