Fact #2066
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During a broadcast of the WSM Barn Dance on radio station WSM in Nashville, Tennessee, USA, presenter George D. Hay quips, "For the past hour we have been listening to music taken largely from Grand Opera, but from now on we will present the Grand Ole Opry." The joke sticks and the show will find lasting fame as The Grand Ole Opry.
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