| 35th GMA Dove Awards | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | April 28, 2004 | |||
| Location | Municipal Auditorium,Nashville, Tennessee | |||
| Hosted by | Deion Sanders,Yolanda Adams | |||
| Television/radio coverage | ||||
| Network | No television broadcast UPN had rights, but cancelled broadcast after it was taped. | |||
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The35th AnnualGMA Music Awards (the show had a name change in 2004-05) were held on April 28, 2004 recognizing accomplishments of musicians for the year 2003. The show was held at theMunicipal Auditorium inNashville, Tennessee, and was hosted byDeion Sanders andYolanda Adams.[1]
Nominations were announced months earlier bySteven Curtis Chapman andToby McKeehan.[2]
The event was transmitted live to theaters in 50 cities as part ofRegal Entertainment Group "One Night Only" event. The livecast was shown atRegal Cinemas,United Artists Theatres, andEdwards Theatres.[1] There was no delayed television broadcast, as part of a controversial move by broadcast rights holderUPN, scorned by Sanders for leaving CBS'The NFL Today (UPN owned CBS) in favour of Disney'sNFL Countdown in the weeks between the awards ceremony and broadcast date, cancelled the television broadcast. This move was similar to a 1989 incident on CBS'60 Minutes when a story onRichard Petty intending to air on the show in the weeks before theDaytona 500 was cancelled following reporterDiane Sawyer's defection to ABC. (That story was later edited and rewritten withHarry Reasoner the following season.)
The ceremony was eventually broadcast in December 2004 on Pax (nowIon Television).[3]
MercyMe won Artist of the Year, plus two other awards, whileJeremy Camp was awarded New Artist of the Year.
The following performed:[4]
| Artist(s) | Song(s) |
|---|---|
| Tait T-Bone | "Raised In Harlem" |
| Hezekiah Walker Byron Cage | "I Need You To Survive" "Presence of the Lord" |
| MercyMe | "Here with Me" |
| Smokie Norful | "I Need You Now" |
| Jeremy Camp | "Take My Life" |
| Third Day | "Wire" |
| CeCe Winans | "Hallelujah Praise" |
| Randy Travis | "Three Wooden Crosses" |
| Jars of Clay Ashley Cleveland The Williams Brothers | "Amazing Grace" |
| Out of Eden | "Love, Peace, and Happiness" |
| Nicole C. Mullen | "Freedom" |
| Pillar | "Further From Myself" |
| Newsboys | "He Reigns" |
The following presented:[4]