Country Music Star and CMA Awards Nominee Carly Pearce Surprises 2021 CMA Broadcast Awards Winners in Early Reveal

Nashville, TN - Oct 15, 2021

CMA has announced the recipients of the 2021 CMA Broadcast Awards. Country Music star and two-time CMA Awards nominee this year, Carly Pearce surprised radio stations and broadcast personalities today with individual calls to reveal the news. The CMA Broadcast Personality of the Year category was split into two new categories this year, Weekly National and Daily National.

CMA Awards 2021, Country Music’s Biggest Night™, will air live from Bridgestone Arena in Nashville Wednesday, Nov. 10 at 8/7c on ABC.

See below for the full list of 2021 CMA Broadcast Awards winners.

 

CMA BROADCAST PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR:

WEEKLY NATIONAL

  • “Country Countdown USA” (Lon Helton) – Westwood One

DAILY NATIONAL

  • “CMT After Midnite” (Cody Alan) – Premiere Networks

MAJOR MARKET

  • “Double-L” (Lois Lewis) – KNIX, Phoenix, Ariz.

LARGE MARKET

  • “Ridder, Scott and Shannen” (“Ridder” Shaun Ridderbush, Scott Dolphin, and Shannen Oesterreich) – WMIL, Milwaukee-Racine, Wis.

MEDIUM MARKET

  • “Mo & StyckMan” (“Mo” Melissa Wagner and “StyckMan” Greg 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 RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR

MAJOR MARKET

  • KYGO – Denver-Boulder, Colo.

LARGE MARKET

  • WUBE – Cincinnati, Ohio

MEDIUM MARKET

  • KUZZ – Bakersfield, Calif.

SMALL MARKET

KCLR – Columbia, Mo.

 

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 information. Candidates for Radio Station of the Year are judged on aircheck, ratings, community involvement and format leadership.

CMA members who are full-time, on-air personalities and CMA member radio stations in the United States and Canada were eligible to submit entries. 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 2020 were not eligible in 2021.

 

Carly Pearce
Photo Credit: Allister Ann
CMA Broadcast Personality of the Year (Weekly National)
Winner: “Country Countdown USA” (Lon Helton) – Westwood One
Photo Credit: Courtesy of Westwood One
CMA Broadcast Personality of the Year (Daily National)
Winner: “CMT After Midnite” (Cody Alan) – Premiere Networks
Photo Credit: Courtesy of Premiere Networks
CMA Broadcast Personality of the Year (Major Market)
Winner: “Double-L” (Lois Lewis) – KNIX, Phoenix, Ariz.
Photo Credit: Courtesy of KNIX
CMA Broadcast Personality of the Year (Large Market)
Winner: “Ridder, Scott and Shannen” (“Ridder” Shaun Ridderbush, Scott Dolphin, and Shannen Oesterreich) – WMIL, Milwaukee-Racine, Wis.
Photo Credit: Courtesy of WMIL
CMA Broadcast Personality of the Year (Medium Market)
Winner: “Mo & StyckMan” (“Mo” Melissa Wagner and “StyckMan” Greg Owens) – WUSY, Chattanooga, Tenn.
Photo Credit: Courtesy of WUSY
CMA Broadcast Personality of the Year (Small Market)
Winner: “Steve, Ben and Nikki” (Steve Stroud, Ben Walker, and Nikki Thomas) – WXBQ, Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, Tenn.-Va.
Photo Credit: Courtesy of WXBQ
CMA Radio Station of the Year (Major Market)
Winner: KYGO – Denver-Boulder, Colo.
Photo Credit: Courtesy of KYGO
CMA Radio Station of the Year (Large Market)
Winner: WUBE – Cincinnati, Ohio
Photo Credit: Courtesy of WUBE
CMA Radio Station of the Year (Medium Market)
Winner: KUZZ – Bakersfield, Calif.
Photo Credit: Courtesy of KUZZ
CMA Radio Station of the Year (Small Market)
Winner: KCLR – Columbia, Mo.
Photo Credit: Courtesy of KCLR
“The 55th Annual CMA Awards,” Country Music’s Biggest Night™, will air live from Bridgestone Arena in Nashville Wednesday, Nov. 10 at 8/7c on ABC.
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