Brad Paisley to Announce Radio Broadcast Awards Nominees for 2000; Lee Ann Womack and Lonestar Announce Nominees for 34th CMA Awards.Entertainment Editors NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--July 31, 2000 Arista arista (ä·riˑ·st artist Brad Paisley joins MCA's Lee Ann Womack and BNA's Lonestar for the announcement of the finalists for the Station of the Year and Broadcast Personality of the Year during a press conference Tuesday, Aug. 1 (9:30 AM, CDT CDT abbr. Central Daylight Time CDT Central Daylight Time CDT n abbr (US) (= Central Daylight Time) → hora de verano del centro; (BRIT ) at the Adelphia Coliseum Stadium Club in Nashville, Tenn. This is the first year the finalists have been announced alongside the artist categories for "The 34th Annual CMA CMA - Concert Multithread Architecture from DEC. Awards." "The importance of Country radio to our format compelled us to include these nominations in our announcements this year," says Ed Benson, CMA Executive Director. "Brad Paisley has had an amazing, breakthrough year, and we are delighted to have him on hand to announce the radio station and personality finalists." The winners will be recognized during the "CMA Awards," broadcast live Wednesday, Oct. 4 (8:00-11:00 PM, EDT EDT abbr. Eastern Daylight Time EDT Eastern Daylight Time EDT n abbr (US) (= Eastern Daylight Time) → hora de verano de Nueva York EDT ) from the Grand Ole Opry Grand Ole Opry, weekly American radio program featuring live country and western music. The nation's oldest continuous radio show, it was first broadcast in 1925 on Nashville's WSM as an amateur showcase. in Nashville on the CBS Television Network CBS Television Network Major U.S. broadcasting company and network. It began in 1928 as the Columbia Broadcasting System, a small radio network directed by William S. Paley. . Finalists are selected in four categories (Small Market, Medium Market, Large Market and Major Market) for the Station of the Year and four categories (Small Market, Medium Market, Large Market and Major Market) for Broadcast Personality of Year. The categories are established by market size based on Arbitron rankings. All interested full-time Country on-air personalities and radio stations in the US and Canada were eligible to enter. A panel of broadcast professionals judges entries. Paisley has seen his share of success at Country radio this year with his breakthrough hit "He Didn't Have to Be" from his Gold-certified Arista debut album Who Needs Pictures. Yahoo! Inc. will carry the press conference live on the Internet in conjunction with Nashville television station News Channel 5 Network-WTVF and NewsChannel5.com, and will be available on Yahoo! Broadcast (http://broadcast.yahoo.com). The announcements are also available via satellite as a video news release. For information on the video news release, contact CMA's Communications Department at 615/244-2840. Country radio stations interested in obtaining audio satellite service for the press conference may contact MJI MJI Model Jury Instructions Broadcasting's Affiliate Relations Department at 212/896-5285. Visit us on the Internet at www.CMAWorld.com or www.CMAawards.com |
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