The Country Music Association has announced the recipients of the 2025 CMA Broadcast Awards. On Tuesday (Oct. 7), CMA new artist of the year nominee Tucker Wetmore personally surprised radio stations and broadcast personalities nationwide with one-on-one calls to share the news.

Lon Helton, host of Country Countdown USA with Lon Helton, won for CMA broadcast personality of the year — weekly national. KKBQ in Houston won CMA radio station of the year — major market.

Winners of the CMA Broadcast Awards will be recognized during the Pre-Telecast Ceremony on Wednesday, Nov. 19, prior to the 59th Annual CMA Awards. The primetime telecast, hosted by Lainey Wilson, will air live from Bridgestone Arena in Nashville at 8 p.m. ET/7 p.m. CT on ABC and stream the next day on Hulu.

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 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 U.S. and Canada were eligible to submit entries, regardless of CMA membership status. The entries are judged by a panel of broadcast professionals, representing all market sizes and regions.

See below for the full list of 2025 CMA Broadcast Awards nominees, with winners marked.

Broadcast Personality of the Year (by market size):

   
Weekly National

WINNER: “Country Countdown USA with Lon Helton” (Lon Helton) – LH Productions

“The Country Top 40 With Fitz” (Cory “Fitz” Fitzner) – Hubbard Broadcasting

“The Original Country Gold” (Rowdy Yates) – Syndicated Media

“Today’s Country Radio” (Kelleigh Bannen) – Apple Music Radio

“Y’all Access with Kelly Sutton” (Kelly Sutton) – Compass Media Group

Daily National

“Big D & Bubba” (“Big D” Derek Haskins, “Bubba” Sean Powell, Carsen Humphreville, Jonathan Shaffer, and Garrett Freche) – Silverfish Media

“Highway Mornings With Cody Alan” (Cody Alan and Lauryn Snapp) – SiriusXM

“Ridin’ With Rowdy” (Rowdy Yates) – SuiteRadio / RFC Media

WINNER: “The Rob and Holly Show” (Rob Stone and Holly Hutton) – Audacy

“Wilhite and Wall Show” (Darren Wilhite and Tim Wall) – Ebert Productions

Major Market

WINNER: “Chris Carr & Company” (Chris Carr, Sam Sansevere, and “Dubs” Michael Wilczynski) – KEEY, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.

“Hawkeye and Michelle” (“Hawkeye” Mark Louis Rybczyk and Michelle Rodriguez) – KSCS, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas

“The Lo Show” (Lauren “Lo” Barker) – KKBQ, Houston

“Rachel Ryan” (Rachel Ryan) – KSCS, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas

“The Scotty Kay Show” (Scotty Kay) – WUSN, Chicago

Large Market

“Deb & Matt in the Morning” (Deborah Honeycutt and Matt Malone) – WFMS, Indianapolis, Ind.

WINNER: “The Q Morning Crew w/ Mike & Amanda” (Mike Wheless and Amanda Daughtry) – WQDR, Raleigh-Durham, N.C.

“Scott and Shannen” (Scott Dolphin and “Shannen O” Oesterreich) – WMIL, Milwaukee, Wis.

“Tim & Chelsea” (Tim Leary and Chelsea Taylor) – WIRK, West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, Fla.

“Wayne D and Tay” (“Wayne D” Danielson and Tay Hamilton) – WSIX, Nashville

Medium Market

“The Doc Show with Chewy” (Ken “Doc” Medek and Sean “Chewy” Medek) – WGGY, Wilkes Barre-Scranton, Pa.

“Ellis and Bradley Show” (Bill Ellis and Beth Bradley) – WSSL, Greenville-Spartanburg, S.C.

“Joey & Nancy” (Joey Tack, Nancy Barger, and Karly Duggan) – WIVK, Knoxville, Tenn.

WINNER: “Mo & StyckMan” (Melissa “Mo” Wagner and Greg “StyckMan” Owens) – WUSY, Chattanooga, Tenn.

“Spencer Graves Show” (Spencer Graves, Megan Terry, and Blair Davis) – WDXB, Birmingham, Ala.

Small Market

WINNER: “Ben & Arnie” (Ben Butler and Arnie Andrews) – WCOW, La Crosse, Wis.

“Brent Lane and The Cat Pak Morning Show” (Brent Lane and Jordan Glass) – WYCT, Pensacola, Fla.

“Dan Austin Show” (Dan Austin) – WQHK, Fort Wayne, Ind.

“Hilley & Hart” (Kevin Hilley and Erin Hart) – KATI, Columbia, Mo.

“Liz & Scotty in the Morning” (Liz Del Grosso and Scotty Cox) – KCLR, Columbia, Mo.

Radio Station of the Year (by market size): 

Major Market

WINNER: KKBQ – Houston

KSCS – Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas

KYGO – Denver-Boulder, Colo.

WUSN – Chicago

WXTU – Philadelphia

Large Market

WCTK – Providence-Warwick-Pawtucket, R.I.

WMIL – Milwaukee-Racine, Wis.

WSIX – Nashville

WINNER: WUBE – Cincinnati

WWKA – Orlando, Fla.

Medium Market

KUZZ – Bakersfield, Calif.

WHKO – Dayton, Ohio

WINNER: WIVK – Knoxville, Tenn.

WLFP – Memphis, Tenn.

WQMX – Akron, Ohio

Small Market

KATI – Columbia, Mo.

KCLR – Columbia, Mo.

WCOW – La Crosse, Wis.

WKML – Fayetteville, N.C.

WINNER: WXBQ – Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, Tenn.-Va.