Best Of The Dove Awards Marathon On GMC Wed. Followed
By 39th Annual Dove Awards Live
"Doves Day" Wed. April 23 On Gospel
Music Channel: "Best Of The Doves" Series
Marathon Leads Up To Live Telecast Of 39th Annual GMA
Dove Awards
ATLANTA, Georgia, April 21, 2008
- /Christian Newswire/ -- Gospel Music Channel
(GMC) has proclaimed Wed. April 23, 2008 as Doves Day
as the nation's fastest growing television network
readies for it's first-ever live telecast of Gospel/Christian
music's biggest night of the year - The 39th Annual
GMA Dove Awards Live from the Grand Old Opry in Nashville,
TN that night at 8:00 p.m. ET.
GMC's Doves Day will kick off at 7:00 a.m. ET on Wed.
April 23 with The Best of The Doves Marathon, the complete
first season of the GMC original series that features
highlights from 38 years of The Doves, including 200
performances and 130 artists from multiple genres of
Gospel, including soul, urban, hip- hop, country and
rock. Featured artists will include Amy Grant, Michael
W. Smith, Whitney Houston with the Georgia Mass Choir,
BeBe and CeCe Winans, Kirk Franklin, Blind Boys of
Alabama, Yolanda Adams, Third Day, Jars of Clay and
Dolly Parton.
GMC's Doves Day climaxes at 8:00 p.m. with the live
telecast of The 39th Annual GMA Dove Awards. Artists
performing include: American Idol® previous finalists
Phil Stacey, Mandisa and Chris Sligh; Dove Award Female
Vocalist of the Year Natalie Grant with country icon
Wynonna, 19 Recordings/Jive Recording Artist Jordin
Sparks; Ricky Skaggs and The Whites, Point Of Grace
with Cindy Morgan, Charlie Daniels with Third Day's
Mac Powell, Casting Crowns, Marvin Sapp, Switchfoot,
The Clark Sisters, David Crowder*Band, Trin-i-tee 5:7,
The Isaacs, Angella Christie, The Hoppers, Jeff and
Sheri Easter and Karen Peck and New River, New Artist
of the Year Nominees 33 Miles, Brandon Heath, Group
1 Crew, Mandisa, Rush Of Fools and DeWayne Woods.
Confirmed as Dove Award presenters are Kirk Franklin
and Matthew West and Dove Award nominees Skillet, Aaron
Shust, Mark Lowry, tobyMac, Sandi Patty, Rob Beckley
of Pillar, Mark Schultz, and Leonardo. ABC Good Morning
America comedy contributor Anita Renfroe will also
be on hand to present at the Dove Awards along with
fellow comic Michael Jr., R&B singer Regina Belle
and from the NFL Cincinnati Bengals Ben Utecht.
In addition to the live telecast, GMC will present
immediate back-to-back encore broadcasts of The Dove
Awards Weds. Night and additional re-airings in the
days following.
Gospel Music Channel is the exclusive television home
for the GMA Dove Awards. GMC is the fastest growing
television network in America and can be seen in 40
million homes across the country on DIRECTV channel
338, cable systems including Comcast, Time Warner,
Cox, Charter, and Knology as well as on Verizon FiOS.
Gospel Music Channel is the first and only 24/7 television
network dedicated to the rich history and contemporary
sounds of Gospel/Christian music and its many different
genres and artists. From rock to rap, country to soul,
southern to hip-hop, Gospel Music Channel crosses cultures
and generations.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Web site: www.Gospel
Music Channel
"Doves Day" Wed. April 23 On Gospel Music Channel: "Best Of The Doves" Series Marathon Leads Up To Live Telecast Of 39th Annual GMA Dove Awards
ATLANTA, Georgia, April 21, 2008
- /Christian Newswire/ -- Gospel Music Channel
(GMC) has proclaimed Wed. April 23, 2008 as Doves Day
as the nation's fastest growing television network
readies for it's first-ever live telecast of Gospel/Christian
music's biggest night of the year - The 39th Annual
GMA Dove Awards Live from the Grand Old Opry in Nashville,
TN that night at 8:00 p.m. ET.
GMC's Doves Day will kick off at 7:00 a.m. ET on Wed.
April 23 with The Best of The Doves Marathon, the complete
first season of the GMC original series that features
highlights from 38 years of The Doves, including 200
performances and 130 artists from multiple genres of
Gospel, including soul, urban, hip- hop, country and
rock. Featured artists will include Amy Grant, Michael
W. Smith, Whitney Houston with the Georgia Mass Choir,
BeBe and CeCe Winans, Kirk Franklin, Blind Boys of
Alabama, Yolanda Adams, Third Day, Jars of Clay and
Dolly Parton.
GMC's Doves Day climaxes at 8:00 p.m. with the live
telecast of The 39th Annual GMA Dove Awards. Artists
performing include: American Idol® previous finalists
Phil Stacey, Mandisa and Chris Sligh; Dove Award Female
Vocalist of the Year Natalie Grant with country icon
Wynonna, 19 Recordings/Jive Recording Artist Jordin
Sparks; Ricky Skaggs and The Whites, Point Of Grace
with Cindy Morgan, Charlie Daniels with Third Day's
Mac Powell, Casting Crowns, Marvin Sapp, Switchfoot,
The Clark Sisters, David Crowder*Band, Trin-i-tee 5:7,
The Isaacs, Angella Christie, The Hoppers, Jeff and
Sheri Easter and Karen Peck and New River, New Artist
of the Year Nominees 33 Miles, Brandon Heath, Group
1 Crew, Mandisa, Rush Of Fools and DeWayne Woods.
Confirmed as Dove Award presenters are Kirk Franklin
and Matthew West and Dove Award nominees Skillet, Aaron
Shust, Mark Lowry, tobyMac, Sandi Patty, Rob Beckley
of Pillar, Mark Schultz, and Leonardo. ABC Good Morning
America comedy contributor Anita Renfroe will also
be on hand to present at the Dove Awards along with
fellow comic Michael Jr., R&B singer Regina Belle
and from the NFL Cincinnati Bengals Ben Utecht.
In addition to the live telecast, GMC will present
immediate back-to-back encore broadcasts of The Dove
Awards Weds. Night and additional re-airings in the
days following.
Gospel Music Channel is the exclusive television home
for the GMA Dove Awards. GMC is the fastest growing
television network in America and can be seen in 40
million homes across the country on DIRECTV channel
338, cable systems including Comcast, Time Warner,
Cox, Charter, and Knology as well as on Verizon FiOS.
Gospel Music Channel is the first and only 24/7 television
network dedicated to the rich history and contemporary
sounds of Gospel/Christian music and its many different
genres and artists. From rock to rap, country to soul,
southern to hip-hop, Gospel Music Channel crosses cultures
and generations.
# # #
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
Web site: www.Gospel
Music Channel