CMA Announces 2025 Broadcast Award Nominations

RADIO ONLINE | Tuesday, September 9, 2025 | 3:44pm CT

CMA Broadcast Awards

Nominees for the CMA Broadcast Awards are out in the field of Country Radio. The categories are established by market size based on population as ranked by Nielsen. Entries for Broadcast Personality and Station of the Year are judged on Aircheck, Community Involvement, Ratings, and Leadership & Impact Information. Here are all the nominees:

National Personality of the Year (Weekly)

• "Country Countdown USA," Lon Helton (Lon Helton Productions)

• "The Country Top 40 with Fitz," Cory "Fitz" Fitzner (Hubbard Broadcasting)

• "The Original Country Gold," Rowdy Yates (Syndicated Media)

• "Today's Country Radio," Kelleigh Bannen (Apple Music Radio)

• "Y'all Access with Kelly Sutton," Kelly Sutton (Compass Media Group)

• "Big D & Bubba," Big D (Derek Haskins), Bubba (Sean Powell), Carsen Humphreville, Jonathan Shaffer, Garrett Freche (Silverfish Media)

• "Highway Mornings with Cody Alan," Cody Alan and Lauryn Snapp (SiriusXM)

• "Ridin' With Rowdy," Rowdy Yates (SuiteRadio / RFC Media)

• "The Rob and Holly Show," Rob Stone and Holly Hutton (Audacy)

• "Wilhite and Wall Show," Darren Wilhite and Tim Wall (Ebert Productions)

• "Chris Carr & Company," Chris Carr, Sam Sansevere, Dubs (Michael Wilczynski) (KEEY - Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN)

• "Hawkeye and Michelle," Mark Louis "Hawkeye" Rybczyk and Michelle Rodriguez (KSCS - Dallas-Fort Worth, TX)

• "The Lo Show," Lauren "Lo" Barker (KKBQ - Houston, TX)

• "Rachel Ryan," Rachel Ryan (KSCS - Dallas-Fort Worth, TX)

• "The Scotty Kay Show," Scotty Kay (WUSN - Chicago, IL)

• "Deb & Matt in the Morning," Deborah Honeycutt and Matt Malone (WFMS - Indianapolis, IN)

• "The Q Morning Crew w/ Mike & Amanda," Mike Wheless and Amanda Daughtry (WQDR - Raleigh-Durham, NC)

• "Scott and Shannen," Scott Dolphin and Shannen Oesterreich (WMIL - Milwaukee, WI)

• "Tim & Chelsea," Tim Leary and Chelsea Taylor (WIRK - West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL)

• "Wayne D and Tay," Wayne D Danielson and Tay Hamilton (WSIX - Nashville, TN)

• "The Doc Show with Chewy," Ken "Doc" Medek and Sean "Chewy" Medek (WGGY - Wilkes Barre-Scranton, PA)

• "Ellis and Bradley Show," Bill Ellis and Beth Bradley (WSSL - Greenville-Spartanburg, SC)

• "Joey & Nancy," Joey Tack, Nancy Barger, and Karly Duggan (WIVK - Knoxville, TN)

• "Mo & StyckMan," Melissa "Mo" Wagner and Greg "StyckMan" Owens (WUSY - Chattanooga, TN)

• "Spencer Graves Show," Spencer Graves, Megan Terry, and Blair Davis (WDXB - Birmingham, AL)

• "Ben & Arnie," Ben Butler and Arnie Andrews (WCOW - La Crosse, WI)

• "Brent Lane and The Cat Pak Morning Show," Brent Lane and Jordan Glass (WYCT - Pensacola, FL)

• "Dan Austin Show," Dan Austin (WQHK - Fort Wayne, IN)

• "Hilley & Hart," Kevin Hilley and Erin Hart (KATI - Columbia, MO)

• "Liz & Scotty in the Morning," Liz Del Grosso and Scotty Cox (KCLR - Columbia, MO)

• KKBQ/Houston, TX

• KSCS/Dallas-Fort Worth, TX

• KYGO/Denver-Boulder, CO

• WUSN/Chicago, IL

• WXTU/Philadelphia, PA

• WCTK/Providence-Warwick-Pawtucket, RI

• WMIL/Milwaukee-Racine, WI

• WSIX/Nashville, TN

• WUBE/Cincinnati, OH

• WWKA/Orlando, FL

• KUZZ/Bakersfield, CA

• WHKO/Dayton, OH

• WIVK/Knoxville, TN

• WLFP/Memphis, TN

• WQMX/Akron, OH

• KATI/Columbia, MO

• KCLR/Columbia, MO

• WCOW/La Crosse, WI

• WKML/Fayetteville, NC

• WXBQ/Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA

The CMA Broadcast Awards will be presented during the 59th Annual CMA Awards, airing LIVE November 19, 2025 at 8/7c on ABC.