CMA Announces Broadcast Awards Finalists

Lee Brice revealed the CMA Broadcast Awards finalists this morning via Live Stream from CMA’s Nashville offices.

Five finalists are selected for CMA Broadcast Personality and CMA Radio Station of the Year in four categories: Small, Medium, Large, and Major Market. There was a tie in this year’s Medium Market Personality of the Year thus there are six contenders in the category.

The CMA Broadcast Award winners will be notified in mid-October and will be acknowledged at The 46th Annual CMA Awards, to be held Thurs., Nov. 1 (8:00-11:00 PM/ET) and broadcast live by the ABC from the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville. Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood return to host the event for the fifth time. See the list of nominees in artist categories here.

CMA BROADCAST PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR
National 
“The Big Time with Whitney Allen” (Whitney Allen) – Dial Global
“CMT’s Country Countdown USA with Lon Helton” (Lon Helton) – Westwood One
“The Crook & Chase Countdown” (Lorianne Crook and Charlie Chase) –  Jim Owens Entertainment and Premiere Networks

Major Market
“Fitz in the Morning,” Cory “Fitz” Fitzner, Ellen Tailor, Tony Russell, and Randy “The Biscuit” Stein – KKWF, Seattle-Tacoma, WA
“K102 Wakeup Crew,” Donna Valentine and Mike Mussman – KEEY, Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
“Laurie DeYoung Morning Show,” Laurie DeYoung – WPOC, Baltimore, MD
“Mike & Amy,” Mike Chase and Amy Faust – KWJJ, Portland, OR
“Paul Schadt Morning Show,” Paul Schadt and Meg Butterly – WKKT, Charlotte-Gastonia, NC/ Rock Hill, SC

Large Market
Angie Ward – WTQR, Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point, NC
“Big Dave and Chelsie,” David Chandler and Chelsie Shinkle – WUBE, Cincinnati, OH
“Mornings with Dave O’Brien,” Dave O’Brien – WLHK, Indianapolis, Ind.
“Q Morning Crew” Mike Wheless, Marty Young, and Janie Carothers – WQDR, Raleigh-Durham, NC
“KJ and Friends,” Randy Carroll and Jamie Martin – KAJA, San Antonio, TX

Medium Market
“The 97 Country Breakfast Club,” Tom O’Brien, Roger Todd, and Melissa Moran – WPCV, Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL
“Andy & Alison and the Morning Crew,” Andy Ritchie and Alison Mencer – WIVK, Knoxville, TN
“Buzz Jackson,” Buzz Jackson – KIIM, Tucson, AZ
“Ellis and Bradley Morning Show” (Bill Ellis and Beth Bradley) – WSSL, Greenville-Spartanburg, SC
“Kevin Richards Show,” Kevin Richards – WGNA, Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
“Party Marty Mitchell & The Morning Tailgate,” Marty Mitchell – WKMK, Monmouth-Ocean, NJ

Small Market
“Barrett, Fox & Berry,” Bill Barrett, Tim Fox, and Tracy Berry – KKNU, Eugene-Springfield, OR
“Dex and Mo Show,” Bill Poindexter and Melissa Turner – WUSY, Chattanooga, TN
“The Eddie Foxx Show,” Eddie Foxx and Sharon Green – WKSF, Asheville, NC
“Gary, Nelson, & Kellie,” Gary Greenwood, Josh Nelson, and Kellie Wesslund – KFGE, Lincoln, NE
“Officer Don and DeAnn,” Don Chase and DeAnn Stephens – WBUL, Lexington-Fayette, KY

CMA RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR

Major Market
KNIX – Phoenix, AZ
KWJJ – Portland, OR
WKLB – Boston, Mass.
WMZQ – Washington, DC
WPOC – Baltimore, MD

Large Market
KAJA – San Antonio, TX
WCTK – Providence-Warwick-Pawtucket, RI
WFMS – Indianapolis, Ind
WLHK – Indianapolis, Ind
WUBE – Cincinnati, OH

Medium Market
KFDI – Wichita, KS
KUZZ – Bakersfield, CA
KXKT – Omaha, Neb./Council Bluffs, Iowa
WIVK – Knoxville, TN
WSSL – Greenville-Spartanburg, SC

Small Market
WGSQ – Cookeville, TN
WKSF – Asheville, NC
WKXC – Augusta, GA
WLLR – Quad Cities: Davenport-Rock Island, Iowa/Moline, Ill.
WUSY – Chattanooga, TN