If you have never attended a Musicians Hall of Fame concert/ceremony, you have missed some of the most dazzling musical displays and star-studded events that Nashville offers.
The fourth annual such event took place Tuesday evening (Jan. 28) at the historic Municipal Auditorium. Like its three predecessors, it was loaded with star power and packed with spectacular music.
The concert that night? In a word, wow. Booked were Z.Z. Top’s Billy Gibbons, Chris Isaac, The Oak Ridge Boys, The Eagles’ Don Felder, Duane Eddy and Kenny Wayne Shepherd, not to mention inductees Peter Frampton, Double Trouble and Randy Bachman. The show was hosted by Chip Esten, who plays “Deacon Claybourne” on TV’s Nashville.
“I play a player on our show,” Esten said. “I’ve played guitar all my life. But I can’t play like a player. I’m going to stand here like the fan that I am.”
The multi-tiered gala began in the afternoon in the Musicians Hall of Fame Museum, which is located beneath the Auditorium. That’s where the Medallions were presented to the honorees.
“I want to thank Joe [Chambers] for the incredible job he’s done with this building,” said Mayor Karl Dean. (The Museum was forced to move because its earlier incarnation was in the footprint of Dean’s beloved, spectacular Music City Center.) “He is going to make this building something we can all be proud of.”
I already am proud. The new Museum is sensational. If you have never attended, you are missing some of the most dazzling musical displays and star-studded memorabilia that Nashville offers. Is there an echo in here?
“It’s so special and so different,” said BMI’s Jody Williams of the Musicians Hall of Fame. “We are very proud to sponsor this Medallion ceremony.”
“This is all about the musicians,” said museum founder Joe Chambers. “Ladies first.”
Indeed. This year’s inductees include the first three individual women members of the Hall of Fame. Velma Smith, “was the lady who knocked down the walls here in Nashville for female musicians,” said Chambers.
Smith is a Kentucky native who was in a sister act that opened for Bill Monroe in her home state. He came back to Nashville and told the Opry about her. The sisters were recruited for the show, which is how she became the first woman to play a guitar solo on the national NBC network broadcast of the Opry. Next, Roy Acuff hired her as the bass player in his Smoky Mountain Boys. She subsequently went on the road in the bands of Ernest Tubb, Jimmy Dickens and Carl Smith. While a member of the last-named’s Tune Smiths band, she fell in love with its fiddler, the late Hal Smith. They married and remained so for 60 years.

Chet Atkins loved her rhythm guitar work and hired Velma Smith for a Davis Sisters recording session in 1953. She was soon indispensable in the studio on the sessions of Jim Reeves, Eddy Arnold, Skeeter Davis, Jerry Reed, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, Hank Locklin, Charlie Rich, Don Gibson and more.
“She was one of the first people you would call an A-List session player in Nashville,” said Steve Wariner. “She was way ahead of her time, long before women’s lib.”
Velma is recovering from a stroke that has affected her right side. But she grinned from ear to ear from her wheelchair. She told me that she can’t play guitar anymore, but what she misses even more is the ability to walk.
“The second lady [inductee] was across the country in Arizona,” said Chambers. “What Velma was to country, Corki was to rock ‘n’ roll.” That would be Corki Casey O’Dell, who played rhythm guitar on the famous instrumental hits of the “Titan of Twang,” Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Famer Duane Eddy. Recording in Phoenix, she backed Eddy on “Rebel Rouser,” “Ramrod,” “40 Miles of Bad Road,” “Peter Gunn” and more. She can be heard even earlier on Sanford Clark’s 1956 hit “The Fool,” hence her title as “The First Rock and Roll Sidechick.” She was also later a session bass player.
This year’s third 2014 female inductee is Barbara Mandrell. “She’s in the Steel Guitar Hall of Fame, and is an incredible musician on top of everything else,” said Chambers. Mandrell also plays Dobro, mandolin, saxophone, bass, guitar, accordion and banjo. She was a role model to millions of aspiring female musicians via instrumental showcases on her weekly NBC television variety series in the 1980s.
Rock ‘n’ Roll, Country and Rockabilly Hall of Fame member Brenda Lee inducted Mandrell. Brenda has lost 32 pounds. “I’ve decided to get back into the business,” she said backstage. “And you can’t be in the business if you don’t look good.”
