2025 CMB Award Finalists Announced

CMB has officially presented this year’s finalists for the CMB Special Awards and the CMB Station of the Year Awards.

Each of these awards will be presented on Friday, May 30 during the CMB Awards Dinner at Momentum. You can check out the full list of finalists right here. 

Special Award Finalists

INDUSTRY ACHIEVEMENT 

Fred & Paul Jacobs • Jacobs Media Strategies

Brian McIntyre • Executive Director, Olivet Nazarene University

Mike Prendergast • Owner, Mike Prendergast Consulting

Johnny Stone • Afternoon Co-Host, WGTS 91.9

Lisa Williams • Network Talent Coach, Northwestern Media

COMMUNITY SERVICE 

KLTY (Dallas/Ft. Worth)

UCB Radio (Canada)

WFSH (Atlanta)

WMIT (Charlotte)

WNFR (Flint)

RICH MULLINS ARTIST IMPACT
Jeremy Camp

Lauren Daigle

Natalie Grant

Newsboys

Phil Wickham

Station of the Year Finalists

SMALL MARKET 
KSLT (Rapid City)

KVNE (Tyler)

WCVK (Bowling Green)

WNFR (Flint)

WPHN (Cadillac-Traverse City)

MEDIUM MARKET
KDUV (Visalia-Tulare-Hanford)

WAFJ (Augusta)

WJTL (Lancaster)

WLCQ (Springfield)

WRVL (Roanoke-Lynchburg)

LARGE MARKET

KGBI (Omaha)

KNWI (Des Moines)

WAKW (Cincinnati)

WCVO (Columbus)

WLFJ (Greenville)

MAJOR MARKET 
KAWA (Dallas/Ft. Worth)

KFLR (Phoenix)

KLJY (St. Louis)

WFSH (Atlanta)

WGTS (Washington, D.C.)

CMB UNIVERSITY
Resound Radio
Cedarville University

The Lookout 91.7
College of the Ozarks

The Lifeline
Mount Vernon Nazarene University

The MEL

University of Northwestern

Forester Radio
Huntington University

RADIO PODCAST
More Than Small Talk • 90.9 KLRC

Anything But Quiet Time • KSBJ

Manly with Andy • KTIS

Wow God Stories • Northwestern Media

The Wally Show Podcast • WayFM