Dove Awards to Air Live on Gospel Music Channel

Nashville, TN – The 39th Annual GMA Dove Awards nominations were announced. It was also announced that Gospel Music Channel, the nation’s first and only 24/7 all-Gospel/Christian music television network, will become the exclusive television home for the The Dove Awards in a multi-year agreement.  The Dove Awards, gospel music’s biggest night of the year featuring artists from every style of Gospel/Christian music coming together for a night of music and celebration, will be seen live across the country on GMC beginning with the 39th Annual Doves on Wednesday, April 23 at 8 p.m. (ET).  The Dove Awards have aired in national syndication, but have not broadcast live since 2002.

PICTURED (LEFT-RIGHT) Charles Dorris, Chairman of the GMA Board and Senior VP at William Morris Agency; Christian music superstar Michael W. Smith; host of the GMC Series The Kitchen Sink, Elle Duncan; John W. Styll, president/CEO of Gospel Music Association (GMA) and Charles Humbard, founder and president, Gospel Music Channel (GMC).