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Podcast: Voices of Oklahoma
Episode: Ramona Reed
Description: In episode 3 of the Ken Burns documentary “Country Music,” a picture was used featuring the stage of the Grand Ole Opry from 1949 which included Ramona Reed. Ramona was working for WSM Radio as Martha White representing the Martha White Flour Company. Hank Williams is seen in the background. Ramona went on to work for WSM during the summer of 1949, performing on a morning radio show each weekday and then appearing on the Grand Ole Opry on Friday and Saturday.Ramona grew up on a farm near Talihina, Oklahoma and by the time she was 15, she was singing for a Sa...