Meet Your ’25 CMA Broadcast Award Finalists!
The Country Music Association (CMA) has released the list of finalists for the 2025 Broadcast Awards for both Personality and Radio Station of the Year. Let’s meet them now, shall we…..
Broadcast Personality of the Year
Weekly National:
Country Countdown USA with Lon Helton (Lon Helton) — LH 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
Daily National:
Big D & Bubba (Derek “Big D” Haskins, Sean “Bubba” Powell, Carsen Humphreville, Jonathan Shaffer, & Garrett Freche) — Silverfish Media
Highway Mornings with Cody Alan (Cody Alan & Lauryn Snapp) — SiriusXM
Ridin’ With Rowdy (Rowdy Yates) — SuiteRadio / RFC Media
The Rob and Holly Show (Rob Stone & Holly Hutton) — Audacy
Wilhite and Wall Show (Darren Wilhite & Tim Wall) — Ebert Productions
Major Market:
Chris Carr & Company (Chris Carr, Sam Sansevere, & Michael “Dubs” Wilczynski) — KEEY/Minneapolis-St. Paul
Hawkeye and Michelle (Mark “Hawkeye” Louis Rybczyk & Michelle Rodriguez) – KSCS/Dallas-Ft. Worth
The Lo Show (Lauren “Lo” Barker) — KKBQ/Houston
Rachel Ryan (Rachel Ryan) — KSCS/Dallas-Ft. Worth
The Scotty Kay Show (Scotty Kay) — WUSN/Chicago
Large Market:
Deb & Matt in the Morning (Deborah Honeycutt & Matt Malone) — WFMS/Indianapolis
The Q Morning Crew w/ Mike & Amanda (Mike Wheless & Amanda Daughtry) — WQDR/Raleigh-Durham, NC
Scott and Shannen (Scott Dolphin & “Shannen O” Oesterreich) — WMIL/Milwaukee
Tim & Chelsea (Tim Leary & Chelsea Taylor) — WIRK/West Palm Beach, FL
Wayne D & Tay (“Wayne D” Danielson & Tay Hamilton) — WSIX/Nashville
Medium Market:
The Doc Show with Chewy (Ken “Doc” Medek & Sean “Chewy” Medek) — WGGY/Wilkes Barre-Scranton, PA
Ellis and Bradley Show (Bill Ellis & Beth Bradley) — WSSL/Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
Joey & Nancy (Joey Tack, Nancy Barger, & Karly Duggan) — WIVK/Knoxville, TN
Mo & StyckMan (Melissa “Mo” Wagner & Greg “StyckMan” Owens) — WUSY/Chattanooga, TN
Spencer Graves Show (Spencer Graves, Megan Terry, & Blair Davis) — WDXB/Birmingham, AL
Small Market:
Ben & Arnie (Ben Butler & Arnie Andrews) — WCOW/La Crosse, WI
Brent Lane and The Cat Pak Morning Show (Brent Lane & Jordan Glass) — WYCT/Pensacola, FL
Dan Austin Show (Dan Austin) — WQHK/Fort Wayne, IN
Hilley & Hart (Kevin Hilley & Erin Hart) — KATI/Columbia, MO
Liz & Scotty in the Morning (Liz Del Grosso & Scotty Cox) — KCLR/Columbia, MO
2025 Finalists For CMA Radio Station of the Year
Major Market: KKBQ/Houston • KSCS/Dallas-Ft. Worth • KYGO/Denver • WUSN/Chicago • WXTU/Philadelphia.
Large Market: WCTK/Providence • WMIL/Milwaukee • WSIX/Nashville • WUBE/Cincinnati • WWKA/Orlando
Medium Market: KUZZ/Bakersfield, CA • WHKO/Dayton, OH • WIVK/Knoxville, TN • WLFP/Memphis • WQMX/Akron, OH
Small Market: KATI/Columbia, MO • KCLR/Columbia, MO • WCOW/La Crosse, WI • WKML/Fayetteville, NC • WXBQ/Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN/VA
CMA Broadcast Awards winners will be determined by a Final Round of judging this month. Entries are judged by a panel of distinguished broadcast professionals, representing all market sizes and regions. The winners will be revealed in October and recipients will be celebrated at the 59th CMA Awards. Country Music’s Biggest Night™ airs live Wednesday, Nov. 19 on ABC and next day on Hulu. All balloting is tabulated by the professional services organization, Deloitte.
