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.
[1] Joining the station on June 6 of that year, the same day as the Normandy landings during World War II, Turner first announced the early-morning programs of WSM-AM.
[1] By the late 1940s, Turner reached the "big prize" (as he called it) when he hosted the R.J. Reynolds sponsored portion of the Opry on the NBC Radio Network.
[2] Turner would later host the Mr. DJ, USA radio program on WSM-AM that featured guest disk jockeys from around the United States.
[1] That same year, Turner had an uncredited role as an Opry announcer in the Loretta Lynn biographical film Coal Miner's Daughter.