the late 1980s) before Kingsley played the year's top song. Other special programs, usually centering on a theme or to promote a much-anticipated album that was about to go on sale, air throughout the year. Past specials have paid homage to the West, presented unusual or notable chart facts and performer accomplishments, counted down the top acts of all time, profiled a performer, and presented the top female and male singers of the past decade. Reairing of older shows In April 2015, Nash FM, the media brand and network of country music stations owned by Cumulus Media, announced it would begin re-airing classic ACC programs from the Kingsley era, starting the weekend of May 2. The show, featuring programs originally aired between 1990 and 2005, was three hours in length (for four-hour programs, the first hour wasn't included). The first aired ACC Rewind program featured an ACC show which originally aired May 1, 1993. The final program, a re-airing of the 1999 year-end countdown, aired the weekend of December 28, 2019. Awards ACC was named Billboard magazine's "Network/Syndicated Program of the Year: Country" from 1987 to 2002. Kingsley twice won the Country Music Association's National Broadcast Personality of the Year award (in 2001 and 2003). Worldwide syndication When ACC premiered in October 1973, it aired on just 45 stations. Today, the show is heard on more than 1,000 radio stations in the United States and worldwide, and can be heard on the Armed Forces Radio Network. In the 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s, it aired in the United Kingdom and Ireland on Downtown Radio, Two Counties Radio, the medium wave service of Mercia Sound, Xtra AM, Scot FM, South East Radio in Wexford and Ritz Country 1035 in London. ACC is produced and distributed by Cumulus Media Networks. Since 2007, the program has been distributed via Cumulus's "Today's Best Country" network and, since 2013, on most Nash FM stations as well. Tom Rounds's syndication company, Radio Express, distributes the program to radio stations outside the United States. References Further reading Bachman, Katy, "Brooks to Host American Country Countdown." Mediaweek, November 9, 2005. Durkee, Rob. American Top 40: The Countdown of the Century. Schriner Books, New York City, 1999. . Includes information about American Country Countdown. Stark, Phyllis, "ABC Taps Kix Brooks As New Countdown Host", Billboard Radio Monitor, November 9, 2005. Battistini, Pete, "American Top 40 with Casey Kasem (The