The Country Music Association has announced the finalists for the 2026 CMA Broadcast Awards. These awards honor outstanding achievement among radio personalities and stations in the United States and Canada.
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 were judged by a panel of broadcast professionals, representing all market sizes and regions.
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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.
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.
