CMA Announces 1999 Broadcast Awards Nominees.

NASHVILLE, Tenn.--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--July 12, 1999--

The Country Music Association has announced the finalists for the 1999 Station of the Year and Broadcast Personality of the Year awards. This year's winners will be recognized during "The 33rd Annual CMA Awards," broadcast live on Wednesday, September 22 at (8-11 PM, live ET) on the CBS Television Network. The CMA Broadcast Awards are the preeminent honors accorded in Country radio.

The following stations are finalists for the 1999 Station of the Year Award: -0-

SMALL MARKET:              KJUG     Tulare, CA
                           WAXX     Eau Claire, WI
                           WBKR     Owensboro, KY
                           WIXY     Champaign, IL
                           WKNN     Biloxi, MS
                           WUSY     Chattanooga, TN


MEDIUM MARKET:             CKRY     Calgary, Alberta, Canada
                           KUZZ     Bakersfield, CA
                           WGNE     Daytona Beach, FL
                           WIVK     Knoxville, TN
                           WQKX     Youngstown, OH

LARGE MARKET:              KASE     Austin, TX
                           WFMS     Indianapolis, IN
                           WSIX     Nashville, TN
                           WTQR     Greensboro/Winston-Salem, NC
                           WUBE     Cincinnati, OH

MAJOR MARKET:              KMLE     Phoenix, AZ
                           KNIX     Phoenix, AZ
                           KYGO     Denver, CO
                           WGAR     Cleveland, OH
                           WPOC     Baltimore, MD
                           WUSN     Chicago, IL


     Finalists for the 1999 Broadcast Personality of the Year are:

SMALL MARKET:     Breakfast Brunch      WOKK      Meridian, MS
                  David & Dex           WUSY      Chattanooga, TN
                  Darlene Dixon         WLWI      Montgomery, AL
                  Tone Marconi          KKIX      Fayetteville, AR
                  Pete & The Cruiser    KIAK      Fairbanks, AK


MEDIUM MARKET:    Andy & Alison         WIVK      Knoxville, TN
                  Jim Diamond           KDRK      Spokane, WA
                  Wayne Gardener/
                  Shelby Mitchell       WKSJ      Mobile, AL
                  Neal Dionne/
                  Reese Rickards        WBCT      Grand Rapids, MI
                  ODD Squad             CKRY      Calgary, Alberta Canada

LARGE MARKET:     Dale & Mary           KFKF      Kansas City, MO
                  Duke Hamilton         WUBE      Cincinnati, OH
                  Morning Zoo           KASE      Austin, TX
                  Sam & Bob             KVET      Austin, TX
                  Angie Ward            WTQR      Greensboro/
                                                  Winston-Salem, NC

MAJOR MARKET:     Debbie Connor/Davie Craig/
                  Jason Dean            WIL       St. Louis, MO
                  Hudson & Harrigan     KILT      Houston, TX
                  W. Steven Martin      KNIX      Phoenix, AZ
                  Tim & Willy           KNIX      Phoenix, AZ
                  Waking Crew           KYGO      Denver, CO

The four categories are established by market size based on Arbitron rankings with Major Market including stations with an Arbitron ranking of 1 to 25, Large Market stations ranking 26 to 50, Medium Market with rankings of 51 to 100 and Small Market including all other markets. Arbitron rankings are determined by the population.

All interested full-time Country on-air personalities and radio stations in the U.S. and Canada were eligible to enter. The entries are judged by a panel of broadcast professionals. Entrants for the Broadcast Personality Award are judged on aircheck, ratings, community involvement and biographical information. Station finalists were judged on the following criteria: airchecks, ratings history, community involvement and leadership. Finalists are selected during the first round of judging. Winners are determined by the aggregate score of the first round of judging and the second round, which is done by a different panel of judges. Scoring by the judges is tabulated by the international accounting firm of Deloitte & Touche LLP.

Founded in 1958, the Country Music Association was the first trade organization formed to promote a type of music. More than 6,800 music industry professionals and companies from 43 countries around the world are members of CMA. The organization's objectives are to guide and enhance the development of Country Music and to demonstrate it as a viable medium to advertisers, consumers and media throughout the world. CMA is headquartered in Nashville with offices/representatives in London, Cologne, Sydney and Amsterdam.