ABSTRACT
An organization established in Nashville in 1958 to promote the playing of country music on radio and television, achieving considerable success in this effort during the 1960s and 1970s. Originally having 233 members, as of 2000, the organization represented more than 6,000 individuals and groups in more than 43 countries. The group founded the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1961 and created the Country Music Foundation to administer it three years later. In 1967, it established the CMA awards for performers and, six years later, for disc jockeys; in 1968, it became the first nationally broadcast music awards ceremony. In 1981, the group established the Horizon Award for promising new acts, presented as part of the annual CMA awards ceremony. In 1982, the group opened its first office outside of the U.S. in London. [Website: https://www.cmaworld.com./]
An organization established in 1964, in Nashville. The purpose of the foundation is to promote interest in country music and the study of it. It has a press, a scholarly periodical (Journal of Country Music), a lecture-demonstration program, and a library open to scholars. The Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum, founded in 1961, is a major activity of the foundation. The foundation also operates Hatch Show Print, the last of the great woodblock printers specializing in posters for musical events. In 2001, the CMF opened a greatly enlarged museum and research facility in downtown Nashville. [Website: https://www.halloffame.org./]
