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March 24, 2026

Audacy Brings Home Three 2026 Academy of Country Music Radio Awards and Eight Country Aircheck Awards

Left to right: (StyckMan, Tim Roberts, Heather Froglear, Justin Cole and Marci Braun)

Audacy continues to set the standard for Country broadcasting, earning three Academy of Country Music (ACM) Radio Awards and eight Country Aircheck Awards. 

K-FROG Brand Manager and Host Heather Froglear, in Riverside, CA, and 99.7 The Wolf (WLFP-FM) in Memphis earned their first ACM wins. Mo & StyckMan, hosts on US-101 (WUSY-FM) in Chattanooga, TN, Big 98.5 (WRXL-HD2) in Richmond, VA, and 99.7 The Wolf (WLFP-FM) in Memphis, secured their third collective ACM win and StyckMan’s sixth overall. 

See the Audacy ACM Radio Awards winners below.

Large Market On-Air Personality of the Year

Heather Froglear

K-FROG 95.1 (KFRG-FM)

Riverside, CA

Medium Market On-Air Personality of the Year

Mo & StyckMan

US 101 (WUSY-FM)

Chattanooga, TN

Medium Market Radio Station of the Year 

99.7 The Wolf, (WLFP-FM)

Memphis, TN

See the Audacy Country Aircheck Awards winners below.

Large Market Station

US99 (WUSN-FM)

Chicago, IL

Small Market Station

US 101 FM (WUSY-FM)

Chattanooga, TN

Large Market Program Director 

Marci Braun

US99 (WUSN-FM)

Chicago, IL

Medium Market Program Director 

Heather Froglear

K-FROG (KFRG-FM)

Riverside, CA

Assistant Program Director

Chris Huff

100.3 The Bull (KILT-FM)

Houston, TX

Market Manager 

Sarah Frazier

100.3 The Bull (KILT-FM)

Houston, TX

Daily National Personality/Show

Rob Stone & Holly Hutton

“The Rob & Holly Show”

National Radio Programmer

Tim Roberts

Country Format Vice President

CRS/Country Aircheck Award winners were honored at the CRS ’26 New Faces Show at the Omni Nashville on March 20. 

The ACM Radio Awards celebrate Country radio personalities and stations that allow fans to connect with the genre’s current and rising stars. Winners will be honored during the 61st ACM Awards on May 17 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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