UKCountryRadio.com Country Awards 2017 - Voting ends soon

Celebrating the best in UK country music

UKCountryRadio.com - Playing the Hottest Country Music for the UK, 24 hours a day

Voting for the 2017 UK Country Music Awards, presented by UKCountryRadio.com is coming to a close.

Time Is Running Out! It’s Time To Cast Your Vote if you haven’t already

** Voting closes at midnight on Sunday 14th May **

*** Click here to vote for The UK Country Music Awards 

*** Click here to vote for The UKCountryRadio.com Listeners' Club Song Award 

As the excitement mounts UKCountryRadio.com boss Allan Watkiss has employed presenter Martyn Williams to hype things up!

Martyn, born in Solihull in the West Midlands, lives in London working for the BBC. He kicks off the weekend with his Friday show (17:00-20:00)

Listen to the Advert:

Listen to the UK Country Music Awards Rap Ad!:

Hurry - voting closes at midnight on Sunday for the UK Country Music Awards presented by @ukcountryradio. Vote here: https://t.co/aJAayZHdeQ pic.twitter.com/fYvBc6mk7Q

— UKCountryMusicAwards (@ukcmawards) 10 May 2017

UKCountryRadio.com’s 10th Birthday Party and UK Country Music Awards will take place on Saturday 2nd September 2017 at Radisson Blu Hotel, East Midlands Airport.

The night includes:

* A live concert (performing artists to be announced in June)

* A three-course celebratory dinner

* The presentation of The UK Country Music Awards

* Fundraising for Rotherham Friends of Early Onset Dementia and Eve's Trust

Priority Ticket: Includes meal and seating on one of the front two rows of tables £44.50 each

Standard Ticket: Includes meal £39.50 each

Concert Only Ticket: Does not include meal £20.00 each

TICKETS: Book Online here using Paypal/ Credit Cards/ Visa

UK Country Music Awards

Voting closes midnight Sunday 14th May. Finalists announced later in May

There are seven awards to vote for:

* UK Country Artist Of The Year

* UK Country Album Of The Year

* UK Male Country Singer Of The Year

* UK Female Country Singer Of The Year (in association with Number 24, Upton on Severn's premier gift shop)

* UK Country Group Of The Year

* UK Country Duo Of The Year

* The UKCountryRadio.com Listeners' Club Song Award, for one of the songs promoted through UKCountryRadio.com last year.

1) Voting for all of the Awards is open to everyone until midnight on 14th May.

2) Based on the number of votes, five finalists will be identified in each category, with the exception of the UK Country Artist Of The Year category in which ten finalists will be identified.

3) The finalists will be voted on by a panel made up of UKCountryRadio.com's presenters and staff together with people who have held a gold, silver or bronze subscription to UKCountryRadio.com since before January 1st 2017.

Click here for details of how to subscribe to UKCountryRadio.com to enable you to vote in future years' Awards

4) You may only vote once. Anyone attempting to vote more than once will have all votes discounted.

Who We Like!

KIRA MAC

JADE HELLIWELL

At UKCountryRadio.com's 9th Birthday and Country Awards Jade was nominated for UK Country Artist Of The Year, UK Female Country Singer Of The Year and UK Country Album Of The Year but went home empty handed. 

UKCountryRadio.com made her their Spotlight UK Artist for the weekend of Jan 27-29.

The Batley country singer's spontaneous duet with a busker at the start of May sparked a viral video, top 10 UK album on iTunes & massive hike in Facebook fans. SEE BLOG

THORNE HILL

The Listeners' Club Song Award

This is for a song by a UK country artist or writer, promoted through UKCountryRadio.com last year.

*** Click here to vote for The UKCountryRadio.com Listeners' Club Song Award 

UKCountryRadio.com’s tagline is: 
Playing the Hottest Country Music for the UK, 24 hours a day

Listen to a sprinkling of sample tracks which are eligible for the Award this year:

Thorne Hill’s “Open Road” is certainly top of the crop. In 2016, he won the UK Male Country Singer Of The Year.

“Open Road” is taken from Thorne’s 5 STAR (Country Music People) 10 track album NO MORE HOLDING BACK released 27 Feb 2016. Amazon UK - UK iTunes 

UNSTOPPABLE?

Wayne Jacobs won UKCountryRadio.com Listeners Club Song Award for the fifth consecutive year in September 2016 thanks to his 11,000 loyal fans.

Thanks to online voting prior to the final round of votes it was probably already done and dusted assisted by his social media team posting on Facebook groups and his Wild Horse Promotions family.

Wayne won the UKCountryRadio.com 2012, 2013, 2014 & 2015, 2016 Listeners Club Song Award with his country songs called “Kentucky Whiskey” “I Want My Daddy”, “In Cold Blood”, “May We Never Forget” and “Paws of War”.

All Wayne’s Award winning songs he writes are produced by Dana Jordan from Blue Room Studios, Justin Morgan and Tom Manche. Wayne does not sing on the recorded tracks.

His 2017 entry, Wayne Jacobs (writer) is titled "Stars & Stripes Of Freedom" (performed by Ronnie Kimball)

GREATEST GROUPS

UKCountryRadio.com have now launched their search for UKCountryRadio.com's Greatest Groups - the top 30 country music groups of all time as chosen by you.

This is the latest in their Greatest series - following on from Greatest Hits (#1 He Stopped Loving Her Today - George Jones) Greatest Stars ( #1 Johnny Cash), Greatest Ladies (#1 Dolly Parton) and Greatest Guys (#1 Willie Nelson) which the station compiled over the last few years.

Between now and the end of the year, UKCountryRadio.com are asking you to email them your all-time Greatest Groups - the top 30 country music groups of all time as chosen by you.

To take part, simply send us your THREE all-time favourite country music groups. They need to be groups of at least three members.

UKCountryRadio.com will use your selections to compile the top 30 for broadcast over the Christmas and New Year period.

EMAIL your selections to us at greatestgroups@ukcountryradio.com

UKCountryRadio.com CEO Allan Watkiss chose The Eagles, Alabama and Lonestar and Saturday evening presenter Will Downie chose Lady Antebellum, Rascal Flatts and Little Big Town.

UKCountryRadio.com’s MISSION: WE LOVE COUNTRY MUSIC AND PLAY..... The best in UK Country from the likes of Jackie Storrar, McKenzie, Dave Sheriff, Lynne Butler, Carolann B, Jonny Williams, Fred Kinsey III, Arizona Wes, The Cutlers Of Cornwall, Richard Plank & Guy Charles, Peter Williams......alongside the big names from America such as Kenny Chesney, Brad Paisley, George Strait, Sugarland, Keith Urban, Alison Krauss, Miranda Lambert, Martina McBride, Taylor Swift, Carrie Underwood, Alan Jackson, Jason Aldean, Rodney Atkins, Lady Antebellum, James Otto, Kellie Pickler, The Eagles, Emerson Drive, Lady Antebellum, Little Big Town, Rascal Flatts, Big & Rich, Brooks & Dunn, Montgomery Gentry

UKCountryRadio.com - playing the Hottest Country Music for the UK, 24 hours a day, at www.ukcountryradio.com

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