CMA announces Broadcast Awards

The winner swere:

CMA Broadcast Personality of the Year:

WEEKLY NATIONAL
"Country Countdown USA" (Lon Helton) – Compass Media Networks

DAILY NATIONAL
"Angie Ward" (Angie Ward) – iHeartMedia

"Hawkeye in the Morning with Hawkeye and Michelle" ("Hawkeye" Mark Louis Rybczyk and Michelle Rodriguez) – KSCS, Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas

LARGE MARKET
"The Wayne D Show" ("Wayne D" Danielson and Tay Hamilton) – WSIX, Nashville, Tenn.

MEDIUM MARKET
"Mo & StyckMan" (Melissa "Mo" Wagner and Greg "StyckMan" Owens) – WUSY, Chattanooga, Tenn.

SMALL MARKET
"Steve, Ben and Nikki" (Steve Stroud, Ben Walker and Nikki Thomas) – WXBQ, Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, Tenn.-Va.

CMA Station of the Year

MAJOR MARKET
KEEY – Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minn.

LARGE MARKET
WUBE – Cincinnati, Ohio

MEDIUM MARKET
KUZZ – Bakersfield, Calif.

SMALL MARKET
"WXBQ – Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, Tenn.-Va.

The 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.

CMA Broadcast Awards winners are not eligible to enter the same award category in consecutive years; therefore, those who received trophies in 2022 were not eligible in 2023.

"The 57th Annual CMA Awards," hosted by Luke Bryan and Peyton Manning, will air live from Bridgestone Arena in Nashville Wednesday, Nov. 8 at 8 p.m. eastern on ABC.