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

NASHVILLE – 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.