GOOD LUCK! Tons of Local CMAO Award Nominations!

Wow! Almost every single category in the 2016 Country Music Association of Ontario Awards boasts one or more local nominees.  Hamilton, Burlington, Milton, St. Catharines and Waterloo are beaming with pride as their talented hometown boy and girls received much-deserved recognition.

Steel town country station KX 94.7 FM is up for Radio Station (Major Market) of the Year.

Just a ways down the road, Burlington's Tebey leads the pack with a whopping 6 nominations (Single, Songwriter, Male Artist, Fan's Choice, Music Video, Producer).  Also from Burlington, Tianna Woods is up for three awards (Single, Album, Female Artist).  Her producer, Rick Hutt has also been nominated for Record Producer of the Year).



Links: Tebey, More Tebey Stories, Video above courtesy of Tebey



Links: Tianna Woods, More Tianna Woods Stories, Video above courtesy of Tianna Woods

Then there's St. Catherines superstars Tim Hicks (Album, Male Artist, Fan's Choice, Music Video) and Marshall Dane (Male Artist). Rounding out the list is  The Western Swing Authority from Waterloo (Songwriter, Group, Roots Artist, Producer) and Woodstock's Country 104 FM (Radio Station - Major Market).



Links: Marshall Dane, More Marshall Dane Stories, Video above courtesy of Marshall Dane

On May 29, 2016 the awards will be handed out at the Edward Village Hotel in Markham. We're rooting for you! GOOD LUCK!

Here's the complete list of nominees

Single

• Tebey: When the Buzz Wears Off
• Tianna Woods: Bring Your Own Sunshine
• Autumn Hill: Blame
• Jason Blaine: Country Side
• Leah Daniels: Go Back
• Cold Creek County: Our Town
• Runaway Angel: My Someday

Album

• Tim Hicks: 5:01+
• Tianna Woods: Tianna Woods
• Autumn Hill: Anchor
• Small Town Pistols: Pistology
• Leah Daniels: What It Feels Like
• Johnny Reid; What Love Is All About

Songwriter(s)

• Tebey 
• Shane Guse, Larry Wayne Clark (The Western Swing Authority)
• Deric Ruttan and Jonathan Singleton 
• Jason Blaine and Deric Ruttan
• Leah Daniels, Beverley Mahood and Patricia Conroy
• Stacy Zegers, Cadence Grace, Ann Chaplin, Dave Thomson (Runaway Angel)

Female Artist

• Tianna Woods
• Genevieve Fisher
• Jessica Mitchell
• Kira Isabella
• Leah Daniels
• Lindsay Broughton

Male Artist

• Marshall Dane
• Tim Hicks
• Tebey
• Deric Ruttan
• Jason Blaine
• Johnny Reid

Group or Duo

• The Western Swing Authority
• Autumn Hill
• Blackwell
• Cold Creek County
• Runaway Angel
• Small Town Pistols

Roots Artists or Group

• The Western Swing Authority
• Heather Ballentine
• Lindi Ortega
• The Good Family
• The Lovelocks
• Whitney Rose

Fan's Choice

• Tim Hicks
• Tebey
• Autumn Hill
• Cold Creek County
• Jason Blaine
• Steven Lee Olsen

Music Video

• The Road Hammers ft Tim Hicks: One Horse Town
• Tebey: When the Buzz Wears Off
• Johnny Reid: A Picture of You
• Jason Blaine: Country Side
• Runaway Angel: My Someday
• Leah Daniels: Old Piano

Record Producer

• Jason Barry (The Western Swing Authority, Runaway Angel)
• Rick Hutt (Tianna Woods)
• Tebey and Danick Dupelle
• Dave “Dwave” Thomson (Leah Daniels)
• Jason Blaine and Deric Ruttan
• Scott Cooke (Cold Creek County)

Radio Station (Major Market)

• KX 94.7 FM, Hamilton
• Country 104 FM, Woodstock
• Cool 100.1 FM, Belleville
• KICX 106 Orillia
• KX 96, Oshawa
• Country 101.1, Ottawa
• New Country 94, Ottawa

Radio Station (Secondary Market)

• Country 929, Chatham
• Country 103, Little Current
• Star 96FM, Pembroke
• Country 107.3, Tillsonburg
• Country 104.3, Sault Ste Marie
• Country 93, Owen Sound

Rising Star

• Ben Hudson
• Brooklyn Roebuck
• Cold Creek County
• Cory Marquardt
• Heather Ballentine
• Jessica Mitchell

Blast from the Past: Last Year's Winners

Links: Country Music Association of Ontario, More CMAO Stories

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