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ACM CEO Damon Whiteside On Hosting In 2021, Carrie Underwood’s Snubs, the Streaming Future of Awards Shows

This week on the Country Music Media Podcast: ACM CEO Damon Whiteside joins Billy Dukes for a wide-ranging conversation about the 2021 Awards (April 18 on CBS) and the future of awards shows. Are these pandemic changes permanent? Did CBS hesitate on booking Mickey Guyton as host? Is Carrie Underwood mad about her snub? 1:45 | The hard part about the 2021 ACM Awards 5:00 | Why Mickey Guyton and was CBS hard to convince? 9:00 | What will hosting look like this year? 10:45 | Why is diversi...

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  A Mid-Year Diversity Scorecard

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  Country Radio's Golden Rule Changed for Morgan Wallen — RJ Curtis Explains…

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  Kid Rock + the Do Nothing All Stars

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  Meet Ward Guenther - The Best A&R Man In Nashville

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  Grading the 2021 CMT Awards - Hosts, Performances + More

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  Garth Brooks Doesn’t Talk Politics, Until Now - Emily Yahr On Her Kennedy …

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  A Luke Bryan Reality Show? Don’t Act Surprised

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  Does Objectivity Exist In Country Music Media? Marcus Dowling Explores Wha…

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  Morgan Wallen's Ban Is Doing More Harm Than Good

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  Alison Bonaguro, On Leaving CMT, Chet Flippo + the Jake Owen Paradox

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  Good Conversations Aren't the Same as Good Interviews - Kelleigh Bannen (R…

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  The Whole World’s Gone Country, But Why?

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  If Maren Morris Was a Stock, Should You Buy, Sell or Hold?

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  Miranda Lambert’s 'The Marfa Tapes': A One-Word Review

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  Tyler Mahan Coe: Cocaine & Rhinestones Host On Country Today, Country Medi…

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  Kip Moore’s Good Life Is ... Different, Plus Bad Band Names