By Chris Willman Music Writer When the Academy of Country Music moved in mid-March to push its annual April awards show back to September, but left the location for the rescheduled telecast noticeably indeterminate, speculation immediately ensued that the show would not take place in its longtime locale of Las Vegas but be moved to Nashville, so participating country stars could stick close to home.
That assumption has now been confirmed, as Nashville mayor John Cooper announced in a morning press briefing that the city will host the Sept.
16 show on CBS, rescheduled from its April 5 Vegas date. In 55 years, the ACM Awards have never been broadcast from Nashville before — a history that might seem counterintuitive to those not running in
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