The Country Music Association (CMA) announced in early October the winners of the 2025 CMA Broadcast Awards, celebrating outstanding achievements in country music radio.
These awards, among the highest honors in country radio, recognize excellence in broadcasting based on aircheck performance, ratings, community involvement, leadership, and impact.
Below is the complete list of 2025 CMA Broadcast Awards winners:
🎤CMA Broadcast Personality of the Year
- Weekly National: “Country Countdown USA with Lon Helton” (Lon Helton) – LH Productions
- Daily National: “The Rob and Holly Show” (Rob Stone and Holly Hutton) – Audacy
- Major Market: “Chris Carr & Company” (Chris Carr, Sam Sansevere, and “Dubs” Michael Wilczynski) – KEEY, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.
- Large Market: “The Q Morning Crew w/ Mike & Amanda” (Mike Wheless and Amanda Daughtry) – WQDR, Raleigh-Durham, N.C.
- Medium Market: “Mo & StyckMan” (Melissa “Mo” Wagner and Greg “StyckMan” Owens) – WUSY, Chattanooga, Tenn.
- Small Market: “Ben & Arnie” (Ben Butler and Arnie Andrews) – WCOW, La Crosse, Wis.CMA Radio
📻Station of the Year
- Major Market: KKBQ – Houston, Texas
- Large Market: WUBE – Cincinnati, Ohio
- Medium Market: WIVK – Knoxville, Tenn.
- Small Market: WXBQ – Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, Tenn.-Va.
The CMA Broadcast Awards are categorized by market size based on Nielsen population rankings. Broadcast Personality of the Year entries are evaluated on aircheck quality, ratings, community involvement, biographical details, and industry impact.
Radio Station of the Year candidates are judged on aircheck, ratings, community engagement, leadership, and influence. Eligible entries were open to full-time, on-air broadcast personalities and radio stations in the U.S. and Canada, regardless of CMA membership.
A panel of distinguished broadcast professionals from various market sizes and regions judged the entries, with tabulation overseen by Deloitte. Note that 2024 winners were ineligible to compete in the same category in 2025.
Celebration at the CMA AwardsWinners will be honored during the Pre-Telecast Ceremony of “The 59th Annual CMA Awards,” hosted by Lainey Wilson, airing live from Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena on Wednesday, November 19, 2025, at 8/7c on ABC. For more details, visit cmaawards.com.