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Aug. 28, 2001

CMA ANNOUNCES BROADCAST AWARDS NOMINEES FOR 2001

New National Broadcast Personality Finalists Recognized

The top Country Radio air personalities and radio stations from across North America were acknowledged today when Warner Bros. trio Trick Pony announced the finalists for the 2001 CMA Broadcast Personality and Station of the Year honors during a press conference at the Adelphia Coliseum Stadium Club in Nashville, Tenn.

This year's winners will be recognized during "The 35th Annual CMA Awards," broadcast live Wednesday, Nov. 7 (8:00-11:00 PM/EDT) on the CBS Television Network from the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville.

Broadcast Award finalists were announced together with final nominees for the CMA Awards, which were announced by JoDee Messina and Brooks & Dunn.

For the first time the CMA Broadcast Awards have added a category for National Broadcast Personalities. Syndicated, short-form and hub voice-tracking personalities heard in at least three markets with a minimum of 40 shows per year were eligible.

"With the growing number of air personalities who are heard by Country fans coast-to-coast it was time to create the new category," says Ed Benson, CMA Executive Director. "The outstanding syndicated Country programs and personalities gave the judges an entertaining challenge in narrowing down the category to the top three."

The finalists for Broadcast Personality and Station of the Year are selected in four categories (Small Market, Medium Market, Large Market and Major Market). The categories are established by market size based on population as ranked by Arbitron. All interested, full-time, country on-air personalities and radio stations in the US and Canada are eligible to enter. A panel of broadcast professionals judges the entries.

Entries for Broadcast Personality of the Year are judged on aircheck, ratings, community involvement and biographical information. Stations are judged on airchecks, ratings history, community involvement and leadership. Winners are determined by the aggregate score of the first round of judging and the second round, which is done by a different panel of judges. The international accounting firm of Deloitte & Touche LLP tabulates scoring by the judges.

BROADCAST PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR

National*
American Country Countdown with Bob Kingsley
Lon Helton's Country Countdown USA
The Foxworthy Countdown with Jeff Foxworthy
*This category has only three finalists

Major Market
Cadillac Jack - WXTU/Philadelphia, Pa.
David Craig and Elaine Everett - WIL/St. Louis, Mo.
Erin Weber - WYCD/Detroit, Mich.
Skip Mahaffey - WQYK/Tampa, Fla.
Waking Crew - KYGO/Denver, Colo. (Kelly Ford and Jonathan Wilde)

Large Market
Dale and Mary - KFKF/Kansas City, Mo. (Dale Carter and Mary McKenna)
Eddie Stubbs - WSM/Nashville, Tenn.
Karen Dalessandro and Scott Dolphin - WMIL/ Milwaukee, Wis.
Morning Zoo - KASE/Austin, Texas (Bama Brown, Gary Dixon, Rob Mason, Michelle Roebuck)
Vicki Murphy - WFMS/Indianapolis, Ind.

Medium Market
Big Cat Daddy Jim Diamond - KDRK/Spokane, Wash.
Colleen Addair - WIVK/Knoxville, Tenn.
Jay and Kevin - KDRK/Spokane, Wash. (Jay Daniels and Kevin James)
Paul Koffy - WSSL/Greenville, S.C.
The Odd Squad - CKRY/Calgary, Alberta (Robyn Adair, Dan Carson, Doug Veronelly,)

Small Market
Wilhite and Wall - KKIX/Fayetteville, Ark. (Darren Wilhite and Tim Wall)
Karl Shannon and Missy Ward - WVLK/Lexington, Ky.
Morning Waking Crew - WOKQ/Dover N.H. (Don Briand, Danielle Carrier, Mark Ericson, Mike Martel)
Patti Cheek - WIBW/Topeka, Kan.
Scotty Ray and Debbie - WOKK/Meridian, Miss. (Scotty Ray Boyd and Debbie Alexander)

STATION OF THE YEAR

Major Market
KMPS - Seattle, Wash.
KNIX - Phoenix, Ariz.
KPLX - Dallas, Texas
WPOC- Baltimore, Md.
WQYK - Tampa, Fla.

Large Market
WFMS/Indianapolis, Ind.
WKDF/Nashville, Tenn.
WKKT/Charlotte, N.C.
WTQR/Winston-Salem, N.C.
WUBE/Cincinnati, Ohio

Medium Market
CKRY- Calgary, Alberta, Canada
KUZZ - Bakersfield, Calif.
WIVK - Knoxville, Tenn.
WKKO - Toledo, Ohio
WSSL - Greenville, S.C.

Small Market
WAKG - Danville, Va.
WAXX - Eau Claire, Wis.
WIXY - Champaign, Ill.
WKCN - Columbus, Ga.
WUSY - Chattanooga. Tenn.

 

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