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CMA Awards Nominees Announced CMT To Reach Over 90% Of World

By Richard McVey

NASHVILLE—Nominees for the 28th Annual CMA (Country Music Association) Awards were announced August 16 by and Pam

Tillis at the Grand Ole Opry. Some of the most often heard names were Reba McEntire with six nominations, and both with five, and Brooks & Dunn, who garnered four nominations. Some of the first-time nominees include Linda Davis, Little Texas, Brother Phelps and Orrall & Wright, as well as those who participated on the three multi-artist albums, such as Huey Lewis, Aaron Neville, Sam Moore, B.B. King, The Staple Singers, Natalie Cole, Little Richard, Gladys Knight and Riders In The Sky Winners will be voted on by the 7,000 industry professional members of the CMA. The three-hour special will be broadcast live from the Grand Ole CMT TAKING OVER THE WORLD—CMT gets the “thurrfcs up” for their launch Opry House on October 5 on CBS at 8 p.m. (Eastern). in the Asia-Pacific region and Latin America by PanAmSat satellites. The CMT expansion was announced at a Nashville press conference on August 10 by (l-r): Hal Willis, v.p. and general manager worldwide, CMT; Lloyd Werner, senior v.p., The nominees for the 1994 CMA Awards are: Group W Satellite Communications; E.W. Wendell, president and CEO, Gaylord Entertainment Company; and Ed Benson, executive director, Country Music ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR: Brooks & Dunn, , Vince Association. Gill, Alan Jackson, Reba McEntire

NASHVILLE—In an effort to reach over 90 percent of world TV homes. FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR: , Reba Country Music Television (CMT) will expand its 24-hour country music McEntire, , Wynonna, video programming channel to the Asia-Pacific region by mid-September and to Latin America by January via new PanAmSat satellites, according to E.W. MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR: John Anderson, Vince Gill, Alan Wendell, president and CEO, Gaylord Entertainment Company and Don- Jackson, , Dwight Yoakam ald H. Mitzner, president. Group W Satellite Communications HORIZON AWARD: Faith Hill, Martina McBride, Tim McGraw, John “Over the past year, we’ve experienced strong interest from cable Michael Montgomery, Lee Roy Parnell operators and satellite program packagers who want to distribute CMT in Asia-Pacific and Latin American countries,” said Mitzner. “We’re delighted VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR: Alabama, , we will be able to offer CMT to distributors in these countries on the ‘hot bird’ foreign Diamond Rio, Little Texas, Sawyer Brown for U.S. and program networks.” According to the terms of a ten- year agreement, CMT has leased a channel VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR: Bellamy Brothers, Brooks & Dunn, on PanAmSat’s PAS-2, which launched last month and will be operational Brother Phelps, Orrall & Wright, later this month. By mid-September, a customized version of CMT will be available in the Asia-Pacific region including China, Japan, Australia, Tai- SINGLE OF THE YEAR: “Does He Love You,” Reba McEntire w/Linda wan, Hong Kong, Singapore and the Pacific Islands. In addition, CMT has Davis; “Don’t Take The Girl,” Tim McGraw; “He Thinks He’ll Keep Her,” agreed to lease a channel on PanAmSat’s PAS-3 for coverage throughout Latin Patty Loveless; “I Swear,” America, set to telecast in January. CMT and CMT Europe currently reach over 34 million television SONG OF THE YEAR: “Chattahoochee,” Alan Jackson/Jim McBride; households worldwide. “Don’t Take The Girl,” Craig Martin/Larry Johnson; “He Thinks He’ll Keep

Her,” Mary Chapin Carpenter/Don Schlitz; “I Swear,” Frank J. Myers/Gary Baker; “Little Rock,” Tom Douglas In Other News... SHENANDOAH’S DRUMMER Asleep At The Wheel: Tribute The ALBUM OF THE YEAR: To Music Of MIKE MCGUIRE tied the knot recently Bob Wills The Texas Playboys Various Artists; Thread: The Songs & , Common with actress Teresa Blake of TV’s “All The Eagles Various Artists; Easy Come Easy Go, George Strait; Rhythm, Of , My Children” in Birmingham, AL. Country & Blues, Various Artists; Who I Am, Alan Jackson Those in attendance included Dallas Cowboys quarterback Troy Aikman and VOCAL EVENT OF THE YEAR: Aaron Neville & Trisha Yearwood for several of Blake’s fellow cast members “I Fall To Pieces”; Conway Twitty & Sam Moore for “Rainy Night In from the ABC daytime soap. Georgia”; /Tammy Wynette/ for “Silver Threads & Golden Needles”; Reba McEntire with Linda Davis for “Does He Love ATLANTIC RECORDING ARTIST You”; Mark O’Connor with featuring Johnny Cash/Marty JOHN MICHAEL MONTGOMERY THE HAPPY COUPLE—Shenan- Tritt had to cancel some of his shows recently Stuart/Travis for “The Devil Comes Back To Georgia” doah’s Mike McGuire and actress Teresa Blake, shown after their following an accident on a four-wheeler MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR: “Does He Love You,” Reba McEntire wedding. at his home in Nicholasville, KY. The w/Linda Davis; “God Blessed Texas,” Little Texas; “How Can I Help You accident resulted in a back injury, but Montgomery will resume touring on Say Goodbye,” Patty Loveless; “Independence Day,” Martina McBride; August 19. “Standing Outside The Fire,” Garth Brooks MAYPOP MUSIC GROUP announced a new long-term contract with

singer/songwriter Mickey Cates. Cates is the writer of Doug Supernaw’s MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR: (drums); current single “State Fair” and has recent cuts by Alabama, (guitar); Mark O’Connor (fiddle); Matt Rollings (keyboards); Brent Rowan and Lisa Brokop. (guitar). WYNONNA WILL MAKE A GUEST APPEARANCE on CNN’s “Larry King Live” on August 25 and winds up her 1994 concert tour in San Antonio on September 4.