Inductee Will Lee is perhaps best known as the bass guitarist in the CBS Orchestra on The Late Show With David Letterman. As a studio musician, he has played on more than 1,700 albums by artists as diverse as Carly Simon, Dave Matthews, Barry Manilow and Mariah Carey.
One of the earliest superstars to embrace the idea of a Musicians Hall of Fame was Neil Young. He attended this year to celebrate the induction of his steel player, the late Ben Keith. Keith began his career in Nashville as a session musician on 1961’s “I Fall to Pieces” by Patsy Cline. After more than a decade as a Nashvillian, he moved west with Young and became a force in rock music, too.
Young placed the Medallion around the neck of Ben’s daughter, Heidi Keith. “Neil gave us instant credibility,” said a grateful Chambers.

“I had a rock ‘n’ roll band, because I was trying to copy these guys,” said Chambers of The Guess Who. The group’s Randy Bachman  — also of the iconic Bachman Turner Overdrive — was a genial and gentle inductee. The super-nice guy proved that he can still play his digits off on “American Woman” or any of his other classics.
Inductee Jimmy Capps played guitar on “The Gambler,” “Stand By Your Man,” “He Stopped Loving Her Today” and a blue-zillion other Nashville classics. He’s been a mainstay of the Grand Ole Opry staff band and is now a regular as the guitar “Sherriff” on Larry’s Country Diner on RFD-TV. The show’s Larry Black led Terry Choate, Jimmy Fortune and a passel of the network’s personnel in Jimmy’s own cheering section at the concert.
I’ve known this guitarist for 30 years. “What are you taking?” I asked Capps. “You look exactly the same as you did when I first met you.” Okay, his hair is maybe whiter, but he’s essentially unchanged. I mean it.
Blues guitar great Buddy Guy was on the road and unable to attend his Hall of Fame induction. Previous inductee Billy Cox accepted his Medallion for him
Inductee Peter Frampton flew directly from the Grammy Awards into rehearsals for the Musicians Hall of Fame concert. What a mighty man. Don’t forget: He was a stellar axe man in The Herd and Humble Pie years before Frampton Comes Alive made him a solo superstar.
The late Stevie Ray Vaughan and his band Double Trouble were also inductees. Band members Chris Layton, Tommy Shannon and Reese Wynans were there to accept their Medallions and to reunite as players.

The 2014 Industry Icon Award was given to Mike Curb. Belmont’s Don Cusic presented it. The first Iconic Riff Award went to the late Roy Orbison for the classic groove he invented for “Oh, Pretty Woman.” His sons accepted.
The afternoon ceremony and the following concert were rocked by Jim Horn, Felix Cavaliere of The Rascals, Jerry Kennedy, Shelby Kennedy, Bill Lloyd, Bill Anderson, Jody Maphis, Rose Lee Maphis (who gave Mandrell her first job as a musician), Vickie Carrico, Webb Wilder, Jan Howard, Linda Davis, former BR5-49er Jay McDowell (who is now the Museum’s Multi-Media Curator), Fred Foster, Kenny O’Dell, Sheila Lawrence, Dennis Morgan, prior Musicians Hall of Fame honoree Reggie Young, Dave Pomeroy, Verlon Thompson and Brian Ahern, whose legendary Enactron truck studio is in the museum and who is recording presenter Buffy Sainte-Marie while she’s back in Music City.
We must give a shout-out to the concert house band: Yea! Keyboardist Shane Keister led an all-star ensemble including Steve Gibson, David Hungate, Gordon Kennedy, Craig Krampf, Bobby Wood, Mark Beckett, Jimmy Bowland, Vinnie Ciesielski, Mike Douchette, Barry Green, Randy Leago, Thom Flora, Marcia Ware and Marty Slayton.
Fabulons working the room at either the concert or the preceding Medallion ceremony included Dave Paulson, Ken Paulson, Charlie Monk, Capucine Monk, Mary Martin, Scott Stem, Bruce Bouton, Kay Clary, Perry Howard, David Preston, Hank Adam Locklin, Harry Chapman, Doak Turner, a stunningly newly svelte Margie Hunt, Jimmy Carter, Rose Drake, Craig & Pam Brown Hayes, Kay Smith, Amy Kurland, Trip Aldridge and Butch Spyridon. And can I get a witness for such organizers as Linda Chambers, Blake Chambers, Jeff Nunnally, Cindy Sinclair and Pam Repp?
