Walter Ralph Emery (March 10, 1933 – January 15, 2022

Walter was an country music disc jockey and television host
from Nashville, Tennessee. 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.

In 1966, Tex Ritter (right) joined Ralph Emery as co-host of
the all-night Opry Star Spotlight radio show on Nashville’s
WSM. Ritter would co-host the program for sixteen months.