Wednesday, September 20th 2006
Premiere Radio To Broadcast CMA Awards Preview With Keith Urban
Press Contact: Amir Forester
818-461-5404
Affiliation Contact: Brenda Manney
bmanney@premiereradio.com
LOS ANGELES, September 20, 2006 - On Friday, October 27, Premiere Radio Networks will present its 40th Annual CMA Awards Preview Special with reigning CMA "Entertainer of the Year," Keith Urban, who will give commentary on this year's nominees. The four-hour radio special, which airs in advance of The 40th Annual CMA Awards, will feature music and interviews with all of the top stars, including Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley, Brooks & Dunn, Carrie Underwood, Gretchen Wilson, Rascal Flatts, Alan Jackson, and Country Music Hall of Fame inductee, George Strait, among others. The special will be broadcast to stations nationwide.
Urban is nominated for four awards at this year's CMA Awards, including "Entertainer of the Year," "Male Vocalist of the Year," "Single of the Year" for Better Life, and "Song of the Year" for Tonight I Wanna Cry. Urban will soon release his fourth solo studio album, Love, Pain & The Whole Crazy Thing, on November 7. The follow-up to his triple-platinum CD, Be Here, features his hit single, Once in a Lifetime. To date, he has seven #1 singles under his belt.
The 40th Annual CMA Awards will air live on Monday, November 6, at 7 p.m. CST from the Gaylord Entertainment Center in Nashville, Tenn., and will air on ABC Television.
About Premiere Radio Networks
Premiere Radio Networks, Inc., a subsidiary of Clear Channel Communications (NYSE:CCU), syndicates 70 radio programs and services to more than 5,000 radio affiliations and reaches over 190 million listeners weekly. Premiere Radio is the number one radio network in the country and features Jeff Foxworthy, Big D and Bubba and John Boy and Billy, in addition to the following personalities: Rush Limbaugh, Jim Rome, Casey Kasem, Ryan Seacrest, Glenn Beck, Bob (Kevoian) & Tom (Griswold), Delilah, Steve Harvey, Whoopi Goldberg, Blair Garner, George Noory, Maria Bartiromo, Ty Pennington, Matt Drudge, Art Bell, Donald Trump, Big Tigger and others. Premiere is based in Sherman Oaks, California, with 12 offices nationwide.
