The SGN Scoops Diamond Awards

“GMT Artist Profiles” to Record Interviews During SGN Scoops Diamond Awards

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Allen Smith, publisher of SGN Scoops Magazine and owner of the SGN Scoops Diamond Awards, is pleased to announce that Lou Hildreth and Mary Fay Jackson, co-hosts of Gospel Music Television’s “GMT Artist Profiles”, will be doing on-site television interviews during the Diamond Awards. These interviews will be shown on their GMTN program at a later date.

Allen Smith of SGN Scoops Magazine said, “We are so excited to have so many opportunities available for our nominees, winners, presenters, and performers at this year’s SGN Scoops Diamond Awards. This is just another level of exposure that the awards program has experienced in the last few years.”

The Diamond Awards recognizes those who have made significant contributions to the Southern Gospel Music industry. Award winners are nominated and voted for by their fans and supporters. The program showcases some of the best talent in Southern Gospel music along with the presentation of the awards.

The 2007 SGN Scoops Diamond Awards will take place on Friday, September 14, 2007 in the Mary Room of the Executive West Hotel at the entrance of the Kentucky Fair and Expo Center in Louisville, Kentucky during the week of the National Quartet Convention. The program will begin at 1:00 p.m. and is free to the public.

The 2007 awards program will be hosted by two of Southern Gospel’s most beloved faces – Karen Peck Gooch and Johnathan Bond.

The new corporate sponsor for the awards program is Eternal Vision Ministries. SouthernGospelHits.com has signed on as the Gold Sponsor for the event. Also, The Brannin Agency will be a Silver Sponsor for the event, while Southern Spin Entertainment, SGMRadio.com, Sonrise Christian Voices, and 770 AM Southern Gospel – Kentucky’s Official Voice of NQC have signed on as co-sponsors for this year’s event.

The 2007 SGN Scoops Diamond Awards will feature performances from Karen Peck & New River, Dove Brothers Quartet, Naomi & the Segos, Jeff Treece Band, Gerald Crabb, the Northmen, Sunday Edition, Amazed, Sounds of Victory, Lulu Roman, the MaHarreys, the New Hinsons, Josh Franks, Relations Quartet, and Loretta Withee. Additional performers and presenters may be announced when they become available.