The Country Music Association has announced the winners of the 2026 CMA Broadcast Awards.
With voting done by eligible CMA Members, the following finalists were selected for the broadcast awards:
CMA BROADCAST PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR:
WEEKLY NATIONAL
“The Highway Hot 30 Countdown with Buzz Brainard” (Buzz Brainard) – SiriusXM
DAILY NATIONAL
“Big D & Bubba” (“Big D” Derek Haskins, “Bubba” Sean Powell, Carsen Humphreville, Jonathan Shaffer, and Garrett Freche) – Silverfish Media
MAJOR MARKET
“The Andie Summers Show” (Andie Summers, Jeff Kurkjian, Donnie Black, and Shannon Boyle) – WXTU, Philadelphia, Pa.
LARGE MARKET
“The Jesse & Anna Show” (Jesse Tack, Anna Marie, and Jake Thomson) – WUBE, Cincinnati, Ohio
MEDIUM MARKET
“Steve & Gina in the Morning on Kat 103.7” (Steve Lundy and Gina Melton) – KXKT, Omaha-Council Bluffs, Neb.-Iowa
SMALL MARKET
“Officer Don and DeAnn” (“Officer Don” Evans and DeAnn Stephens) – WBUL, Lexington, Ky.
CMA RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR:
MAJOR MARKET
KSCS – Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas
LARGE MARKET
WQDR – Raleigh-Durham, N.C.
MEDIUM MARKET
KXKT – Omaha-Council Bluffs, Neb.-Iowa
SMALL MARKET
WKML – Fayetteville, N.C.
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 2025 were not eligible in 2026.
