Meet Your 2026 ACM Radio Award Nominees!
• The Academy of Country Music (ACM)® has revealed the ACM Radio Awards nominees for the 61st Academy of Country Music Awards™. KFRG-FM/Riverside, CA earned three nominations, while double nominees include KILT-FM/Houston, KSCS/Dallas, WBEE/Rochester, NY, WCKK-FM/Walnut Grove, MSand WUBE/Cincinnati, OH. Winners of the ACM Radio Awards will be announced during CRS 2026, March 18-20 ahead of the 61st ACM Awards, with more info to follow. The 61st ACM Awards will take place at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on Sunday, May 17.
Here are your 2026 ACM Radio Awards Nominees:
National Daily On-Air Personality — B-Dub (B-Dub Radio) • Cody Alan (Highway Mornings with Cody Alan) • Katie Neal (Katie & Company) •Rob Stone and Holly Hutton (The Rob + Holly Show) • Steve Harmon (Steve Harmon Show)
National Weekly On-Air Personality — B-Dub (B-Dub Radio Saturday Night) • Big D, Bubba, Shaffer (Honky Tonkin’ with Big D & Bubba) • Heather Froglear (’90s Country with Heather) • Kelleigh Bannen (Today’s Country Radio) • Ryan Fox (American Country Countdown with Ryan Fox)
On-Air Personality — Major Market — Angie Ward (WUBL/Atlanta) • Chris Carr & Company (Chris Carr, Sam Sansevere, Dubs, KEEY/Minneapolis) • The Coop Show (Coop), WKIS/Miami • Erik & Jenny (Erik Scott Smith & Jenny Lee), KCYY/San Antonio • Frito & Katy (KILT-FM/Houston) • Niko + Cheyenne (KMLE/Phoenix) • Rachel Ryan (KSCS/Dallas).
On-Air Personality — Large Market — Heather Froglear (KFRG/Riverside) • Jesse & Anna (Jesse Tack, Anna Marie, Jake Thomson, WUBE/Cincinnati) • Kelli & Anthony (Kelli Green and Anthony Donatelli, KFRG/Riverside) • Mad Dawg in the Afternoon (Big Dave, Stattman, WQDR/Raleigh • Maria D’Antonio (WDSY/Pittsburgh).
On-Air Personality — Medium Market — The Bee Morning Coffee Club (TJ Sharp, Bo Jaxon, Hope Breen, WBEE/Rochester, NY) • The Doc Show with Chewy (Doc Medek, Chewy Medek, WGGY/Wilkes-Barre, PA) • Julie and DJ in the Morning (Julie K and DJ Thee Trucker, WPCV/Lakeland, FL) • Mo & StyckMan (WUSY/Chattanooga, TN) • Steve & Gina in the Morning (Steve Lundy and Gina Melton, KXKT/Omaha) • Tug Cowart Show(WCKN/Charleston, SC)
On-Air Personality — Small Market — Ben & Arnie (Ben Butler, Arnie Andrews, WCOW-FM/Sparta, WI) • B-MO in the MO’rning (Brian “B-MO” Montgomery, WCKK-FM/Walnut Grove, MS) • Dan Austin (WQHK-FM/Fort Wayne, IN) • The Dr. Shane and Tess Show (Dr. Shane and Tess, WPAP-FM/Panama City, FL) • The Eddie Foxx Show (Eddie Foxxand Amanda Foxx, WKSF-FM/Asheville, NC)
Radio Station Of The Year — Major Market: KILT-FM/Houston • KSCS/Dallas • KSON/San Diego • WPOC/Baltimore • WXTU/Philadelphia
Radio Station Of The Year — Large Market: KFRG/Riverside, CA • WLHK/Indianapolis • WMIL/Milwaukee • WSIX/Nashville • WUBE/Cincinnati
Radio Station Of The Year — Medium Market: KUZZ-FM/Bakersfield, CA • WBEE/Rochester, NY • WHKO-FM/Dayton, OH • WLFP-FM/Memphis • WQMX-FM/Akron, OH
Radio Station Of The Year — Small Market: KCLR-FM/Columbia, MO • KFGE-FM/Lincoln, NE • WCKK-FM/Walnut Grove, MS • WXFL-FM/Florence, AL • WYCT-FM/Pensacola, FL • WYOT-FM/Rochelle, IL
