CMA Announces Nominees For 40th Annual Awards

The COUNTRY MUSIC ASSOC. (CMA) announced the nominees for the 40th ANNUAL CMA AWARDS today (8/30), live from TIMES SQUARE in NYC on ABC's "Good Morning America." The nominees were revealed by JENNIFER NETTLES of Country group SUGARLAND and BRAD PAISLEY. And the nominees are:

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR
BROOKS & DUNN
KENNY CHESNEY
BRAD PAISLEY
RASCAL FLATTS
KEITH URBAN

MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
DIERKS BENTLEY
KENNY CHESNEY
ALAN JACKSON
BRAD PAISLEY
KEITH URBAN

FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR
SARA EVANS
FAITH HILL
MARTINA McBRIDE
CARRIE UNDERWOOD
GRETCHEN WILSON

VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR
ALISON KRAUSS & UNION STATION FEATURING JERRY DOUGLAS
LITTLE BIG TOWN
LONESTAR
RASCAL FLATTS
SUGARLAND

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
"Hillbilly Deluxe" BROOKS & DUNN
"Me and My Gang" RASCAL FLATTS
"Precious Memories" ALAN JACKSON
"The Road and The Radio" KENNY CHESNEY
"Time Well Wasted" BRAD PAISLEY

The CMA AWARDS will be broadcast live on ABC from NASHVILLE's GAYLORD ENTERTAINMENT CENTER on MONDAY, NOVEMBER 6 at 8p (ET). For the third year in a row, the show will be hosted by KIX BROOKS and RONNIE DUNN.

Once those announcements were made, COUNTRY MUSIC TELEVISION (CMT) brought it back to NASHVILLE where JASON ALDEAN and LITTLE BIG TOWN revealed the rest of the nominees as well as those up for the CMA BROADCAST AWARDS and the inductees for the COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME class of 2006. Those lucky nominees are:

VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR
BIG & RICH
BROOKS & DUNN
MONTGOMERY GENTRY
VAN ZANT
WRECKERS

HORIZON AWARD
MIRANDA LAMBERT
LITTLE BIG TOWN
SUGARLAND
JOSH TURNER
CARRIE UNDERWOOD

SONG OF THE YEAR (awarded to songwriter)
"8th of November"- BIG KENNY and JOHN RICH
"Believe" - CRAIG WISEMAN and RONNIE DUNN
"Jesus Take The Wheel" - HILLARY LINDSEY, BRETT JAMES and GORDIE SAMPSON
"Tonight I Wanna Cry" - KEITH URBAN and MONTY POWELL
"When I Get Where I Going" - RIVERS RUTHERFORD and GEORGE TEREN

SINGLE OF THE YEAR (awarded to artist)
"Believe" - BROOKS & DUNN
"Better Life" - KEITH URBAN
"Jesus Take The Wheel" - CARRIE UNDERWOOD
"Summertime" - KENNY CHESNEY
"When I Get Where I Going" - BRAD PAISLEY f/DOLLY PARTON

BROADCAST PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR- MAJOR MARKET
CHRIS CARR- KEEY/MINNEAPOLIS, MN
CLIFF & COMPANY (CLIFF DUMAS, MORGAN THOMAS, BILL TANNER)- KSON/SAN DIEGO, CA
KELLY FORD, JONATHAN WILDE with MUDFLAP McGREW- KYGO/DENVER
THE K102 WAKE UP CREW WITH DONNA VALENTINE, JOHN HINES and MUSS- KEEY/MINNEAPOLIS, MN
THE LAURIE DeYOUNG SHOW- WPOC/BALTIMORE

BROADCAST PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR- LARGE MARKET
AFTERNOONS WITH JD CANNON- WFMS/INDIANAPOLIS, IN
EDDIE STUBBS- WSM-A/NASHVILLE, TN
THE MOO CREW- (KAREN DALESSANDRO, SCOTT DOLPHIN, TONY HESS)- WMIL/MILWAUKEE, WI
SAM & BOB MORNING CALL IN SHOW (SAMMY ALFRED, BOB COLE)- KVET/AUSTIN, TX
THE B-105.1 MORNING SHOW WITH BILL AND AMANDA (BILL WHYTE, AMANDA ORLANDO)- WUBE/CINCINNATI, OH

BROADCAST PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR- MEDIUM MARKET
ELLIS & BRADLEY (BILL ELLIS, BETH BRADLEY)- WSSL/GREENVILLE, SC
KEVIN RICHARDS SHOW- WGNA/ALBANY, NY
NEAL AND REESE, THE MOY'NIN BOYS (NEAL DIONNE, REESE RICHARDS)- WBCT/GRAND RAPIDS, MI
THE KAT 103 MORNING SHOW WITH STEVE LUNDY, GINA & CRAIG (GINA MELTON, CRAIG UNDERHILL)- KXKT/OMAHA, NE
WIVK AT NIGHT WITH JACK RYAN- WIVK/KNOXVILLE, TN

BROADCAST PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR- SMALL MARKET
AFTERNOONS WITH SHERRI (SHERRI CROWDER)- WAKG/ROANOKE, VA
BARRETT, FOX & BERRY (BILL BARRETT, TIM FOX, TRACY BERRY)- KKNU/EUGENE, OR
BUDDY BARON- WBBN/LAUREL, MS
McFLY AND THE RIDE HOME WITH MARTY McFLY AND STEWART JAMES- WGSQ/COOKEVILLE, TN
RICK STEPHENSON & LISA FRANKS IN THE MORNING- WFYR/PEORIA, IL

NATIONAL BROADCAST PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR
LON HELTON- COUNTRY COUNTDOWN USA- WESTWOOD ONE
DANNY WRIGHT- DANNY WRIGHT ALL NIGHT- JONES RADIO NETWORKS
LORIANNE CROOK and CHARLIE CHASE - THE CROOK AND CHASE COUNTDOWN- JIM OWENS ENTERTAINMENT

RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR- MAJOR MARKET
KKBQ/HOUSTON, TX
WIL/ST. LOUIS, MO
WQYK/TAMPA, FL
WUSN/CHICAGO, IL
WXTU/PHILADELPHIA, PA

RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR- LARGE MARKET
KASE/AUSTIN, TX
KVET/AUSTIN, TX
WFMS/INDIANAPOLIS, IN
WMIL/MILWAUKEE, WI
WUBE/CINCINNATI, OH

RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR- MEDIUM MARKET
KUZZ/BAKERSFIELD, CA
KXKT/OMAHA, NE
WBBE/SYRACUSE, NY
WIVK/KNOXVILLE, TN
WSSL/GREENVILLE, SC

RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR- SMALL MARKET
KTTS/SPRINGFIELD, MO
WFYR/PEORIA, IL
WGSQ/COOKEVILLE, TN
WXBM/MOBILE, AL
WYCT/PENSACOLA, FL

The winners of the broadcast awards will be notified in the weeks prior to the show and will be recognized during the CMA AWARDS on NOVEMBER 6th. The 2006 class of inductees for the COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME includes GEORGE STRAIT, SONNY JAMES and HAROLD BRADLEY. The formal inductions and a retrospective of each artist's career will take place on the show as well. For more information and a complete list of nominees including musical event, music video and musician of the year visit www.cmaawards.com.

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