Roy Acuff, the singer and fiddler who was known to millions of Grand Ole Opry listeners as the ”King of Country Music,” died Monday at Baptist Hospital in Nashville. He was 89. He died … ...

Country music star Roy Acuff paused his busy schedule on Sept. 13, 1958, to meet local Republican candidates at the SEMO District Fair, captured in a rare photo from the Southeast Missourian archive.

Samford University officially introduced Huntsville native Lennie Acuff as the school's new men's basketball head coach.

Roy Acuff’s prized fiddle has found a permanent home at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum.

Acuff, a singer, fiddle player, bandleader, songwriter, music executive and Opry favorite, became the first living member of the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1962.

For the first time ever, the doors to the home built for Roy Acuff will open to showcase a limited-time exhibit.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - Tuesday, Aug. 20, marked the grand opening of the new WSM studio in the Roy Acuff Theatre.

Acuff was one of the pioneers in country and bluegrass music. His daughter will attend the tribute.

Acuff was born on Sept. 15, 1903, in Maynardville, Tennessee, the son of a fiddle-playing Baptist preacher and piano-playing mother. Their home was a regular gathering place for hoedowns.

WSM celebrates grand opening of permanent studio in the Roy Acuff Theatre Since its start, WSM has become a broadcasting giant in Nashville.