2018 CMA Broadcast Award Nominees
• The Country Music Association (CMA) announced the lengthy list of nominees for the 52nd CMA Awards. Here are the final nominees for the CMA Broadcast Awards:
Broadcast Personality of The Year:
NATIONAL: American Country Countdown (Kix Brooks), Westwood One; Bob Kingsley’s Country Top 40 (Bob Kingsley), Westwood One; Country Countdown USA (Lon Helton), Westwood One; The Mayor of Music Row (Charlie Monk), SiriusXM; The Music Row Happy Hour (Buzz Brainard), SiriusXM
MAJOR MARKET: Bud and Broadway (Bud Ford, Jerry Broadway, Kelly Rebal, “Captain Mac Douglas” Gregory Paul Ford, Tom Wall and “Sweet Becca” Walls), WIL/St. Louis; Double-L (Lois Lewis), KNIX/Phoenix; Hawkeye in the Morning (Mark Louis “Hawkeye” Rybczyk, Jasmine Sadry & Katelyn “Connected K” Maida), KSCS/Dallas-Ft. Worth; KYGO Morning Show (Tracy Dixon, Guy David & Patrick Knight), KYGO/Denver; Tim, Ben & Brooke (Tim Hattrick, Ben Campbell & Brooke Hoover), KNIX/Phoenix
LARGE MARKET: Jim, Deb & Kevin (Jim Denny, Deborah Honeycutt & Kevin Freeman), WFMS/Indianapolis; Obie & Ashley In The Morning (Obie Diaz & Ashley Stegbauer), WWKA/Orlando, FL; Q Morning Crew (Mike Wheless & Janie Carothers), WQDR/Raleigh, NC; The Randy, Jamie, and Jojo Show (Randy Carroll, Jamie Martin & Jojo Meza), KAJA/San Antonio, TX; Ridder, Scott and Shannen (Shaun Ridderbush, Scott Dolphin & Shannen Oesterreich), WMIL/Milwaukee.
MEDIUM MARKET: The 97.5 WPCV Breakfast Club (Roger Todd,“Julie K.” Kansy & Dale “DJ Thee Trucker” Sellers), WPCV/Lakeland, FL; Brent Michaels, KUZZ/Bakersfield, CA; Ken, Kelley, and Daniel (Ken Hicks, Kelley Bradshaw & Daniel Wyatt), WUSY/Chattanooga, TN; The Odd Squad (Roger Rhodes, Robyn Adair & Dan Carson), CKRY/Calgary, Alberta; Scott Wynn & Sarah Kay, WQMX/Akron, OH.
SMALL MARKET: Barrett, Fox & Berry (Bill Barrett, Tim Fox & Tracy Berry), KKNU/Eugene, OR; The Cat Pak Morning Show (Brent Lane & Candy Cullerton), WYCT/Pensacola, FL; The Eddie Foxx Show (Eddie Foxx & Sharon Green), WKSF/Asheville, NC; The Good Morning Guys (Todd Harding, Susan Moore & Brian Gary), KUAD/Ft. Collins, CO; Steve and Jessica Mornings (Steve Waters & Jessica Cash), WFLS/Fredericksburg, VA.
Radio Station Of The Year
Major Market: KKBQ/Houston; KNIX/Phoenix; KUPL/Portland, OR; WKKT/Charlotte; WSOC/Charlotte.
Large Market: KCYY/San Antonio, TX: KUBL/Salt Lake City; WQIK/Jacksonville, FL; WUBE/Cincinnati, OH; WWKA/Orlando, FL.
Medium Market: KUZZ/Bakersfield, CA; WBBS/Syracuse, NY; WHKO/Dayton, OH;WUSY/Chattanooga, TN; WYRK/Buffalo, NY.
Small Market: KCLR/Columbia, MO; KKNU/Eugene, OR; KTTS/Springfield, MO; WCOW/La Crosse, WI; WKSF/Asheville, NC.
Entries for Broadcast Personality of the Year are judged on aircheck, ratings, community involvement, and biographical information. Candidates for Station of the Year are judged on aircheck, ratings history, community involvement, and format leadership. CMA members who are fulltime, on-air personalities and CMA member radio stations in the United States and Canada were eligible. The entries are judged by a panel of distinguished broadcast professionals, representing all market sizes and regions.
The 52nd Annual CMA Awards, once again hosted by Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood airs live on Wednesday, Nov. 14 at 8pm ET on ABC.
