2025 Radio Mercury Award Winners Are Announced

Audacy's 94.7 The Block Shelley Wade Morning Show's
Medha Gandhi with Verizon's Rachel Chan

Winners of the 2025 Radio Mercury Awards were announced this evening at the 34th annual awards presentation held at SONY Hall in New York. The awards show was also live streamed, courtesy of Hubbard Radio. This year’s Best of Show award was presented to Highdive Advertising for their “Bike Race (Sub Bowls: No Bread)” radio commercial for their client, Jersey Mike’s.

"This was another great year of celebrating excellence in radio creative,” said Mike Hulvey, president and chief executive officer, RAB and chair of the Radio Creative Fund. “This year’s finalists, and especially the winners reflect the integration of strong storytelling and insightful brand messaging, and the power of the craft and medium."

"What really stood out to me during this year’s show was the simplicity of the storytelling that drove the messages home," said Chad Broude, co-founder/co-chief creative officer, Highdive Advertising and Radio Mercury Awards chief judge.

On behalf of the radio industry, this year’s Radio Marketer of the Year award was presented to Verizon. Medha Gandhi, co-host, Elvis Duran and the Morning Show and Shelley Wade, afternoon host, Audacy’s New York City’s 94.7 The Block, honored the group and bestowed the award to Rachel Chan, senior director, media strategy & activation, Verizon. Hulvey noted, “Verizon’s unwavering commitment to radio as a lead channel has made a lasting impact, proving that radio-driven fandom is a successful approach to tap into the passions and behaviors that matter most to their customers.”

The ceremony included the following on-air personalities as the event’s presenters: Medha Gandhi, co-host, Elvis Duran and the Morning Show; MacKenzie Hart, associate creative director, copy, Ogilvy, NY; Larry Mullins, anchor, Audacy’s 1010WINS Afternoon Drive; Shelley Wade, afternoon host, Audacy’s New York City’s 94.7 The Block and Erik Zachary, host, XYZ with Erik Zachary.

This year’s sponsors included livestream sponsor Hubbard Radio, Beasley Media Group, Bonneville International, Cumulus Media, Katz Radio Group, Nueva Network, Xperi, Audacy, Sound & Fury, World Wide Wadio, iHeartMedia, Nielsen, Skyview Networks, Triton Digital, Urban Radio - Radio One, Zimmer Radio and Marketing Group and Miller Kaplan.

To listen to all the winners at tonight’s ceremony, go to https://www.radiomercuryawards.com.