CMA Broadcast Awards Announced

Nothing cooler than receiving an unexpected phone call from 10-time CMA Awards winner and four-time 2017 nominee, Keith Urban personally informing you that you or your station just won a 2017 Broadcast Award! That was the scene yesterday across the industry, as Urban broke the happy news to the 2017 winners!

CMA Broadcast Personality Of The Year: National: iHeartMedia’s The Bobby Bones Show (Bobby Bones, Amy Brown, Dan “Lunchbox” Chappell and Eddie Garcia); Major Market: Mike & Amy (Mike Chase and Amy Faust), Entercom’s KWJJ (99.5 The Wolf)/Portland, OR (Entercom); Large Market: Amanda & Jesse (Amanda Valentine and Jesse Tack), WUBE B105)/Cincinnati (iHeartMedia); Medium Market: Cash and Bradley (Natalie Cash and Matt Bradley), KWEN (K95.5)/Tulsa, OK (Cox Media Group); Small Market: Officer Don and DeAnn (Don Evans and DeAnn Stephens), WBUL (98.1 The Bull)/Lexington, KY.

CMA Radio Station Of The Year: Major Market: WIL-FM/St. Louis (Hubbard Broadcasting); Large Market: WQDR/Raleigh, NC (Curtis Media Group); Medium Market: WIVK/Knoxville, TN (Cumulus Media); Small Market: WYCT (Cat Country 98.7)/Pensacola, FL (ADX Communications)

These fine broadcast winners will be publicly honored during the 51st Annual CMA Awards on Wednesday, November 8 at the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. The show will roll live at 8pm ET on ABC. Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood return once again to host “Country Music’s Biggest Night.™”