CMA Broadcast Nominees Announced
• The Country Music Association (CMA) announced the nominees for The 57th Annual CMA Awards, and RAMP is pleased to share the list of finalists for the 2023 CMA Broadcast Awards:
BROADCAST PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR
Weekly National: American Country Countdown (Kix Brooks), Cumulus/Westwood One; Country Countdown USA (Lon Helton), Compass Media Networks; Honky Tonkin’ with Tracy Lawrence (Tracy Lawrence & Patrick Thomas), Silverfish Media; On The Horizon with Buzz Brainard (Buzz Brainard), SiriusXM; Y’all Access with Kelly Sutton (Kelly Sutton), Firefly Media/Silverfish Media
Daily National: Angie Ward (iHeartMedia); The Big D and Bubba Show (Derek “Big D” Haskins, Sean “Bubba” Powell, Patrick Thomas, & Carsen Humphreville), Silverfish Media; Katie & Company (Katie Neal), Audacy; Nights with Elaina (Elaina Smith), Westwood One; The Sam Alex Show (Sam Alex), Sam Alex Productions, LLC.
Major Market: Chris Carr & Company (Chris Carr, Kia Becht & Sam Sansevere), KEEY/Minneapolis;Frito & Katy (Tucker “Frito” Young & Katy Dempsey), KCYY/San Antonio; Hawkeye in the Morning with Hawkeye and Michelle (Mark Louis “Hawkeye” Rybczyk & Michelle Rodriguez), KSCS/Dallas-Ft Worth; Josh, Rachael & Grunwald (Josh Holleman, Rachael Hunter & Steve Grunwald), WYCD/Detroit; Scotty Kay, WUSN/Chicago
Large Market: The Big Dave Show (“Big Dave” Chandler, Ashley Heiert & Jason “Stattman” Statt), WUBE/Cincinnati; The Morning Drive with Mike Kellar and Jenny Matthews (Mike Kellar & Jenny Matthews), KBEQ/Kansas City; Scott and Shannen” (Scott Dolphin & “Shannen O” Oesterreich), WMIL/Milwaukee; Tim & Chelsea In The Morning (Tim Leary & Chelsea Taylor), WIRK/West Palm Beach; The Wayne D Show (“Wayne D” Danielson & Tay Hamilton), WSIX/Nashville
Medium Market: Cait & Bradley Morning Show (Cait Fisher & Matt Bradley), KWEN/Tulsa; Clay & Company (Clay Moden, Rob Banks & Kadie Daye), WYRK/Buffalo; Ellis and Bradley Show (Bill Ellis & Beth Bradley), WSSL/Greenville-Spartanburg, SC; Mo & StyckMan (Melissa “Mo” Wagner & Greg “StyckMan” Owens), WUSY/Chattanooga, TN; Steve & Gina In The Morning (Steve Lundy & Gina Melton), KXKT/Omaha, NE
Small Market: The B100 Morning Show with Brittney Baily (Brittney Baily), WBYT/South Bend, IN; The Eddie Foxx Show (Eddie Foxx & Amanda Foxx), WKSF/Asheville, NC; Officer Don & DeAnn (“Officer Don” Evans & DeAnn Stephens), WBUL/Lexington, KY; Steve & Tiffany in the Morning (Steve Waters & Tiffany Kay), WFLS/Fredericksburg, VA; Steve, Ben and Nikki (Steve Stroud, Ben Walker & Nikki Thomas), WXBQ/Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA
RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR
Major Market: KCYY/San Antonio; KEEY/Minneapolis; KKBQ/Houston; KSCS/Dallas-Ft. Worth; WXTU/Philadelphia
Large Market: WIRK/West Palm Beach; WKDF/Nashville; WMIL/Milwaukee; WUBE/Cincinnati; WWKA/Orlando
Medium Market: KUZZ/Bakersfield, CA; KXKT/Omaha; WGGY/Wilkes Barre-Scranton, PA; WPCV/Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL; WQMX/Akron, OH
Small Market: KCLR/Columbia, MO; WBYT/South Bend, IN; WKML/Fayetteville, NC; WXBQ/Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA; WYCT/Pensacola, FL
The nominees for Entertainer of the Year and the rest of the music nominees are posted here.
The 57th CMA Awards will broadcast live, Nov. 8 at 8pm ET/7pm CT on ABC
