Winners Revealed For 2023 CRS/Country Aircheck Awards

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The winners of the 2023 CRS/Country Aircheck Awards were announced on Wednesday night (March 15) at the annual New Faces of Country Music dinner.

Big Loud was the night’s big winner. In addition to being named the Platinum Label of the Year, Stacy Blythe took home SVP-VP/National Promotion of the Year, Brittani Koster nabbed the Label Streaming Specialist title, Tyler Waugh earned Director/National Promotion of the Year and Nikki Wood took home the Regional Promotion of the Year title.

EMI Nashville was awarded as the Gold Label of the Year. WKDF & WSM-FM/Nashville’s Allison Warren was named Market Manager/GM of the Year and WKDF/Nashville was named the Medium Market Station of the Year. WSIX/Nashville’s “Wayne D” Danielson and Tay Hamilton were named the Medium Market Personality/Show of the Year.

MusicRow CountryBreakout Radio Chart promoter Lisa Smoot, of Jerry Duncan Promotions, was honored as the Independent Promotion Executive of the Year.

2023 CRS/Country Aircheck Award Winners:

Station:
KEEY/Minneapolis (Large Market)
WKDF/Nashville (Medium Market)
WUSY/Chattanooga (Small Market)

Platinum Label: Big Loud

Gold Label: EMI Nashville

OM/PD:
Meg Stevens, WUBL/Atlanta (Large Market)
Carletta Blake, WGAR/Cleveland (Medium Market)
Brent Michaels, KUZZ/Bakersfield (Small Market – tie)
Chelsey Steinhauer, WMAD/Madison, WI (Small Market – tie)

APD/MD:
Lois Lewis, KNIX/Phoenix (Large Market)
Bob Pickett, KVET/Austin (Medium Market)
Melissa “Mo” Wagner, WUSY/Chattanooga (Small Market)

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

Label Streaming Specialist: Brittani Koster, Big Loud

Director/National Promotion: Tyler Waugh, Big Loud

Market Manager/GM: Allison Warren, WKDF & WSM-FM/Nashville

Personality/Show:
Angie Ward, WUBL/Atlanta (Large Market)
“Wayne D” Danielson & Tay Hamilton, WSIX/Nashville (Medium Market)
Brent Michaels, KUZZ/Bakersfield (Small Market)

National Daily Personality/Show: Bobby Bones, The Bobby Bones Show, Premiere

National Weekly Personality/Show: “Wayne D” Danielson, iHeartCountry House Party, iHeartMedia

National Programmer/Curator: Jay Cruze, iHeartMedia

Regional Promotion: Nikki Wood, Big Loud

Independent Promotion Executive: Lisa Smoot, Jerry Duncan Promotion

New Face of Country Music: Scot “Froggy” Langley, WQIK/Jacksonville

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