CMT's USA Weekend Breakthrough Video Noms Revealed

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Details about the 2011 CMT Awards are starting to emerge with today’s (4/25) announcement of the USA Weekend Breakthrough Video of the Year Award nominees. The fan-voted awards show airs live from Nashville June 8 on CMT and cmt.com.

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Industry Ink Monday (4/25)

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ASCAP inks Kristy Lee • CAA ups Jim Butler • Stokes Nielson’s new company • Lori Genes Christian welcomes baby • LTC hires Brett Shumaker

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CRS Names Agenda Committee

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Country Radio Broadcasters, Inc.® has announced its 2011-2012 Agenda Committee for CRS 2012, to be held Feb. 22-24, 2012, at the Nashville Convention Center. The Agenda Committee is made up of volunteers from all areas of the Country radio and record industries and gathers each year to plan events for the upcoming Country Radio Seminar. […]

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Hazel Dickens Passes

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Renowned Appalachian vocal stylist Hazel Dickens has died at age 75. The West Virginia native was noted for her strongly feminist song lyrics, support of coal miners and participation in bluegrass and folk-music groups such as The Strange Creek Singers and Hazel & Alice. She recorded for the Rounder, Folkways and Arhoolie record labels. The […]

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"Girl's Night Out" Rocks Ratings

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The concert special Girl’s Night Out: Superstar Women of Country drew 8.4 million viewers on Friday night (4/22). It won the night for CBS, beating out programming on all the other major networks, according to Nielsen ratings on Zap2it.com. The two-hour program started at 9 PM/ET. It honored several of country music’s most successful women […]

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