Each week, a charted country star joins Lon Helton to count down the week’s Top 30. Lon is a Nashville insider, well known by the stars. They tell funny, unrehearsed stories about their friends. The ...

Country music's most popular video countdown show is ending. CMT's Hot 20 Countdown will cease production in December after more than a decade on television. The move is part of massive changes at ...

Lon Helton has been the host of Country Countdown USA since its inception in 1992. During the course of his national radio career, Lon has interviewed practically every major country star, including ...

Tucker Wetmore surprised stations and broadcast personalities with the good news. By Paul Grein The Country Music Association has announced the recipients of the 2025 CMA Broadcast Awards. On Tuesday ...

Lon Helton’s Country Countdown USA has been eliminated from the programming roster in a round of firings at Westwood One. All Access was first to report that Helton’s show will end distribution with ...

The show, which features the 20 hottest country music videos, is the last original music program currently produced by the country music cable outlet. By Melinda Newman CMT’s flagship show, the Hot 20 ...

On March 5, 1983, Country Music Television made its debut, becoming the first nationally available channel devoted exclusively to country music. Its flagship show, the CMT Hot 20 Countdown, has ...

Dial Global announced that Lon Helton, host of CMT’s Country Countdown USA, Dial Global’s weekly show, has won the 2012 Academy of Country Music Award for National On-Air Personality. It is the second ...

Country music’s most popular video countdown show is ending. CMT’s Hot 20 Countdown will cease production in December after more than a decade on television. ・Cody Alan and Carissa Culiner host CMT’s ...