2023 Marconi Finalists Announced
• The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) announced the finalists for the 2023 NAB Marconi Radio Awards. Winners will be announced on October 25 at the Marconi Radio Awards Dinner, presented by Xperi, during NAB Show New York.
Established in 1989 and named after inventor and Nobel Prize winner Guglielmo Marconi, the NAB Marconi Radio Awards are given to radio stations and outstanding on-air personalities to recognize excellence in radio.
This year’s finalists for the NAB Marconi Radio Awards, in alphabetical order, are:
LEGENDARY STATION OF THE YEAR: KCBS-AM/San Francisco; WABC-AM/New York; WDAS-FM/Philadelphia; WLW-AM/Cincinnati; WMMR-FM/Philadelphia.
LEGENDARY RADIO MANAGER OF THE YEAR: David R. DuBose, WTUG-FM/Birmingham, AL (Townsquare Media); Debbie Kenyon, Audacy, Detroit; Gordy Rush, Guaranty Media, Baton Rouge, LA; Joey Cummings, KKHJ-FM/American Samoa (South Seas Broadcasting, Inc.); Nick Martin, Big River Broadcasting Corporation, Florence/Muscle Shoals, AL.
NETWORK/SYNDICATED PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR: Enrique Santos, WZTU-FM/Miami-Ft. Lauderdale; Erica Campbell, Reach Media, Dallas; George Noory, Premiere Radio Networks, Inc., Sherman Oaks, CA; Katie Neal, Audacy, Nashville; Rich Eisen, Westwood One, Los Angeles
MAJOR MARKET PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR: Boomer Esiason & Gregg Giannotti, WFAN-FM/New York; George Dunham, Craig Miller & Gordon Keith, KTCK-AM/Dallas-Ft. Worth; Jason Pullman, KPLX-FM/Dallas-Ft. Worth; Lin Brehmer, WXRT-FM/Chicago; Mark “Hawkeye” Lewis & Michelle Rodriguez, KSCS-FM/Dallas-Ft. Worth
LARGE MARKET PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR: Billy Madison, KISS-FM/San Antonio; Chris Carr, Kia Becht & Sam Sansevere, KEEY-FM/Minneapolis-St. Paul; Dave Ryan with Falen, Jenny & Drake, KDWB-FM/Minneapolis-St. Paul; Lincoln Ware, WDBZ-AM/Cincinnati; Paul Castronovo, WBGG-FM/Miami-Ft. Lauderdale
MEDIUM MARKET PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR: Ashley Adams, Roger Todd & Michele Silva, WJXB-FM/Knoxville, TN; Brian Dawson, WQOK-FM/Raleigh-Durham; Chaz and AJ, WPLR-FM/New Haven, CT; Kayla Blakeslee, WOWO-AM, Ft. Wayne, IN; Kevin Miller, KIDO-AM/Boise, ID
SMALL MARKET PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR: Kat & J.J. Holiday, KCLD-FM/St. Cloud, MN; Kelly & Wood, KZPK-FM, St. Cloud, MN; Kevin Hilley & Erin Hart, KATI-FM/Columbia-Jefferson City, MO; Keziah Atofau & John Raynar, KKHJ-FM/American Samoa; M. Fletcher Brown, WXFL-FM/Huntsville-Decatur-Florence, AL
MAJOR MARKET STATION OF THE YEAR: KSCS-FM/Dallas-Ft. Worth; WALR-FM/Atlanta; WINS-FM/New York; WLTW-FM/New York; WWPR-FM/New York
LARGE MARKET STATION OF THE YEAR: KMOX-AM/St. Louis; KQMT-FM/Denver; KSTP-FM/Minneapolis-St. Paul; WHYI-FM/Miami-Ft. Lauderdale; WKRQ-FM/Cincinnati
MEDIUM MARKET STATION OF THE YEAR: WHO-AM/Des Moines-Ames, IA; WNRP-AM/Mobile, AL-Pensacola, FL; WTIB-FM/Greenville-New Bern, NC; WXKB-FM/Ft. Myers-Naples, FL; WYOY-FM/Jackson, MS
SMALL MARKET STATION OF THE YEAR: KDXY-FM/Jonesboro, AR; KROX-AM, Fargo-Valley City, ND; KZPK-FM, St. Cloud, MN; WIKY-FM/Evansville, IN; WYKY-FM/Lexington, KY
BEST RADIO PODCAST OF THE YEAR: American Nightmare Season 3: Unknown Subject, WTOP-FM/Washington, D.C.; Behind the Song, WDRV-FM/Chicago; Deadly Pill, KFI-AM/Los Angeles; DMV Download, WTOP-FM/Washington, D.C; The Letter,KSL-FM/Salt Lake City
AC STATION OF THE YEAR: KBIG-FM/Los Angeles; KODA-FM/Houston; KOIT-FM/San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose; WALK-FM/Long Island; WEZN-FM/New York
CHR STATION OF THE YEAR: KMVQ-FM/San Francisco; KNDE-FM/Bryan-College Station, TX; WAPE-FM/Jacksonville; WHTZ-FM/New York; WWPW-FM/Atlanta
CLASSIC HITS STATION OF THE YEAR: KJEB-FM/Seattle-Tacoma; KONO-FM/San Antonio; KRTH-FM/Los Angeles; WAXQ-FM/New York;WSRV-FM/Atlanta
COLLEGE RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR: WGCS-FM/Goshen College, South Bend-Elkhart, IN; WMSC-FM, Montclair State University, Montclair, NJ; WPSC-FM, William Patterson University, Wayne, NJ; WRRC-FM, Rider University, Philadelphia; WSOU-FM, Seton Hall University, South Orange, NJ
COUNTRY STATION OF THE YEAR: KCLR-FM/Columbia-Jefferson City, MO; KNCI-FM/Sacramento; KYGO-FM/Denver; WKXC-FM/Augusta, GA; WXTU-FM/Philadelphia
NEWS/TALK STATION OF THE YEAR: KFI-AM/Los Angeles; WABC-AM/New York; WCCO-AM/Minneapolis-St. Paul; WTOP-FM/Washington, D.C.; WWL-FM/New Orleans
RELIGIOUS STATION OF THE YEAR: KLTY-FM/Dallas-Ft. Worth; WLCC-AM/Tampa-St. Petersburg; WMIT-FM/Greenville-Spartanburg, SC;WNNL-FM/Raleigh-Durham, NC; WPRS-FM/Washington, D.C.
ROCK STATION OF THE YEAR: KGLK-FM/Houston; WIYY-FM/Baltimore; WMMR-FM/Philadelphia; WPLR-FM/Hartford-New Haven, CT; WXTB-FM/Tampa-St. Petersburg
SPANISH LANGUAGE STATION OF THE YEAR: KLOL-FM/Houston; WLKQ-FM/Atlanta; WLZL-FM/Washington, D.C.; WRUM-FM/Orlando; WYUU-FM/Tampa-St. Petersburg
SPORTS STATION OF THE YEAR: KFXN-FM/Minneapolis-St. Paul; KTCK-AM/Dallas-Ft. Worth; WBZ-FM/Boston; WFAN-FM/New York;WJFK-FM/Washington, D.C.
URBAN STATION OF THE YEAR: WBTJ-FM/Richmond; WDAS-FM/Philadelphia; WEDR-FM/Miami-Ft. Lauderdale; WHQT-FM/Miami-Ft. Lauderdale; WMIB-FM/Miami-Ft. Lauderdale
