Your 2025 ACM Radio Awards Nominees!
• The Academy of Country Music® today announced the ACM Radio Awards nominees for the 60th Academy of Country Music Awards™.
Note: There were double nominations for KCLR-FM/Columbia, MO; WHKO-FM/Dayton, OH; WIVK-FM/Knoxville; WQDR-FM/Raleigh; WSIX-FM/Nashville; WUSN/Chicago; WUSY-FM/Chattanooga, TN; and WYCT-FM/Pensacola, FL. There were also ties in the Large Market and Medium Market Radio Station of the Year categories, resulting in six and seven nominees in those categories, respectively.
Winners of the ACM Radio Awards will be announced ahead of the 60th ACM Awards on May 8 and celebrated during ACM Awards week, with more information to follow. Here now are your 60th ACM Radio Awards nominees:
National Daily On-Air Personality:
Ashley Till, (Y2Kountry with Ashley Till)
Big D & Bubba, (Big D & Bubba)
Buzz Brainard & Nick Ultra (The Music Row Happy Hour with Buzz Brainard)
Cody Alan (Highway Mornings with Cody Alan)
Patrick Thomas (PickleJar Up All Night)
National Weekly On-Air Personality:
Kelleigh Bannen (Today’s Country Radio)
Lorianne Crook & Charlie Chase (Crook & Chase Countdown)
Steve Harmon (Country Gold with Steve Harmon)
Wayne D & Tay Hamilton (iHeartCountry House Party)
Whitney Allen (The Big Time Saturday Night)
On-Air Personality — Major Market:
The Lo Show (Lo Sessions, KKBQ/Houston)
The Morning Wolfpack with Matt McAllister (Matt McAllister, Gabe Mercer, “Captain Ron” Koons, KKWF/Seattle)
John and Tammy: San Diego’s Morning Show (John Flint, Tammy Lee, KSON/San Diego)
The Scotty Kay Show (Scotty Kay, WUSN/Chicago)
Josh, Rachael and Grunwald In The Morning (Josh Holleman, Rachael Hunter, Steve Grunwald,WYCD/Detroit)
On-Air Personality — Large Market:
Heather Froglear (Heather Froglear, KFRG/Riverside, CA)
Deb & Matt in the Morning (Deborah Honeycutt & Matt Malone, WFMS/Indianapolis)
Wayne D and Tay (Wayne D & Tay Hamilton, WSIX/Nashville)
The Big Dave Show (Big Dave, Stattman, WUBE/Cincinnati)
The Q Morning Crew with Mike and Amanda (Amanda Daughtry, Mike Wheless, WQDR/Raleigh)
On-Air Personality — Medium Market:
The Bee Morning Coffee Club (TJ Sharp, Bo Jaxon, Hope Breen, WBEE/Rochester, NY)
New Country Mornings with Nancy and Woody (Nancy Wilson, Aaron Woods, WHKO/Dayton, OH)
Joey & Nancy (Joey Tack, Nancy Barger, WIVK/Knoxville)
Julie and DJ in the Morning (Julie Kansy, Dale Sellers, WPCV/Lakeland, FL)
Mo & StyckMan (Mo, StyckMan, WUSY/Chattanooga, TN)
On-Air Personality — Small Market:
Hilley & Hart (Kevin Hilley, Erin Hart, KATI-FM/Jefferson City, MO)
Liz & Scotty in the Morning (Liz DelGrosso, Scotty Cox, KCLR-FM/Columbia, MO)
Ben & Arnie (Ben Butler, Arnie Andrews, WCOW-FM/Sparta, WI)
The Dr. Shane and Tess Show (Dr. Shane, Tess, WPAP-FM/Panama City, FL)
The Cat Pak Morning Show (Brent Lane, Mel McCrae, WYCT-FM/Pensacola, FL)
Station of the Year — Major Market: KSCS/Dallas-Fort Worth • KYGO/Denver • WMZQ/Washington, D.C. • WPOC/Baltimore • WUSN/Chicago
Station of the Year — Large Market: KNCI-FM/Sacramento, • WDSY-FM/Pittsburgh • WGH-FM/Virginia Beach • WQDR-FM/Raleigh • WSIX-FM/Nashville • WWKA-FM/Orlando
Station of the Year — Medium Market: KUZZ-FM/Bakersfield, CA • KXKT-FM/Omaha, NE • WHKO-FM/Dayton, OH • WIRK-FM/West Palm Beach, FL • WIVK-FM/Knoxville, TN • WLFP-FM/Memphis • WUSY-FM/Chattanooga, TN
Station of the Year — Small Market: KCLR-FM/Columbia, MO • KFGE-FM/Lincoln, NE • WKML-FM/Fayetteville, NC • WXBQ-FM/Bristol, VA • WYCT-FM/ Pensacola, FL
The 60th Academy of Country Music Awards will take place Thursday, May 8 at Ford Center at The Star in Frisco, TX, hosted by Reba McEntire and streamed live exclusively on Prime Video.
Tickets are available to purchase now at ACMawards.com. ACM Members and those who work in the Country Music industry can email ticketing@acmcountry.com for direct access to ACM Awards tickets.
