NASHVILLE, TN – The 17th Academy of Country Music Honors will air tonight (9:00 p.m. ET / 8 p.m. CT / 6 p.m. PT) on Merit Street, marking the first time the special will air on the network. To view Merit Street, audiences can access the prominently featured channel-finder link by entering zip codes at www.meritstreetmedia.com. Merit Street can be found on DirecTV, Dish, U-Verse, Samsung TV Plus and additional broadcast, basic cable, national satellites, and FAST channels, as well as the free streaming app, Merit+, available to download via iPhone & Android mobile devices, Apple TV, Android TV, Fire TV, and Roku.
The show honoring the achievements of Walt Aldridge, Tony Brown, Luke Bryan, Alan Jackson, Shannon Sanders, Lainey Wilson, and Trisha Yearwood, as well as Artist-Songwriter of the Year winner Chris Stapleton and Songwriter of the Year winner Jessie Jo Dillon will feature performances and presentations from Lauren Alaina, Jason Aldean, Eric Church, Terri Clark, Jordan Davis, Jackson Dean, Vince Gill, Emmylou Harris, Tyler Hubbard, Jamey Johnson, Post Malone, Kameron Marlowe, Ashley McBryde, Carly Pearce, Keith Urban, and Lee Ann Womack with the Fisk Jubilee Singers.
For more information on the ACM Honors and all ACM events, visit www.ACMcountry.com. You can like Academy of Country Music on Facebook or follow on Twitter at @ACMawards and Instagram @ACMAwards for more immediate updates.