CMA or ACM: A What's What of Country Music Accolades

With last month's Country Music Association nominations for their November award ceremony and folks still talking about the Academy of Country Music awards from the spring, one LA Times blogster asks the question, "What's the difference?"The blog, "Country cousins: What's the difference between CMA and ACM Awards?" takes readers through a tit for tat of the two award shows, starting with their humble beginnings in Nashville and Hollywood, respectively.The ACMs, for example, strut their stuff in Vegas, while the CMAs are more comfortable in their Nashville hometown. Both ceremonies were among the first to be aired on television in the early 1970s and spun off a grand line of money-making award shows.For the full story, click here.