2021 CRS/Country Aircheck Awards Winners Revealed
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
