Thursday, September 07, 2006

KXKT Up For Two CMA Broadcast Awards

KXKT LogoOmaha station KXKT (103.7 FM) is in the running for a pair of Country Music Awards.

Nominated in the "Broadcast Personality of the Year" in the medium market category is The Kat's morning show crew of Steve Lundy, Gina Melton and Craig Underhill. KXKT has also been nominated in the medium market category for "Station of the Year," along with KUZZ (Bakersfield, Calif.), WBBS (Syracuse, N.Y.), WIVK (Knoxville, Tenn.) and WSSL (Greenville, S.C.

Five finalists are selected for Broadcast Personality of the Year and Station of the Year 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.

The winners will be publicly announced during "The 40th Annual CMA Awards," which will be broadcast live on Nov. 6 on ABC stations, including Omaha's KETV (Cox Channel 9) and KLKN in Lincoln.

1 comment:

Hosh said...

That's impressive. The competition must be pretty sparse, especially concerning on-air personalities.
I personally like the format of US93.3 better, but I'm old school. A lot of the new country is too pop.