They only showed about 30 minutes of the Red Carpet in our location.  They started with Vince Gill on the carpet.  Vince is being honored with the Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award.  As you would expect, his wife Amy Grant joined him on the Red Carpet and for the event.  Nice start to what turned out to be a great evening of television.

Luke Combs kicked off the show with “Back in the Saddle”, setting the stage for what we could expect from tonight’s show.  Full of artists, performers, nominees and of course winners.  And here are the winners of the 59th Annual CMA Awards.

ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR

  • Luke Combs
  • Cody Johnson
  • Chris Stapleton
  • Morgan Wallen
  • Lainey Wilson—WINNER

SINGLE OF THE YEAR
Award goes to Artist(s), Producer(s) and Mix Engineer(s)

  • “4x4xU” – Lainey Wilson
    • Producer: Jay Joyce
    • Mix Engineers: Jason Hall, Jay Joyce
  • “Ain’t No Love In Oklahoma” – Luke Combs
    • Producers: Luke Combs, Chip Matthews, Jonathan Singleton
    • Mix Engineer: Chip Matthews
  • “Am I Okay?” – Megan Moroney
    • Producer: Kristian Bush
    • Mix Engineer: Justin Niebank
  • “I Never Lie” – Zach Top
    • Producer: Carson Chamberlain
    • Mix Engineer: Matt Rovey
  • “you look like you love me” – Ella Langley & Riley Green—WINNER
    • Producer: Will Bundy
    • Mix Engineer: Jim Cooley

ALBUM OF THE YEAR
Award goes to Artist, Producer(s) and Mix Engineer(s)

  • Am I Okay? – Megan Moroney
    • Producer: Kristian Bush
    • Mix Engineer: Justin Niebank
  • Cold Beer & Country Music – Zach Top
    • Producer: Carson Chamberlain
    • Mix Engineer: Matt Rovey
  • F-1 Trillion – Post Malone
    • Producers: Louis Bell, Charlie Handsome, Hoskins
    • Mix Engineer: Ryan Gore
  • I’m The Problem – Morgan Wallen
    • Producers: Jacob Durrett, Charlie Handsome, Joey Moi
    • Mix Engineers: Charlie Handsome, Joey Moi
  • Whirlwind – Lainey Wilson—WINNER
    • Producer: Jay Joyce
    • Mix Engineers: Jason Hall, Jay Joyce

SONG OF THE YEAR
Award goes to Songwriter(s)

  • “4x4xU”
    • Songwriters: Jon Decious, Aaron Raitiere, Lainey Wilson
  • “Am I Okay?”
    • Songwriters: Jessie Jo Dillon, Luke Laird, Megan Moroney
  • “I Never Lie”
    • Songwriters: Carson Chamberlain, Tim Nichols, Zach Top
  • “Texas”
    • Songwriters: Johnny Clawson, Josh Dorr, Lalo Guzman, Kyle Sturrock
  • “you look like you love me”—WINNER
    • Songwriters: Riley Green, Ella Langley, Aaron Raitiere

FEMALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR 

  • Kelsea Ballerini
  • Miranda Lambert
  • Ella Langley
  • Megan Moroney
  • Lainey Wilson—WINNER

MALE VOCALIST OF THE YEAR

  • Luke Combs
  • Cody Johnson—WINNER
  • Chris Stapleton
  • Zach Top
  • Morgan Wallen

VOCAL GROUP OF THE YEAR

  • Lady A
  • Little Big Town
  • Old Dominion
  • Rascal Flatts
  • The Red Clay Strays—WINNER

VOCAL DUO OF THE YEAR  

  • Brooks & Dunn—WINNER
  • Brothers Osborne
  • Dan + Shay
  • Maddie & Tae
  • The War And Treaty

MUSICAL EVENT OF THE YEAR
Award goes to Artists and Producer(s)  

  • “Don’t Mind If I Do” – Riley Green (featuring Ella Langley)
    • Producers: Scott Borchetta, Jimmy Harnen, Dann Huff
  • “Hard Fought Hallelujah” – Brandon Lake with Jelly Roll
    • Producer: Micah Nichols
  • “I’m Gonna Love You” – Cody Johnson (with Carrie Underwood)
    • Producer: Trent Willmon
  • “Pour Me A Drink” – Post Malone (feat. Blake Shelton) —WINNER
    • Producers: Louis Bell, Charlie Handsome
  • “You Had To Be There” – Megan Moroney (feat. Kenny Chesney)
    • Producer: Kristian Bush

MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR

  • Jenee Fleenor – Fiddle
  • Paul Franklin – Steel Guitar—WINNER
  • Brent Mason – Guitar
  • Rob McNelley – Guitar
  • Derek Wells – Guitar

