The Country Music Association announced Tuesday (April 22) that Hank Cochran, Ronnie Milsap, and Mac Wiseman will be the newest inductees into the Country Music Hall of Fame. The announcement was made during a press conference in the rotunda of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum in Nashville.
Cochran will be inducted in the rotating “Songwriter” category, while Milsap will join in the “Modern Era Artist” category and Wiseman joins in the “Veterans Era Artist” category. All three will be inducted during the Medallion Ceremony that will be held later this year at the CMA Theater at the Country Music Hall of Fame.
Pictured (L-R): Ronnie Milsap and Mac Wiseman. Photo: Alan Poizner / CMA
Pictured (Front, L-R): Mac Wiseman and Ronnie Milsap. (Back, L-R): Sarah Trahern, CMA CEO; Jo Walker-Meador, former CMA Executive Director; Kix Brooks, CMA Board member; Ed Hardy, CMA Board Chairman; Kyle Young, Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum Director and CEO; Frank Bumstead, Chairman of Flood, Bumstead, McCready & McCarthy, Inc. and CMA Board President; John Esposito, President and CEO of Warner Music Nashville and CMA Board President Elect; Bobby Bare, Country Music Hall of Fame member; Hunter Hayes; Suzi Cochran, widow of “Songwriter” inductee Hank Cochran; Rob Beckham, Co-President of William Morris Endeavor Entertainment Nashville and CMA Board member and Chairman of the Awards and Recognition Committee.
Photo: Alan Poizner / CMA
Pictured (Front, L-R): Ronnie Milsap and Mac Wiseman. (Back, L-R): Victoria Shaw, Owner of Victoria Shaw Songs; Kix Brooks; Troy Tomlinson, President and CEO of Sony/ATV Music Publishing; Jeff Walker, President of AristoMedia Group; Brett James, Owner/CEO of Cornman Music; Ed Hardy, CMA Board Chairman; John Esposito, President and CEO of Warner Music Nashville and CMA Board President Elect; Kerri Edwards, President of KP Entertainment; Sarah Trahern, CMA CEO; Jo Walker-Meador, former CMA Executive Director and Country Music Hall of Fame member; Jody Williams, Vice President Writer/Publisher Relations at BMI; and Ed Benson, former CMA Executive Director. Photo: Alan Poizner / CMA
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