CMA Reveals 2025 Broadcast Award Winners
The Country Music Association has announced the winners for the 2025 Broadcast Awards. The winners were surprised with the news by Tucker Wetmore, who made personal phone calls throughout the morning.
The CMA Broadcast Award categories are established by market size based on population as ranked by Nielsen. Entries for Broadcast Personality of the Year are judged on aircheck, ratings, community involvement and biographical and impact information. Candidates for Radio Station of the Year are judged on aircheck, ratings, community involvement and leadership and impact information.
Any full-time, on-air broadcast personalities and radio stations in the United States and Canada were eligible to submit entries, regardless of CMA membership status. The entries are judged by a panel of distinguished broadcast professionals, representing all market sizes and regions.
CMA Broadcast Awards winners are not eligible to enter the same award category in consecutive years; therefore, those who received trophies in 2024 were not eligible in 2025.
The 59th Annual CMA Awards hosted by Lainey Wilson will air live from Bridgestone Arena in Nashville Nov. 19.
2025 CMA Broadcast Personality Of The Year Winners:
CMA BROADCAST PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR:
Weekly National:
“Country Countdown USA with Lon Helton” (Lon Helton) – LH Productions
Daily National:
“The Rob and Holly Show” (Rob Stone and Holly Hutton) – Audacy
Major Market:
“Chris Carr & Company” (Chris Carr, Sam Sansevere, and “Dubs” Michael Wilczynski) – KEEY, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.
Large Market:
“The Q Morning Crew w/ Mike & Amanda” (Mike Wheless and Amanda Daughtry) – WQDR, Raleigh-Durham, N.C.
Medium Market:
“Mo & StyckMan” (Melissa “Mo” Wagner and Greg “StyckMan” Owens) – WUSY, Chattanooga, Tenn.
Small Market:
“Ben & Arnie” (Ben Butler and Arnie Andrews) – WCOW, La Crosse, Wis.
CMA RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR:
Major Market:
KKBQ – Houston, Texas
Large Market:
WUBE – Cincinnati, Ohio
Medium Market:
WIVK – Knoxville, Tenn.
Small Market:
WXBQ – Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, Tenn.-Va.
