Jones Radio Networks' Country Talent Capture Three Nominations for ACM National On-Air Personality of the Year

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Date: 
03/20/2008

Jones Radio Networks®, Inc. (JRN), America's leading independent radio programming company, congratulates Lia, Danny Wright, and Bill Cody, nominees for National On-Air Personality of the Year by the Academy of Country Music (ACM). Jones personalities account for three of the five nominees in this category. CBS will broadcast the 43rd Annual Academy of Country Music Awards live Sunday, May 18th in Las Vegas.

Susan Stephens, Vice President/General Manager for JRN Seattle says, "I am so proud and blessed to work with Lia, Danny and Bill. They are incredibly talented personalities and dedicated to country radio."

Heard by nearly three million listeners on more than 150 stations, Lia was the 2005 and 2007 Country Music Association winner for National Broadcast Personality of the Year. Lia also recently received her fourth Gracie Allen Award® from the Association of Women in Radio and Television.

The popular host of Danny WrightAll Night, Danny Wright has previously been named Major Market Personality of the Year by the Country Music Association, Country Radio Broadcasters and Billboard Magazine.

Bill Cody is one of the biggest names In Country radio, holding court as morning host at WSM-AM 650 in Nashville. A 2008 Country Music DJ Hall of Fame inductee, and host of Bill Cody's Classic Country Weekend, Bill takes the reins of 230 radio stations across the country for four hours every weekend.

JRN produces and distributes The Lia Show, Danny WrightAll Night and Bill Cody's Classic Country Weekend.

For more information about JRN, please visit www.jonesradio.com.