Get Behind the Scenes Access to 'The 43rd Annual CMA Awards'

Exclusive Rehearsal Footage and Interviews Available in Two Video Highlights
Packages With Feeds Beginning Monday, Nov. 9

NASHVILLE, Tenn., Nov. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- CMA will provide up-to-the-minute
rehearsal footage and interviews of "The 43rd Annual CMA Awards" with two
Video Highlights Package feeds beginning Monday, Nov. 9.

"The 43rd Annual CMA Awards" will be held Wednesday, Nov. 11 (8:00-11:00
PM/ET) and will air live from the Sommet Center in Nashville on the ABC
Television Network.

Artists scheduled to perform during this year's CMA Awards include co-hosts
Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood, along with Jason Aldean, Brooks & Dunn,
Kenny Chesney and Dave Mathews, Billy Currington, Vince Gill and Daughtry, Kid
Rock and Jamey Johnson, Lady Antebellum, Miranda Lambert, Martina McBride,
Reba McEntire, Tim McGraw, Darius Rucker, George Strait, Sugarland, Taylor
Swift, Keith Urban, and Zac Brown Band.

The Video Highlights Package feed schedule and satellite coordinates are as
follows:
Feed Dates: Feed Times:
Monday, Nov. 9 10:00-10:30 AM/ET (9:00-9:30 AM/CT)
Tuesday, Nov. 10 10:00-10:30 AM/ET (9:00-9:30 AM/CT)

Each package will be approximately 15 minutes, and will be re-run,
back-to-back, so that media outlets have two opportunities to downlink it.

GALAXY 19 TRANSPONDER 13 (C-Band, Analog)
Downlink Frequency - 3960 Vertical
97 Degrees West

Trouble Number for all Satellite Feeds: (615) 248-1978 x227 OR (917) 929-5564
StagePost, Nashville, Tenn.

If you have a question about the content of these Video Highlights Packages,
contact Jim Bowling at (213) 215-7822 or jim@blackdiamondmedia.com.

ABC NewsOne will also make the rehearsal Video Highlights Packages available
to ABC affiliates via Pathfire. For dates and times, please check with Tiffany
Osteen at ABC NewsOne at (212) 456-1700 or tiffany.l.osteen@abc.com.

Premiere Radio Networks is the official radio packager of the CMA Awards.
American Airlines is the official airline of the 2009 CMA Awards. Chevy: The
Official Ride of Country Music.

SOURCE Country Music Association

Maria Eckhardt of CMA, +1-615-244-2840