The CMAA Country Music Awards of Australia (also known as the Golden Guitar Awards) is an annual awards night held in January during the Tamworth Country Music Festival, in Tamworth, New South Wales, celebrating recording excellence in the Australian country music industry. They are wholly owned and staged by the Country Music Association of Australia (CMAA). The awards are hosted at night time at the Tamworth Regional Entertainment Centre (TRECC) on the Saturday night of the Australia Day long weekend and have been held annually since 1973. These prestigious Awards attract a live audience of 5000 people from the media, the music industry and the public and are broadcast on free to air and pay TV, as well as through ABC Radio, streamed on Ben Sorensen's REAL Country and aired on other commercial and community radio stations.
Video Country Music Awards of Australia
Golden Guitar trophy
The Golden Guitar trophies are cast in solid bronze on a base of polished Tasmanian Blackwood. They are 235 mm tall and weigh 1.5 kilos.
Maps Country Music Awards of Australia
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External links
- 2016 Golden Guitar Award Special on Ben Sorensen's REAL Country
- 2015 Golden Guitar Award Special on Ben Sorensen's REAL Country
- 2014 Golden Guitar Award Special on Ben Sorensen's REAL Country
- 2013 Golden Guitar Award Special on Ben Sorensen's REAL Country
- 2012 Golden Guitar Award Special on Ben Sorensen's REAL Country
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