FILE – Tammy Genovese, second left, Country Music Association Chief Operating Officer, poses for a photo with Vince Gill, left, Ralph Emery and Mel Tillis, right, Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007, in Nashville, Tenn., after it was announced that the three men will be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. Emery, who became known as the dean of country music broadcasters over more than a half-century in both radio and television, died Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022, his family said. He was 88.
FILE – Country music star Barbara Mandrell hugs country television personality Ralph Emery after Mandrell was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville, Tenn., Sunday, May 17, 2009. Emery, who became known as the dean of country music broadcasters over more than a half-century in both radio and television, died Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022, his family said. He was 88.
FILE – Television and radio personality Ralph Emery speaks to reporters after it was announced that he will be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2007, in Nashville, Tenn. Emery, who became known as the dean of country music broadcasters over more than a half-century in both radio and television, died Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022, his family said. He was 88.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Ralph Emery, who became known as the dean of country music broadcasters over more than a half-century in both radio and television, died Saturday, his family said. He was 88.
Emery passed away peacefully of natural causes, surrounded by family, at Tristar Centennial Medical Center in Nashville, his son, Michael, told The Associated Press. He had been hospitalized for a week.
Beginning his career at small radio stations and then moving into television as well, Emery was probably best known for his work on the Nashville Network cable channel. From 1983 to 1993, he was host of the channel’s live talk-variety show “Nashville Now,” earning the title “the Johnny Carson of cable television” for his interviewing style. From 2007 to 2015, Emery hosted a weekly program on RFD-TV, a satellite and cable TV channel.
He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2007.
“Ralph Emery’s impact in expanding country music’s audience is incalculable,” said Kyle Young, CEO of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, in a statement Saturday. “On radio and on television, he allowed fans to get to know the people behind the songs. Ralph was more a grand conversationalist than a calculated interviewer, and it was his conversations that revealed the humor and humanity of Tom T. Hall, Barbara Mandrell, Tex Ritter, Marty Robbins and many more. Above all, he believed in music and in the people who make it.”
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