NASHVILLE, TN  [Monday Mar.6.2006]  /RedBoxCode.com/ -- The 41st Annual Academy of Country Music Awards nominations will be announced next Wednesday during "The Early Show" on CBS-TV.

Announcing the nominations will be Rascal Flatts, Carrie Underwood, and The Early Show's Hanna Storm, live from the Ford's Theater at the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville.

The Academy of Country Music Awards -- Country Music's Biggest Party of the Year(tm) -- will be broadcast LIVE from MGM Grand in Las Vegas. The event, which honors country music's top talent as well as the industry's hottest emerging talent, will be broadcast live on Tuesday, May 23, 2006 at 8:00 pm live ET/delayed PT on the CBS Television Network.

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