With its 12 inductees, entertaining video segments and musical salutes, the concert/ceremony was a long one. And get this: After three-plus hours of music making, there was a rockin’ after party.
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Nominations for the 49th Annual Academy of Country Music Awards were revealed this morning (Jan. 29) via a digital press conference on the Academy of Country Music’s Facebook and Twitter pages. Miranda Lambert and Tim McGraw earned seven nominations each, followed closely by Keith Urban with six nods. Scoring five nominations apiece were Lee Brice, Kacey Musgraves, Blake Shelton and Taylor Swift. Tallying nods in four categories were Florida Georgia Line and Lady Antebellum, while Luke Bryan and Darius Rucker earned three each. Many of the stars slotted nods for producing their projects.
Awards show co-hosts Shelton and Bryan are both nominated for Entertainer of the Year, Male Vocalist of the Year and Album of the Year. Bryan is the reigning Entertainer of the Year. Shelton is also nominated for Song and Vocal Event. The ACM Awards, Country Music’s Party of the Year®, will be broadcast live from the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas Sunday, April 6, 2014 at 8:00 PM live ET on the CBS Television Network.

Reigning Female Vocalist Lambert earned her eighth consecutive nod in that category and third nomination for Entertainer of the Year. She was nominated for Single, Song and Video for “Mama’s Broken Heart,” and twice for Vocal Event for “We Were Us” with Keith Urban, and “Boys ‘Round Here” Shelton’s hit featuring Pistol Annies).
McGraw’s nominations include Video of the Year for “Highway Don’t Care” featuring Swift & Urban. He is also nominated twice each in the Album, Single and Vocal Event categories as both the artist and producer.
Urban received six nominations, including Male Vocalist, Single Record and Video. In the Vocal Event category he is nominated for “Highway Don’t Care,” as well as nominated twice for “We Were Us” as the artist and producer.
Brice is nominated for five awards, including his first ever Male Vocalist and Video nominations, and fourth consecutive nod for Song of the Year. He is also nominated twice in the Single Record of the Year category as the artist and producer for “I Drive Your Truck.”
Musgraves earned five nominations, including her second consecutive nods for Female Vocalist and Video. She is also nominated for Song and nominated twice in the Album of the Year category, as the artist and producer for Same Trailer Different Park.
Swift received five nominations, including her fifth consecutive nod for Entertainer and seventh consecutive nod for Female Vocalist. She also received nominations for Single, Video and Vocal Event for “Highway Don’t Care.”
Reigning New Artist of the Year Florida Georgia Line earned four nominations, including Vocal Duo,  Album, Single Record and Vocal Event.
Darius Rucker’s hit featuring Lady Antebellum, “Wagon Wheel,” earned both acts nods for Single Record, Song and Vocal Event. Lady A picked up an additional nomination for Vocal Group.
First-time ACM nominees, slotting one nod each, include Brandy Clark (Song of the Year), Bob Dylan (Song of the Year), Dan + Shay (Vocal Duo of the Year), Nelly (Vocal Event of the Year), and Pistol Annies (Vocal Event).
Participating in today’s announcement through pre-recorded video clips were Fox Sports broadcaster Erin Andrews, 2 Broke Girls star Beth Behrs, reigning ACM Songwriter of the Year Dallas Davidson, The Insider co-anchor Kevin Frazier, singer and Pretty Little Liars star Lucy Hale, CBS This Morning co-anchor Gayle King, Jerrod Niemann, Entertainment Tonight co-anchor Nancy O’Dell, nominee Darius Rucker, and The Talk hosts Julie Chen, Sara Gilbert, Sharon Osbourne, Aisha Tyler and Sheryl Underwood. Duck Dynasty stars Willie and Korie Robertson announced the Entertainer of the Year nominees, see the video below.
Fans will again help select the winner of Entertainer of the Year, and New Artist of the Year Presented By Kohl’s. Semi-finalists for New Artist will compete via the fan vote at GACtv.com, combined with the ACM professional membership vote, to determine the three nominees for the award. An additional combined fan and professional membership vote will determine the New Artist winner.