MUSIC VIDEO OF THE YEAR
Award goes to Artist(s) and Director(s)

  • “Am I Okay?” – Megan Moroney
    • Directors: Alexandra Gavillet, Megan Moroney
  • “I’m Gonna Love You” – Cody Johnson (with Carrie Underwood)
    • Director: Dustin Haney
  • “Somewhere Over Laredo” – Lainey Wilson
    • Director: TK McKamy
  • “Think I’m In Love With You” – Chris Stapleton
    • Director: Running Bear
  • “you look like you love me” – Ella Langley & Riley Green —WINNER
    • Directors: Ella Langley, John Park, Wales Toney

NEW ARTIST OF THE YEAR

  • Ella Langley
  • Shaboozey
  • Zach Top—WINNER
  • Tucker Wetmore
  • Stephen Wilson Jr.

2025 CMA BROADCAST AWARDS – FINALISTS FOR BROADCAST PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR (by market size):   

Weekly National

  • “Country Countdown USA with Lon Helton” (Lon Helton) – LH Productions––WINNER
  • “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
  • “The Rob and Holly Show” (Rob Stone and Holly Hutton) – Audacy—WINNER
  • “Wilhite and Wall Show” (Darren Wilhite and Tim Wall) – Ebert Productions

Major Market

  • “Chris Carr & Company” (Chris Carr, Sam Sansevere, and “Dubs” Michael Wilczynski) – KEEY, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.—WINNER
  • “Hawkeye and Michelle” (“Hawkeye” Mark Louis Rybczyk and Michelle Rodriguez) – KSCS, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas
  • “The Lo Show” (Lauren “Lo” Barker) – KKBQ, Houston, Texas
  • “Rachel Ryan” (Rachel Ryan) – KSCS, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas
  • “The Scotty Kay Show” (Scotty Kay) – WUSN, Chicago, Ill.

Large Market

  • “Deb & Matt in the Morning” (Deborah Honeycutt and Matt Malone) – WFMS, Indianapolis, Ind.
  • “The Q Morning Crew w/ Mike & Amanda” (Mike Wheless and Amanda Daughtry) – WQDR, Raleigh-Durham, N.C.—WINNER
  • “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, Tenn.

 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.
  • “Mo & StyckMan” (Melissa “Mo” Wagner and Greg “StyckMan” Owens) – WUSY, Chattanooga, Tenn.—WINNER
  • “Spencer Graves Show” (Spencer Graves, Megan Terry, and Blair Davis) – WDXB, Birmingham, Ala.

Small Market

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

2025 CMA BROADCAST AWARDS – FINALISTS FOR RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR (by market size):

Major Market

  • KKBQ – Houston, Texas—WINNER
  • KSCS – Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas
  • KYGO – Denver-Boulder, Colo.
  • WUSN – Chicago, Ill.
  • WXTU – Philadelphia, Pa.

Large Market

  • WCTK – Providence-Warwick-Pawtucket, R.I.
  • WMIL – Milwaukee-Racine, Wis.
  • WSIX – Nashville, Tenn.
  • WUBE – Cincinnati, Ohio—-WINNER
  • WWKA – Orlando, Fla.

Medium Market

  • KUZZ – Bakersfield, Calif.
  • WHKO – Dayton, Ohio
  • WIVK – Knoxville, Tenn.––WINNER
  • WLFP – Memphis, Tenn.
  • WQMX – Akron, Ohio

Small Market

  • KATI – Columbia, Mo.
  • KCLR – Columbia, Mo.
  • WCOW – La Crosse, Wis.
  • WKML – Fayetteville, N.C.
  • WXBQ – Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, Tenn.-Va.–WINNER

Congratulations to all of this year’s winners.  I really need to point out one  of this year’s CMA Broadcast winners.  96.9 WXBQ FM in Bristol, TN/VA has won Radio Station of the year in the small market group.  They have previously won both CMA and ACM awards for the station, and for the morning air show.  I’ve been listening to this station for more than 40 years.  If you don’t live in their listening area, you can still listen!  Catch them online, streaming at wxbq.com.

To keep up with all the news from the Country Music Association (CMA), head to their website, Stay up with all the CMA news all year long by sisiting their site regularly.

Again, Congratulations to all of the winners – and to the Country Music Association for a great show tonight.

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They only showed about 30 minutes of the Red Carpet in our location.  They started with Vince Gill on the carpet.  Vince is being honored with the Willie Nelson Lifetime Achievement Award.  As you would expect, his wife Amy Grant joined him on the Red Carpet and for the...