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2021 CRS/Country Aircheck Awards Winners Revealed

February 19, 2021/by LB Cantrell

The final winners for the CRS/Country Aircheck Awards have been announced. Winners have been revealed each day of CRS 2021: The Virtual Experience.

Big Loud was named Platinum Label of the Year, and Big Machine Label Group was named Gold Label. Big Loud’s VP of Promotion, Stacy Blythe, was recognized, as was the independent label’s National Dir. of Promotion Ali Matkosky.

The late Warner Music Nashville Regional Tom Starr was posthumously honored.

Read the full list of 2021 CRS/Country Aircheck Awards Winners below:

Station:
KNIX/Phoenix (Major Market)
WSIX/Nashville (Large)
WUSY/Chattanooga (Medium)
WYCT/Pensacola, FL (Small)

Platinum Label: Big Loud

Gold Label: Big Machine Label Group

Operations Manager/Programing Director:
Cindy Spicer, WFUS/Tampa (Major)
Carletta Blake, WGAR/Cleveland (Large)
Ashley Wilson, WAMZ/Louisville (Medium)
Scott Gaines, KGNC/Amarillo, TX (Small)

Music Director:
Caitlin “CJ” Johnson, KKBQ/Houston (Major)
Tyler Reese, WKDF/Nashville (Large)
Melissa “Mo” Wagner, WUSY/Chattanooga (Medium)
Chris O’Kelley, WKXC/Augusta, GA (Small)

SVP-VP/National Promotion: Stacy Blythe, Big Loud

Director/National Promotion: Ali Matkosky, Big Loud

Market Manager/GM:
Sarah Frazier, KILT/Houston (Major)
Allison Warren, WKDF & WSM-FM/Nashville (Large)
Mel Owens, KUZZ/Bakersfield (Medium)
Melissa Kibler, KGNC/Amarillo, TX (Small)

Personality/Show:
Bobby Bones Show (National)
Angie Ward, WUBL/Atlanta (Major)
Marty McFly, WSM-FM/Nashville (Large)
Mo & StyckMan, WUSY/Chattanooga (Medium)
Eddie Foxx, WKSF/Asheville (Small)

Regional Promotion: Tom Starr, Warner/WAR

Independent Promotion: GrassRoots

New Face of Country Music: Nicole Michalik, WXTU/Philadelphia

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LB Cantrell is Editor/Director of Operations at MusicRow magazine, where she oversees, manages and executes all company operations. LB oversees all MusicRow-related content, including the publication’s six annual print issues and online news. She is a Georgia native and a graduate of the Recording Industry Management program at Middle Tennessee State University.
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