Premiere Radio Networks To Broadcast CMA Awards Preview Special Hosted by Reba McEntire

Press Contact: Rachel Nelson
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Affiliation Contact: Michael Kindhart
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--Craig Morgan Set to Co-Host CMA Post-Show Broadcast with Premiere Radio's Larry Morgan--

LOS ANGELES, October 28, 2008 – Beginning Friday, November 6, Premiere Radio Networks will present its 2009 CMA Awards Preview Special hosted by four-time CMA "Female Vocalist of the Year" award winner, Reba McEntire. The four-hour radio special, which airs in advance of "The 43rd Annual CMA Awards," will feature music and interviews with all the top stars, including Awards co-host and reigning "Male Vocalist of the Year" Brad Paisley, reigning "Entertainer of the Year" Kenny Chesney, George Strait, Keith Urban, Brooks & Dunn, Martina McBride, reigning "Vocal Group of the Year" Rascal Flatts, Miranda Lambert and reigning "Vocal Duo of the Year" Sugarland, among others. The special will be broadcast to stations nationwide.

McEntire, who is nominated in both the CMA "Female Vocalist" and "Musical Event of the Year" (with Brooks & Dunn for "Cowgirls Don't Cry") categories, has garnered tremendous success with her latest album, Keep On Loving You, featuring her current hit "Consider Me Gone." McEntire, who was voted "Entertainer of the Year" in 1986, will also perform on the Awards telecast.

In addition, Premiere Radio will present a live broadcast of the Awards telecast, red carpet interviews with the stars, as well as a live post-Awards broadcast with the winners, which will be hosted by BNA recording artist Craig Morgan and Premiere Radio personality Larry Morgan. This will be Craig Morgan's debut as co-host of The 43rd Annual CMA Awards Post Show.

On November 11, Larry Morgan will talk to the stars as they make their way down the red carpet prior to the awards telecast. The Red Carpet Reports will air during afternoon drive on stations nationwide. Following the Awards, Craig Morgan and Larry Morgan will speak to the night’s big winners as they host the post-Awards show.

One of Country music's best-loved artists, Craig Morgan has made a name for himself with massive radio airplay of his signature hits: "Almost Home" - which was named Music Row "Song of the Year" in 2003; the chart-topping summer anthem "Redneck Yacht Club"; "That's What I Love About Sunday" - which spent five weeks at #1 and was Billboard's "Most Played Country Song of the Year" in 2005; "Tough" - a touching ode to the strength of women; and the fan-favorite "International Harvester." His current hit, the anthemic "Bonfire," is the fastest-rising of his career.

In conjunction with "The 43rd Annual CMA Awards," Premiere Radio will be hosting 50 of the Country's top radio stations as they broadcast their morning or afternoon shows live from Nashville in the days leading up to "The 43rd Annual CMA Awards" presentation.

"The 43rd Annual CMA Awards," hosted by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood, will air live on Wednesday, November 11, (8:00 - 11:00 PM/ET) from the Sommet Center in Nashville on the ABC Television Network.

About Premiere Radio Networks
Premiere Radio Networks, Inc., a subsidiary of Clear Channel Communications, syndicates 90 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, Ryan Seacrest, Glenn Beck, Bob & Tom, Delilah, Steve Harvey, Blair Garner, George Noory, John Boy and Billy, Big Tigger, Dr. Dean Edell, Sean Hannity, Elvis Duran, Jason Lewis, Randi Rhodes and others. Premiere is based in Sherman Oaks, California, with 13 offices nationwide. Additional information is available at www.PremiereRadio.com.

About the Country Music Association
Founded in 1958, the Country Music Association was the first trade organization formed to promote a type of music. More than 6,000 music industry professionals and companies from around the globe are members of CMA. The organization's objectives are to advance the growth of Country Music around the world and to demonstrate it as a viable medium to advertisers, consumers, and the media through CMA's core initiatives - CMA Music Festival and the CMA Awards.

The 2008 CMA Awards, held in Nashville during November Sweeps (Nov. 12), ranked behind only the Academy Awards and Grammy Awards during the 2008-2009 television season for awards shows among total viewers. With "The 42nd Annual CMA Awards," ABC won Wednesday evening in both total viewers (15.9 million) and adults 18-49 (5.0/13). According to Nielsen, research estimates that 34.6 million viewers watched all or part of the ceremony.