2014 CMA Awards Nominations To Be Released Wednesday, Sept. 3

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The final nominees for "The 48th Annual CMA Awards" will be announced on Wednesday, Sept. 3 by Little Big Town and Darius Rucker live from New York.

A video highlights package featuring the announcements as well as interviews and music video clips will be released via satellite Wednesday, Sept. 3 3:00 PM ET. In addition, the footage will also be made available via FTP download.

Little Big Town and Rucker will announce the final nominees in five CMA Awards categories live from the "Good Morning America" studios on the ABC Television Network.

The announcement will air in the 8:30 AM half-hour segment (all time zones) of the morning news program.

Following the announcement, at 10:00 AM ET, they will head to the Best Buy Theater in Times Square to recap the nominees previously announced and reveal the finalists in the remaining seven categories.

The announcement of the final nominees leads up to "Country Music's Biggest Night." Hosted for the seventh time by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood, "The 48th Annual CMA Awards" airs live Wednesday, Nov.

5 (8:00-11:00 PM/ET) from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville on ABC.