ACM Radio Awards 2026 Winners: Full List

UPDATE (March 20): B-Dub scored a double win on Friday (March 20) as the Academy of Country Music revealed the final two ACM Radio Award winners, winning National Daily On-Air Personality of the Year for “B-Dub Radio” and National Weekly On-Air Personality of the Year for “B-Dub Radio Saturday Night.” The shows are distributed by Skyview Networks.

This marks the first win for B-Dub (Bryan Washington) in the category of National Daily On-Air Personality of the Year and his third win for National Weekly On-Air Personality of the Year. The awards were announced at Country Radio Seminar’s New Faces of Country Music Show with the help of Lauren Alaina, who won the ACM Award for new female vocalist of the year in 2018.

PREVIOUSLY (March 19): The Academy of Country Music is revealing ACM Radio Award winners during this week’s Country Radio Seminar in Nashville.

On Wednesday (March 18), Parker McCollum revealed the eight winners in the On-Air Personality of the Year and Radio Station of the Year categories, while Lauren Alaina will reveal the winners in the final two categories — National Daily On-Air Personality of the Year and National Weekly On-Air Personality of the Year — on Friday (March 20).

McCollum and Alaina are both past ACM Awards winners. McCollum won new male artist of the year in 2022 and visual media of the year in 2024 for “Burn It Down.” Alaina won new female vocalist of the year in 2018.

In the On-Air categories, Mo & StyckMan received their third collective win for Medium Market On-Air Personality of the Year. This win marks StyckMan’s sixth overall win. Chris Carr received his second win in Major Market On-Air Personality of the Year, marking his fourth overall win. First-time winners include Heather Froglear for Large Market On-Air Personality of the Year, and Eddie Foxx and Amanda Foxx for Small Market On-Air Personality of the Year. This award is the first for Carr, who was awarded alongside co-hosts Sam Sansevere and Dubs, as a team for Major Market On-Air Personality of the Year.

In the Radio Station categories, WUBE-FM in Cincinnati took home its fifth win for Large Market Radio Station of the Year, and WYCT-FM in Pensacola, Fla., took home its fifth win for Small Market Radio Station of the Year. KSCS-FM in Dallas, Tex., took home its second win for Major Market Radio Station of the Year, while WLFP-FM in Memphis, Tenn., took home its first win for Medium Market Radio Station of the Year.

These awards were announced in the lead-up to the 61st ACM Awards, which are set for Sunday, May 17, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, and will livestream exclusively on Prime Video.

See the full list of ACM Radio Awards nominees below, with winners marked.

National daily on-air personality of the year

WINNER: B-Dub – “B-Dub Radio”

Cody Alan – “Highway Mornings with Cody Alan”

Katie Neal – “Katie & Company”

Rob Stone and Holly Hutton – “The Rob + Holly Show”

Steve Harmon – “Steve Harmon Show”

National weekly on-air personality of the year

WINNER: B-Dub – “B-Dub Radio Saturday Night”

Big D, Bubba, Shaffer – “Honky Tonkin’ with Big D & Bubba”

Heather Froglear – “90’s Country with Heather”

Kelleigh Bannen – “Today’s Country Radio”

Ryan Fox – “American Country Countdown with Ryan Fox”

On-air personality of the year (major market)

“Angie Ward” – Angie Ward, WUBL-FM, Atlanta

WINNER: “Chris Carr & Company” – Chris Carr, Sam Sansevere, Dubs, KEEY-FM, Minneapolis

“The Coop Show” – Coop, WKIS-FM, Miami

“Erik & Jenny” – Erik Scott Smith & Jenny Lee, KCYY-FM, San Antonio

“Frito & Katy”– Frito and Katy, KILT-FM, Houston

“Niko + Cheyenne” – Niko + Cheyenne, KMLE-FM, Phoenix

“Rachel Ryan” – Rachel Ryan, KSCS-FM, Dallas

On-air personality of the year (large market)

WINNER: “Heather Froglear” – Heather Froglear, KFRG-FM, Riverside, Calif.

“Jesse & Anna” – Jesse Tack, Anna Marie, Jake Thomson, WUBE-FM, Cincinnati

“Kelli and Anthony” – Kelli Green and Anthony Donatelli, KFRG-FM, Riverside, Calif.

“Mad Dawg in the Afternoon” – “Mad Dawg” Strattman, WQDR-FM, Raleigh, N.C.

“Maria D’Antonio” – Maria D’Antonio, WDSY-FM, Pittsburgh

On-air personality of the year (medium market)

“The Bee Morning Coffee Club” – Billy Kidd, TJ Sharp, and Hope Breen, WBEE-FM, Rochester, N.Y.

“The Doc Show with Chewy” – Doc Medek, Chewy Medek, WGGY-FM, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

“Julie and DJ in the Morning” – Julie K and DJ Thee Trucker, WPCV-FM, Lakeland, Fla.

WINNER: “Mo & StyckMan” – Mo & StyckMan, WUSY-FM, Chattanooga, Tenn.

“Steve & Gina in the Morning” – Steve Lundy and Gina Melton, KXKT-FM, Omaha, Neb.

Tug Cowart Show” – Tug Cowart, WCKN-FM, Charleston, S.C.

On-air personality of the year (small market)

“Ben & Arnie: – Ben Butler, Arnie Andrews, WCOW-FM, Sparta, WI

“B-MO in the MO’rning” – Brian “B-MO” Montgomery, WCKK-FM, Walnut Grove, MS

“Dan Austin” – Dan Austin, WQHK-FM, Fort Wayne, IN

“The Dr. Shane and Tess Show” – Dr. Shane and Tess, WPAP-FM, Panama City, FL

WINNER: “The Eddie Foxx Show” – Eddie Foxx and Amanda Foxx, WKSF-FM, Asheville, NC

Radio station of the year (major market)

KILT-FM – Houston

WINNER: KSCS-FM – Dallas

KSON-FM – San Diego

WPOC-FM – Baltimore, Md.

WXTU-FM – Philadelphia

Radio station of the year (large market)

KFRG-FM – Riverside, Calif.

WLHK-FM – Indianapolis

WMIL-FM – Milwaukee

WSIX-FM – Nashville, Tenn.

WINNER: WUBE-FM – Cincinnati

Radio station of the year (medium market)

KUZZ-FM – Bakersfield, Calif.

WBEE-FM – Rochester, N.Y.

WHKO-FM – Dayton, Ohio

WINNER: WLFP-FM – Memphis, Tenn.

WQMX-FM – Akron, Ohio

Radio station of the year (small market)

KCLR-FM – Columbia, Mo.

KFGE-FM – Lincoln, Neb.

WCKK-FM – Walnut Grove, Miss.

WXFL-FM – Florence, Ala.

WINNER: WYCT-FM – Pensacola, Fla.

WYOT-FM – Rochelle, Ill.

The ACM Awards are produced by Dick Clark Productions, which is owned by Penske Media Eldridge, a joint venture between Eldridge Industries and Billboard parent company Penske Media.