# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/george-d-hay
# Generated: 2026-08-14T02:56:56.445Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/george-d-hay"
name: "George D. Hay"
slug: "george-d-hay"
description: "George Dewey Hay was an American radio announcer and journalist. He was the founder of the original radio series Grand Ole Opry on WSM-AM in Nashville, Tennessee, from which the country music stage show of the same name developed."
tagline: "American radio personality (1895–1968)"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1895-11-09"
deathDate: "1968-05-08"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.69
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.891866666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0370492/"
    handle:    "nm0370492"
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/33d309e9-5c46-4195-ac76-7b9c75693a6a"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%AF._%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%8A"
    title: "جورج د. هاي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%88%D8%B1%D8%AC_%D8%AF._%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%89"
    title: "جورج د. هاى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_D._Hay"
    title: "George D. Hay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_D._Hay"
    title: "George D. Hay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_D._Hay"
    title: "George D. Hay"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%BBD%E3%83%BB%E3%83%98%E3%82%A4"
    title: "ジョージ・D・ヘイ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Hay_(Grand_Ole_Opry)"
    title: "George Hay (Grand Ole Opry)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q970223"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1362528"
    title: "George D. Hay"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump