America Hearts The CMA Awards

• iHeartCountry and Premiere Networks are once again offering unparalleled, multiplatform coverage leading into tonight’s 52nd Annual CMA Awards, bringing the excitement of Country Music’s Biggest Night™ to millions of Country music fans across this great land.

For the past two days, all 132 iHeartCountry stations and Premiere Networks’ The Bobby Bones Show, CMT After MidNite with Cody Alan, CMT Radio Live with Cody Alan and The Crook and Chase Countdown have been featuring interviews with Country’s biggest stars, providing promotional support and driving tune-in for the CMA Awards with millions of listeners nationwide. iHeartCountry stations’ digital and social platforms are also supporting the event with behind-the-scenes stories, photos and videos from the red carpet and backstage at the CMA Awards with all the winners and presenters.

Starting at 4pm CT today,Amy Brown from The Bobby Bones Show will provide iHeartCountry mainstream stations with live updates from the red carpet leading up to show time, as all the nominees and presenters pass by as they head into Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena. Premiere Networks will also provide a live radio simulcast of the tonight’s ABC telecast of the 52nd Annual CMA Awards, co-hosted once again by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood. The live radio simulcast will air across nearly 80 iHeartCountry radio stations nationwide tonight from 8-11pm ET.

• Performers previously announced for The 52nd Annual CMA Awards include Lauren Alaina, Jason Aldean with Miranda Lambert, Kelsea Ballerini, Dierks Bentley with Brothers Osborne, Garth Brooks, Luke Bryan, Kenny Chesney, Luke Combs, Dan + Shay, Florida Georgia Line with Bebe Rexha, Midland, Kacey Musgraves, Old Dominion, Brad Paisley, Pistol Annies, Thomas Rhett, Ricky Skaggs, Chris Stapleton with Maren Morris and Mavis Staples, Carrie Underwood, Keith Urban and Brett Young.