Entertainer of the Year
Luke Bryan
Miranda Lambert
Blake Shelton
George Strait
Taylor Swift
Male Vocalist of the Year
Jason Aldean
Lee Brice
Luke Bryan
Blake Shelton
Keith Urban
Female Vocalist of the Year
Sheryl Crow
Miranda Lambert
Kacey Musgraves
Taylor Swift
Carrie Underwood
Vocal Duo of the Year
Big & Rich
Dan + Shay
Florida Georgia Line
Love and Theft
Thompson Square
Vocal Group of the Year
Eli Young Band
Lady Antebellum
Little Big Town
The Band Perry
Zac Brown Band
New Artist of the Year (previously announced semi-finalists)
Lee Brice
Brett Eldredge
Tyler Farr
Justin Moore
Kip Moore
Kacey Musgraves
Thomas Rhett
Parmalee
First round fan voting for New Artist of the Year is going on at www.VoteACM.com and www.GACTV.com/ACM through Tuesday, Feb. 4 at 3 pm ET. Final round fan voting begins on Monday, March 24 and will close on April 6, with the winner being announced live during the ACM Awards.
Album of the Year [Award To Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company]
Based On A True Story… – Blake Shelton
Producer: Scott Hendricks; Record Label: Warner Bros. Records
Crash My Party – Luke Bryan
Producer: Jeff Stevens; Record Label: Capitol Records Nashville
Here’s To The Good Times – Florida Georgia Line
Producer: Joey Moi; Record Label: Republic Nashville
Same Trailer Different Park – Kacey Musgraves
Producers: Luke Laird, Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves; Record Label: Mercury Records
Two Lanes Of Freedom – Tim McGraw
Producers: Byron Gallimore, Tim McGraw; Record Label: Big Machine Records
Single Record of the Year [Award To Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company]
“Cruise” – Florida Georgia Line
Producer: Joey Moi; Record Label: Republic Nashville
“Highway Don’t Care” – Tim McGraw Featuring Taylor Swift & Keith Urban
Producers: Byron Gallimore, Tim McGraw; Record Label: Big Machine Records
“I Drive Your Truck” – Lee Brice
Producers: Lee Brice, Kyle Jacobs, Matt McClure; Record Label: Curb Records
“Mama’s Broken Heart” – Miranda Lambert
Producers: Chuck Ainlay, Frank Liddell, Glenn Worf; Record Label: RCA Nashville
“Wagon Wheel” – Darius Rucker Featuring Lady Antebellum
Producer: Frank Rogers; Record Label: Capitol Records Nashville
Song of the Year [Award To Composer(s)/Publisher(s)/Artist(s)]
“Every Storm (Runs Out Of Rain)” – Gary Allan
Songwriters: Gary Allan, Hillary Lindsey, Matthew Warren
Publishers: Always Alone Songs (ASCAP), Crystal Beach Music (BMI), Raylene Music (ASCAP)
“I Drive Your Truck” – Lee Brice
Songwriters: Jessi Alexander, Connie Harrington, Jimmy Yeary
Publishers: Beattyville Music (BMI), EMI Blackwood Music, Inc. (BMI), Great Day At This Music (BMI), Happy Tears Music (ASCAP), Vistaville Music (ASCAP), Watch This Girl Publishing (BMI)
“Mama’s Broken Heart” – Miranda Lambert
Songwriters: Brandy Clark, Shane McAnally, Kacey Musgraves
Publishers: 351 Music (BMI), Crazy Water Music (ASCAP), Little Blue Egg (ASCAP), Songs of Parallel (ASCAP), Vista Loma Music (ASCAP), Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (BMI)
“Mine Would Be You” – Blake Shelton
Songwriters: Jessi Alexander, Connie Harrington, Deric Ruttan
Publishers: Doc and Maggie Music (ASCAP), EMI Blackwood Music, Inc. (BMI), Get A Load Of This Music (ASCAP), Great Day At This Music (BMI), Hopeless Rose Music (ASCAP), Vistaville Music (ASCAP), Watch This Girl Publishing (BMI), WB Music Corp. (ASCAP)
“Wagon Wheel” – Darius Rucker Featuring Lady Antebellum
Songwriters: Bob Dylan, Ketch Secor
Publishers: Blood Donor Music (BMI), Special Rider Music (SESAC)
Video of the Year [Award To Producer(s)/Director(s)/Artist(s)] *(Off Camera Award)
“Better Dig Two” – The Band Perry
Producer: Eric Williams
Director: Declan Whitebloom
“Blowin’ Smoke” – Kacey Musgraves
Producer: Josh Goldstein
Director: Honey
“Highway Don’t Care” – Tim McGraw Featuring Taylor Swift & Keith Urban
Producers: Tameron Hedge, Chandra LaPlume
Director: Shane Drake
“I Drive Your Truck” – Lee Brice
Producer: Karen Martin
Director: Eric Welch
“Mama’s Broken Heart” – Miranda Lambert
