Tuesday, November 7th 2006
Premiere Radio Network's CMA Award Radio Remote Broadcast Featured Some of "Country Music's Biggest Stars"
--Premiere's Donna Hughes Receives Special Honor--
LOS ANGELES, November 7, 2006 - Premiere Radio Networks brought numerous stars to its CMA Awards Radio Remote Broadcast leading up to The 40th Annual CMA Awards. Live from Nashville, Brooks & Dunn, Gretchen Wilson, Dierks Bentley, Big & Rich, Wynonna, Vince Gill, Miranda Lambert, and more, visited nearly 50 of the top Country radio stations from across the nation. Participating stations included WUSN-Chicago, KFRG-Los Angeles, WMZQ-Washington, D.C., WXTU-Philadelphia, KSCS-Dallas, KMPS-Seattle, KILT-Houston, WPOC-Baltimore and WKHX-Atlanta.
Another highlight of the evening was Donna Hughes, Premiere's senior producer/Country programming, receiving the CMA Media Achievement Award. It was presented to her by Tammy Genovese, COO of the Country Music Association.
As part of Premiere's comprehensive radio programming package, Country music artist Keith Urban took part in the CMA Awards Preview Special, a four-hour radio broadcast which aired in advance of The 40th Annual CMA Awards. The program featured music and interviews with all of this year’s leading nominees.
Jack Ingram, whose current single "Love You" is climbing the Country charts, was the correspondent for Premiere's Red Carpet Reports, featuring numerous celebrities and nominees. He also continued after Premiere Radio's awards show broadcast as co-host of the CMA Post Show, interviewing the night’s big winners.
This is the 15th consecutive year that Premiere Radio has partnered with the Country Music Association to provide radio programming in conjunction with the CMA Awards.
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 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, John Boy and Billy, Matt Drudge, Art Bell, Donald Trump, Big Tigger, and others. Premiere is based in Sherman Oaks, California, with 12 offices nationwide.
"The 40th Annual CMA Awards" is a production of the Country Music Association. Walter C. Miller is the Executive Producer; Robert Deaton is the Consulting Producer; Paul Miller is the Director; and David Wild scripted the ceremonies. Premiere Radio Network 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 2006 CMA Awards. Chevy, an American Revolution, is the official ride of the 2006 CMA Awards. Additional promotional partners include aolmusic.com, Camping World®, Carl Black Chevrolet, Coca-Cola®, Country Music Television, Inc.®, Crisco®, Greased Lightning Cleaning Products®, Hallmark Cards®, Miller Brewing Company®, Prilosec OTC®, Purity Dairies®, T.G.I. Friday's®, The Biography Channel and Yankee Candle®. Charles Fazzino is the official artist of the 2006 CMA Awards.
Pictured left to right: KYGO/Denver’s Mudflap McGrew and Jonathan Wilde, Little Big Town’s Phillip Sweet, KYGO/Denver’s Kelly Ford and Little Big Town’s Karen Fairchild.
Pictured left to right: KILT/Houston Program Director, Jeff Garrison; Country Artist, Dierks Bentley; and KILT/Houston Personality, Rowdy Yates.
