54th CMA Broadcast Nominees Announced
• Personality, National: American Country Countdown (Kix Brooks), Westwood One; The Blair Garner Show(Blair Garner and “Off Eric” Garner), Westwood One; CMT After Midnite (Cody Alan), Premiere Networks; Country Countdown USA (Lon Helton), Westwood One; The Mayor of Music Row (Charlie Monk), SiriusXM.
• Personality, Major Market: Angie Ward, WUBL/Atlanta; Chris Carr & Company (Chris Carr, Kia Becht & McKaila Granning), KEEY/Minneapolis-St. Paul; Double-L (Lois Lewis), KNIX/Phoenix; Fitz in the Morning (Cory Fitzner), KNUC/Seattle; Paul Schadt & Sarah Lee in the Morning with Producer Geof (Paul Schadt, Sarah Lee & Geof Knight), WKKT/Charlotte.
• Personality, Large Market: The Big Dave Show (Dave Chandler, Chelsie Shinkle, Jason Statt & Ashley Hempfling), WUBE/Cincinnati; Jim, Deb & Kevin (Jim Denny, Deborah Honeycutt & Kevin Freeman), WFMS/Indianapolis; Lexi & Banks (Elena “Lexi” Abatgis and Jared “Banks” Danielson), KUBL/Salt Lake City; Obie & Ashley (Obed “Obie” Diaz & Ashley Morrison), WWKA/Orlando; Ridder, Scott and Shannen (Shaun “Ridder” Ridderbush, Scott Dolphin & Shannen Oesterreich), WMIL/Milwaukee.
• Personality, Medium Market: Brent Michaels, KUZZ/Bakersfield; Clay & Company (Clay Moden, Rob Banks & Val Townsend), WYRK/Buffalo, NY; Kenn McCloud, KUZZ/Bakersfield; Scott and Sarah in the Morning (Scott Wynn & Sarah Kay), WQMX/Akron, OH; Steve & Gina In The Morning (Steve Lundy & Gina Melton), KXKT/Omaha.
• Personality, Small Market: Big Rick In The Morning (Rick Daniels), WGGC/Bowling Green, KY; Bobby & Steve (and Mandi!) (Bobby Cook, Steve Schwetman & Mandi Turner), WKYQ/Paducah, KY; Brent and Candy — The Cat Pak Morning Show (Brent Lane & Candy Cullerton), WYCT/Pensacola, FL; Officer Don & DeAnn (Don Evans & DeAnn Stephens), WBUL/Lexington, KY; Steve And Jessica Mornings (Steve Waters & Jessica Cash), WFLS/Fredericksburg, VA.
Finalists For Radio Station Of The Year:
• Major Market: KNUC/Seattle; KSCS/Dallas-Ft. Worth; KYGO/Denver; WXTU/Philadelphia; WYCD/Detroit.
• Large Market: KNCI/Sacramento; KUBL/Salt Lake City; WMIL/Milwaukee; WUBE/Cincinnati; WWKA/Orlando.
• Medium Market: KATM/Modesto, CA; WHKO/Dayton, OH; WQMX/Akron, OH; WUSY/Chattanooga, TN; WXCY/Wilmington, DE.
• Small Market: KKNU/Eugene, OR; WBYT/South Bend, IN; WKXC/Augusta, GA; WXBQ/Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA; WXFL/Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL.
The 54th Annual CMA Awards will broadcast live from Nashville on Wednesday, Nov. 11 from 8-11pm ET on ABC.