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Mon, Jun 29
A television special about the CMA Music Festival will be expanded to three hours when it airs in late August. "Country's Night to Rock" airs Monday, Aug. 31 (at 8 p.m. eastern/Pacific on ABC. Previously, the special had been two hours. Filmed in Nashville June 11-14, the special expanded to thr...
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