KUZZ, the Palace earn country nominations
BY MATT MUNOZ Californian staff writer mmunoz@bakersfield.com
Nominations for the 47th annual Academy of Country Music Awards were announced last week with Bakersfield's Buck Owens' Productions garnering three nods in the radio and nightclub categories.
According to a company press release, country station KUZZ AM/FM, was nominated for medium market station of the year, KUZZ's morning show with Steve and Geoff was nominated for medium market On-Air Personality of the Year, and Buck Owens' Crystal Palace was nominated for Night Club of the Year.
"We are very excited here at Buck Owens Productions to be nominated for these three very prestigious awards," said Crystal Palace Promotions Director Jerry Hufford, in an email statement.
KUZZ previously won the ACM medium market Station of the Year in 1999 and 2009. The Crystal Palace won the ACM Night Club of the Year award in 1997, 2004 and 2006.
The Academy of Country Music Awards will be held on April 1, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas and broadcast that evening at 8 p.m. on Bakersfield CBS affiliate, KBAK-TV, Channel 29.
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