Finalists For CMA Broadcast Awards Announced

2023 CMA Broadcast Awards Finalists were unveiled Thursday morning.  They Are:

➤BROADCAST PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR (by market size):

Weekly National

• “American Country Countdown” (Kix Brooks) – Cumulus/Westwood One
• “Country Countdown USA” (Lon Helton) – Compass Media Networks
• “Honky Tonkin’ with Tracy Lawrence” (Tracy Lawrence and Patrick Thomas) – Silverfish Media
• “On The Horizon with Buzz Brainard” (Buzz Brainard) – SiriusXM
• “Y’all Access with Kelly Sutton” (Kelly Sutton) – Firefly Media/Silverfish Media

Daily National

• “Angie Ward” – iHeartMedia
• “The Big D and Bubba Show” (Derek “Big D” Haskins, Sean “Bubba” Powell, Patrick Thomas, and Jessica “Carsen” Humphreville) – Silverfish Media
• “Katie & Company” (Katie Neal) - Audacy
• “Nights with Elaina” (Elaina Smith) – Westwood One
• “The Sam Alex Show” (Sam Alex) – Sam Alex Productions, LLC

Major Market

• “Chris Carr & Company” (Chris Carr, Kia Becht, and Sam Sansevere) – iHeartMedia “K102” KEEY Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
• “Frito & Katy” (Tucker “Frito” Young and Katy Dempsey) – Cox Media Group “Y100” KCYY San Antonio, TX
• “Hawkeye in the Morning with Hawkeye and Michelle” (“Hawkeye” Mark Louis Rybczyk and Michelle Rodriguez) – Cumulus Media “New Country 96.3” KSCS Dallas-Fort Worth, TX
• “Josh, Rachael & Grunwald” (Josh Holleman, Rachael Hunter, and Steve Grunwald) – Audacy WYCD Detroit, MI (99.5)
• “Scotty Kay” (Scotty Kay) – Audacy “US99” WUSN Chicago, IL

Large Market

• “The Big Dave Show” (“Big Dave” Chandler, Ashley Heiert, and Jason “Stattman” Statt) – Hubbard Broadcasting “B-105” WUBE Cincinnati, OH
• “The Morning Drive with Mike Kellar and Jenny Matthews” (Mike Kellar and Jenny Matthews) – Steel City Media “Q104” KBEQ Kansas City, MO
• “Scott and Shannen” (Scott Dolphin and “Shannen O” Oesterreich) – iHeartMedia “FM 106.1” WMIL Milwaukee-Racine, WI
• “Tim & Chelsea In The Morning” (Tim Leary and Chelsea Taylor) – Hubbard Broadcasting “New Country 103.1” WIRK West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL
• “The Wayne D Show” (“Wayne D” Danielson and Tay Hamilton) – iHeartMedia “The Big 98” WSIX Nashville, TN

Medium Market

• “Cait & Bradley Morning Show” (Cait Fisher and Matt Bradley) – Cox Media Group “K95.5” KWEN Tulsa, OK
• “Clay & Company” (Clay Moden, Rob Banks, and Kadie Daye) – Townsquare Media WYRK Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY (106.5)
• “Ellis and Bradley Show” (Bill Ellis and Beth Bradley) – iHeartMedia WSSL Greenville-Spartanburg, SC (100.5)
• “Mo & StyckMan” (Melissa “Mo” Wagner and Greg “StyckMan” Owens) – Audacy “US101” WUSY Chattanooga, TN
• “Steve & Gina In The Morning” (Steve Lundy and Gina Melton) – iHeartMedia “Kat 103.7” KXKT Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA

Small Market

• “The B100 Morning Show with Brittney Baily” (Brittney Baily) – Federated Media “B100” WBYT South Bend, IN
• “The Eddie Foxx Show” (Eddie Foxx and Amanda Foxx) – iHeartMedia “99 Kiss Country” WKSF Asheville, NC
• “Officer Don & DeAnn” (“Officer Don” Evans and DeAnn Stephens) – iHeartMedia “99.1 The Bull” WBUL Lexington-Fayette, KY
• “Steve & Tiffany in the Morning” (Steve Waters and Tiffany Kay) – Alpha Media WFLS Fredericksburg, VA (93.3)
• “Steve, Ben and Nikki” (Steve Stroud, Ben Walker, and Nikki Thomas) – Bristol Broadcasting WXBQ Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA (96.9)

 

➤FINALISTS FOR RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR (by market size):

Major Market

• Cox Media Group “Y100” KCYY San Antonio, TX
• iHeartMedia “K102” KEEY Minneapolis-Saint Paul, MN
• Urban One “93Q” KKBQ Houston, TX
• Cumulus Media “New Country 96.3” KSCS Dallas-Fort Worth, TX
• Beasley Media Group “92.5 XTU” WXTU Philadelphia, PA

Large Market

• Hubbard Broadcasting “New Country 103.1” WIRK West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL
• Cumulus Media “103.3 Country” WKDF Nashville, TN
• iHeartMedia “FM 106.1” WMIL Milwaukee-Racine, WI
• Hubbard Broadcasting “B-105” WUBE Cincinnati, OH
• Cox Media Group “K92.3” WWKA Orlando, FL

Medium Market

• Buck Owens Broadcasting KUZZ Bakersfield, CA (550/107.9)
• iHeartMedia “Kat 103.7” KXKT Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA
• Audacy “Froggy 101” WGGY Wilkes Barre-Scranton, PA
• Hall Communications “97 Country” WPCV Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL
• Rubber City Radio WQMX Akron, OH (94.9)

Small Market

• Zimmer Radio of Mid-Missouri “Clear 99” KCLR Columbia, MO
• Federated Media “B100” WBYT South Bend, IN
• Beasley Media Group WKML Fayetteville, NC (95.7)
• Bristol Broadcasting WXBQ Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA (96.9)
• ADX Communications “Cat Country 98.7” WYCT Pensacola, FL

Broadcast Awards winners will be determined by a final round of judging this month. 

Final voting for “The 57th Annual CMA Awards” begins Monday, Oct. 2, and will continue through Friday, Oct. 27. 

“The 57th Annual CMA Awards,” hosted by Luke Bryan and Peyton Manning, broadcasts live from Nashville on Wednesday, Nov. 8 (8pm ET, ABC).