Producer: Reagan Rosson
Director: Trey Fanjoy
“Two Black Cadillacs” – Carrie Underwood
Producer: Steve Lamar
Director: P.R. Brown
Vocal Event of the Year [Award To Artist(s)/Producer(s)/Record Company] *(Off Camera Award)
“Boys ‘Round Here” – Blake Shelton Featuring Pistol Annies & Friends
Producer: Scott Hendricks; Record Label: Warner Bros. Records
“Cruise (Remix)” – Florida Georgia Line Featuring Nelly
Producers: Joey Moi, Jason Nevins; Record Label: Republic Nashville
“Highway Don’t Care” – Tim McGraw Featuring Taylor Swift & Keith Urban
Producers: Byron Gallimore, Tim McGraw; Record Label: Big Machine Records
“Wagon Wheel” – Darius Rucker Featuring Lady Antebellum
Producer: Frank Rogers; Record Label: Capitol Records Nashville
“We Were Us” – Keith Urban And Miranda Lambert
Producers: Nathan Chapman, Keith Urban; Record Labels: Capitol Records Nashville, Hit Red Records, RCA Nashville

Off Camera Awards (to be presented during the 8th Annual ACM Honors Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2014 in Nashville)
Songwriter of the Year
Rhett Akins
Rodney Clawson
Ashley Gorley
Luke Laird
Shane McAnally
Industry Awards:
Nightclub of the Year
Billy Bob’s Texas—Fort Worth, TX
Bub City—Chicago, IL
Floore’s Country Store—Helotes, TX
The Dusty Armadillo—Rootstown, OH
Wild Bills—Duluth, GA
Casino of the Year – Small Capacity (maximum capacity 4,000 seats)
Agua Caliente Casino Resort & Spa—Rancho Mirage, CA
Deadwood Mountain Grand—Deadwood, SD
Mohegan Sun Wolf Den—Uncasville, CT
Soaring Eagle Casino & Resort—Mount Pleasant, MI
The Joint at Hard Rock Casino—Catoosa, OK
Casino of the Year – Medium Capacity (capacity 4,001 seats to 11,000 seats)
Caesars Windsor Hotel & Casino—Windsor, ON‎, Canada
Casino Rama—Rama, ON, Canada
Mohegan Sun Arena—Uncasville, CT
Star of the Desert Arena—Primm, NV
The Colosseum at Caesars Palace—Las Vegas, NV
Venue of the Year – Small Capacity (maximum capacity of 4,000 seats)
American Music Theatre—Lancaster, PA
Cape Cod Melody Tent—Hyannis, MA
Georgia Theatre—Athens, GA
House of Blues—Boston, MA
The Moody Theater—Austin, TX
Venue of the Year – Medium Capacity (capacity 4,001 seats to 11,000 seats)
Amphitheater at The Wharf—Orange Beach, AL
Bank of New Hampshire Pavilion at Meadowbrook—Gilford, NH
Big Sandy Superstore Arena—Huntington, WV
Grand Ole Opry House—Nashville, TN
Red Rocks Amphitheatre—Golden, CO
Venue of the Year – Large Capacity (venues of any type, including casinos, with a minimum of 11,001 seats)
BOK Center—Tulsa, OK
Bridgestone Arena—Nashville, TN
Darling’s Waterfront Pavilion—Bangor, ME
Gorge Amphitheatre—George, WA
Hollywood Bowl—Hollywood, CA
Don Romeo Talent Buyer of the Year
Billy Brill—Billy Alan Productions
Brock Jones—Global Spectrum
Nicole More—Neste Event Marketing
Fran Romeo—Romeo Entertainment Group
R.J. Romeo—Romeo Entertainment Group
Promoter of the Year
Brent Fedrizzi—AEG Live
Brad Garrett—Police Productions
Billy Minick—Billy Bob’s Texas
Brian O’Connell—Live Nation
Ron Sakamoto—Gold & Gold Productions
The Studio Recording Awards: (formerly the The Musician-Bandleader-Instrumentalist MBI Awards)
Bass Player of the Year
Mike Brignardello
Kevin “Swine” Grantt
Mark Hill
Michael Rhodes
Glenn Worf
Drummer of the Year
Chad Cromwell
Fred Eltringham
Shannon Forrest
Greg Morrow
Lonnie Wilson
Guitar Player of the Year
Jeff King
Troy Lancaster
Brent Mason
Rob McNelley
Jerry McPherson
Piano/Keyboards Player of the Year
Tony Harrell
John Jarvis
Charlie Judge
Tim Lauer
Gordon Mote
Specialty Instrument(s) Player of the Year
Glen Duncan
Larry Franklin
Jim Hoke
Danny Rader
Bryan Sutton
Steel Guitar Player of the Year
Dan Dugmore
Paul Franklin
Steve Hinson
Russ Pahl
Scotty Sanders
Audio Engineer of the Year
Derek Bason
Ben Fowler
Mills Logan
Steve Marcantonio
Justin Niebank
Producer of the Year
Mark Bright
Dann Huff
Michael Knox
Frank Liddell
Paul Worley
Radio Awards: (To be presented during the annual Radio Winners Reception held the day prior to the ACM Awards telecast, on Saturday, April 5 in Las Vegas.) 
