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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May. 28, 2009
CMA NOW ACCEPTING SUBMISSIONS FOR 2009 CMA BROADCAST AWARDS
NASHVILLE - The Country Music Association is now accepting online submissions for the 2009 CMA Broadcast Awards for Broadcast Personality, Station, and National Broadcast Personality of the Year at Broadcast.CMAawards.com. The site will continue to accept submissions now through 5:00 PM/CDT, June 25.
Categories for submission include Broadcast Personality and Station of the Year in four different market sizes (major, large, medium, and small), as well as CMA National Broadcast Personality of the Year.
To submit an entry, CMA member radio stations and broadcast personalities in the U.S. and Canada should log on to Broadcast.CMAawards.com, where guidelines and instructions for entries will be posted.
All entries must reflect performances and events between June 1, 2008 and May 31, 2009. CMA's panel of judges, who are radio and industry professionals, will be able to view and evaluate the entries online. After judges scores are recorded, Deloitte & Touche LLP® will tabulate.
Winners will be notified in early October and recognized at "The 43rd Annual CMA Awards," which will be held Wednesday, Nov. 11 (7:00-10:00 PM/CT) at the Sommet Center in Nashville. The annual gala, which is "Country Music's Biggest Night," will be broadcast live by the ABC Television Network.
For more information about CMA Broadcast Award entries contact Brandi Simms, CMA Senior Manager of Executive Programs, at BSimms@CMAworld.com.
Premiere Radio Networks is the official radio packager of the CMA Awards, including a stereo-radio simulcast of the gala event. American Airlines is the official airline of the 2009 CMA Awards. Chevy: the Official Ride of Country Music.
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