54th CMA Broadcast Awards Nominees Announced

RADIO ONLINE | Thursday, September 3, 2020

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. Up for National Personality of the Year are Kix Brooks, Cody Alan, Lou Helton, Charlie Monk and Blair Garner. Nominees for Major Market Radio Station of the Year include KNUC/Seattle, KSCS/Dallas, KYGO/Denver, WXTU/Philadelphia and WYCD/Detroit. Here are all the nominees:

National Personality of the Year

• "American Country Countdown," Kix Brooks (Westwood One)

• "CMT After Midnite," Cody Alan (Premiere Networks)

• "Country Countdown USA," Lon Helton (Westwood One)

• "The Mayor of Music Row," Charlie Monk (Sirius XM Satellite Radio)

• "The Blair Garner Show," Blair Garner and "Off Eric" Garner (Westwood One)

• "Angie Ward," Angie Ward (WUBL - Atlanta, GA)

• "Chris Carr & Company," Chris Carr, Kia Becht and McKaila Granning (KEEY - Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN)

• "Double-L," Lois Lewis (KNIX - Phoenix, AZ)

• "Fitz in the Morning," Cory Fitzner (KNUC - Seattle-Tacoma, WA)

• "Paul Schadt & Sarah Lee in the Morning with Producer Geof," Paul Schadt, Sarah Lee and Geof Knight (WKKT - Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC)

• "The Big Dave Show," "Big Dave" Chandler, Chelsie Shinkle, Jason Statt and Ashley Hempfling (WUBE - Cincinnati, OH)

• "Jim, Deb & Kevin," Jim Denny, Deborah Honeycutt and Kevin Freeman (WFMS - Indianapolis, IN)

• "Lexi & Banks," "Lexi" Elena Abatgis and "Banks" Jared Danielson (KUBL - Salt Lake City-Ogden-Provo, UT)

• "Obie & Ashley," "Obie" Obed Diaz and Ashley Morrison (WWKA - Orlando, FL)

• "Ridder, Scott and Shannen," "Ridder" Shaun Ridderbush, Scott Dolphin, and Shannen Oesterreich (WMIL - Milwaukee-Racine, WI)

• "Brent Michaels," Brent Michaels (KUZZ - Bakersfield, CA)
• "Clay & Company," Cly Moden, Rob Banks and Val Townsend (WYRK - Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY)

• "Kenn McCloud," Kenn McCloud (KUZZ - Bakersfield, CA)

• "Scott and Sarah in the Morning," Scott Wynn and Sarah Kay (WQMX - Akron, OH)

• "Steve & Gina In The Morning," Steve Lundy and Gina Melton (KXKT - Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA)

• "Big Rick In The Morning," "Big Rick" Daniels (WGGC - Bowling Green, KY)

• "Bobby & Steve (and Mandi!)," Bobby Cook, Steve Schwetman and Mandi Turner (WKYQ - Paducah, KY)

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

• "Officer Don & DeAnn," "Officer Don" Evans and DeAnn Stephens (WBUL - Lexington-Fayette, KY)

• "Steve And Jessica Mornings," Steve Waters and Jessica Cash (WFLS - Fredericksburg, VA)

• KNUC/Seattle-Tacoma, WA

• KSCS/Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX

• KYGO/Denver-Boulder, CO

• WXTU/Philadelphia, PA

• WYCD/Detroit, MI

• KNCI/Sacramento, CA

• KUBL/Salt Lake City-Ogden-Provo, UT

• WMIL/Milwaukee-Racine, WI

• WUBE/Cincinnati, OH

• WWKA/Orlando, FL

• KATM/Modesto, CA

• WHKO/Dayton, OH

• WQMX/Akron, OH

• WUSY/Chattanooga, TN

• WXCY/Wilmington, DE

• KKNU/Eugene-Springfield, OR

• WBYT/South Bend, IN

• WKXC/Augusta, GA

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

• WXFL/Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL

The CMA awards will be announced on November 11 at 8pm ET/7pm CT on ABC.