On-Air Personality of the Year – National
Bobby Bones, Amy, Lunchbox —The Bobby Bones Show
Crook & Chase—Crook & Chase Countdown
Kix Brooks—American Country Countdown with Kix Brooks
Lia—The Lia Show
Lon Helton—Country Countdown USA
On-Air Personality of the Year – Major Market
Dave and Veronica; WQYK-FM—St. Petersburg, FL
Donna & “Muss”; KEEY-FM—Minneapolis, MN
Dr. Don Carpenter, Rachael Hunter, Grunwald, Jason the 300lb. Cowboy; WYCD-FM—Detroit, MI
Edwards & Lee – Chuck Edwards & Linda Lee; WYCD-FM—Detroit, MI
Paul Schadt and Meg Geof; WKKT-FM—Charlotte, NC
On-Air Personality of the Year – Large Market
Big Dave & Chelsie; WUBE-FM—Cincinnati, OH
Dave O’Brien; WLHK-FM—Indianapolis, IN
Jim Denny, Deborah Honeycutt & Kevin Freeman; WFMS-FM—Indianapolis, IN
Lisa McKay; WQDR-FM—Raleigh, NC
Randy Carroll and Jamie Martin; KAJA-FM—San Antonio, TX
On-Air Personality of the Year – Medium Market
Andy Ritchie, Alison West, Jimmy Holt; WIVK-FM—Knoxville, TN
Dan Brennan & Shelby Mitchell; WKSJ-FM—Mobile, AL
Kevin Richards; WGNA-FM—Schenectady, NY
Scott Wynn & Sue Wilson; WQMX-FM—Akron, OH
Steve Lundy and Gina Melton; KXKT-FM—Omaha, NE
On-Air Personality of the Year – Small Market
Bill Barrett, Tim Fox and Tracy Berry; KKNU-FM—Eugene, OR
Brian Gary, Todd Harding, and Susan Moore; KUAD-FM—Windsor, CO
Dex and Mo; WUSY- FM—Chattanooga, TN
Mark Ericson, Karen Kiley; WOKQ-FM/WPKQ-FM—Portsmouth, NH
Scotty Cox, Cara Denis; KCLR-FM—Columbia, MO
Radio Station of the Year – Major Market
KUPL-FM—Portland, OR
WIL-FM—St. Louis, MO
WKLB-FM—Boston, MA
WSOC-FM—Charlotte, NC
WXTU FM—Philadelphia, PA
Radio Station of the Year – Large Market
WCTK-FM—Providence, RI
WFMS-FM—Indianapolis, IN
WLHK-FM—Indianapolis, IN
WMIL-FM—Greenfield, WI
WQDR-FM—Raleigh, NC
Radio Station of the Year – Medium Market
KXKT-FM—Omaha, NE
WBBS-FM—Syracuse, NY
WCYQ FM—Knoxville, TN
WDXB-FM—Birmingham, AL
WKMK FM—Neptune, NJ
Radio Station of the Year – Small Market
KSJJ-FM—Bend, OR
WGSQ-FM—Cookeville, TN
WUSY-FM—Chattanooga, TN
WXFL-FM—Florence, AL
WYCT-FM—Pensacola, FL