CMT Music Awards

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CMT Music Awards
Current: 2024 CMT Music Awards
Awarded for	Achievements in country music videos voted on by fans
Location	Austin, Texas
Country	United States
Presented by	Various
First awarded	1967 (as Music City News Awards)
Website	www.cmt.com/cmt-music-awards/
Television/radio coverage
Network	CBS CMT

The CMT Music Awards is a fan-voted awards show for country music videos and television performances. The ceremony launched in 1967 as Music City News Awards; it is the oldest award show currently airing under Paramount Global.

The ceremony originally aired on TNN, prior to its parent company's acquisition of former rival network CMT in 1991. The show would then air on CMT from 2001 to 2021. Beginning in 2022, the show is currently broadcast live on CBS.^[1]