EMERY, RALPH
(*1933)
EMERY, RALPH (b. Warren R. E., McEwen, Tenn., March 10, 1933) An affable country deejay and TV host, known as the Dick Clark of country music, Emery has become a major Nashville power broker through his long-running presence on the scene as deejay and TV host. However, his career had fairly humble beginnings. His parents divorced while he was a teen, and he worked wherever he could. He briefly studied at Belmont College in Nashville, and also at a local broadcasting school. His first radio job…