REBA McENTIRE TO REVEAL NOMINEES FOR THE 54TH ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS™ ON "CBS THIS MORNING" AND FACEBOOK LIVE WEDNESDAY, FEB. 20 IN THE 8:00 AM ET HOUR
TUNE-IN ALERT
REBA McENTIRE TO REVEAL NOMINEES
FOR THE 54TH ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS™
ON “CBS THIS MORNING” AND FACEBOOK LIVE
WEDNESDAY, FEB. 20 IN THE 8:00 AM ET HOUR
ETONLINE.COM TO ANNOUNCE ADDITIONAL NOMINEES AT 8:50 AM ET
ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC® TO ANNOUNCE INDUSTRY AWARDS
AND STUDIO RECORDING AWARDS ON OFFICIAL ACM SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS AT 8:55AM ET
Country Music’s Party of the Year® to air LIVE on Sunday, April 7, 2019 at 8:00 PM ET / delayed PT on
the CBS Television Network from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas
WHO: 54TH ACM Awards® host, executive producer and 16-time ACM Award® winner Reba McEntire will appear LIVE on “CBS This Morning” to announce select nominations for the 54th Academy of Country Music Awards™.
WHAT: The Academy of Country Music® will announce nominees for the 54th ACADEMY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AWARDS, Country Music’s Party of the Year® on Wednesday, February 20, 2019. The awards telecast, honoring country music’s superstars and hottest emerging talent, will air LIVE from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 7, 2019 at 8:00 PM ET / delayed PT on the CBS Television Network.
WHEN: Wednesday, February 20, 2019
8:00 AM – 9:10 AM ET
WHERE: “CBS THIS MORNING”
Reba McEntire to announce nominees for Entertainer of the Year, Female Artist of the Year, Male Artist of the Year, Duo of the Year, and Group of the Year during the 8:30 AM ET hour block on the CBS Television Network (Check local listings).
FACEBOOK LIVE
Reba McEntire will also appear on Facebook Live during the 8:00AM ET hour to reveal nominees for Songwriter of the Year and Song of the Year. The live video will be available on her Facebook page, Academy of Country Music’s Facebook page and CBS This Morning’s Facebook page.
ETONLINE.COM
Nominees for New Male Artist of the Year, New Female Artist of the Year, New Duo/Group of the Year, Album of the Year, Single of the Year, Video of the Year and Music Event of the Year will be revealed on ETOnline.com at 8:50 AM ET.
ACM AWARDS SOCIAL MEDIA
Nominees for the ACM Industry Awards and Studio Recording Awards will be revealed across the Academy of Country Music’s social media channels including on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram at 8:55 AM ET.
ACMCOUNTRY.COM
The full list of available nominees for the 54th ACM Awards will be revealed immediately following the Entertainment Tonight announcements on ACMcountry.com at 9:10 AM ET.
MORE: The 54th ACM Awards will feature exciting performances, unprecedented collaborations, surprising moments and more to be announced in the coming months. CBS’s 2018 broadcast of the “53rd Academy of Country Music Awards” reached over 12 million viewers drawing the largest audience in three years since the 2015 show. Reba’s highly anticipated next album, “Stronger Than The Truth,” will be released just prior to the 54th ACM Awards on Friday, April 5, 2019 on Big Machine Records.
Tickets for the ceremony are available for purchase now at www.axs.com. The media credential application to apply to cover the Awards in Las Vegas is available at www.ACMcountry.com/press. For more information on the ACM Awards and all ACM events including ACM Party for a Cause®, visit ACMcountry.com. You can also like Academy of Country Music on Facebook or follow on Twitter and Instagram for more immediate updates.
About the Academy of Country Music Awards
The 54th Academy of Country Music Awards™ is dedicated to honoring and showcasing the biggest names and emerging talent in the country music industry. The show is produced for television by dick clark productions and will broadcast LIVE from MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, April 7, 2019 at 8:00 PM ET/delayed PT on the CBS Television Network. R.A. Clark, Reba McEntire, Barry Adelman and Mark Bracco are executive producers. Pete Fisher is executive producer for the Academy of Country Music.
CONTACT: For additional information please contact Brian Rubin, Christina Canseco, Pipere Boggio and Hallie Sawyer at PMK•BNC at 310.854.4800 or [email protected] / [email protected] / [email protected] / [email protected]
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