WASHINGTON, D.C. – The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) announced the finalists for the 2023 NAB Marconi Radio Awards.
Winners will be announced October 25, 2023 at the Marconi Radio Awards Dinner.
Established in 1989 and named after inventor and Nobel Prize winner Guglielmo Marconi, the NAB Marconi Radio Awards are given to radio stations and outstanding on-air personalities to recognize excellence in radio.
HERE IS THE FULL LIST OF FINALISTS
Here are categories with Texas stations:
NETWORK/SYNDICATED PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR
Enrique Santos, WZTU-FM Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
Erica Campbell, Reach Media, Dallas, Texas
George Noory, Premiere Radio Networks, Inc., Sherman Oaks, Calif.
Katie Neal, Audacy, Nashville, Tenn.
Rich Eisen, Westwood One, Los Angeles, Calif.
MAJOR MARKET PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR
Boomer Esiason and Gregg Giannotti, WFAN-FM, New York, N.Y.
George Dunham, Craig Miller and Gordon Keith, KTCK-AM, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas
Jason Pullman, KPLX-FM, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas
Lin Brehmer, WXRT-FM, Chicago, Ill.
Mark "Hawkeye" Lewis and Michelle Rodriguez , KSCS-FM, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas
LARGE MARKET PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR
Billy Madison , KISS-FM, San Antonio, Texas
Chris Carr, Kia Becht and Sam Sansevere, KEEY-FM, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.
Dave Ryan with Falen, Jenny and Drake, KDWB-FM, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.
Lincoln Ware, WDBZ-AM, Cincinnati, Ohio
Paul Castronovo, WBGG-FM, Miami-Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
MAJOR MARKET STATION OF THE YEAR
KSCS-FM, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas
WALR-FM, Atlanta, Ga.
WINS-FM, New York, N.Y.
WLTW-FM, New York, N.Y.
WWPR-FM, New York, N.Y.
AC STATION OF THE YEAR
KBIG-FM, Los Angeles, Calif.
KODA-FM, Houston, Texas
KOIT-FM, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, Calif.
WALK-FM, New York, N.Y.
WEZN-FM, New York, N.Y.
CHR STATION OF THE YEAR
KMVQ-FM, San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, Calif.
KNDE-FM, Waco-Temple-Bryan, Texas
WAPE-FM, Jacksonville, Fla.
WHTZ-FM, New York, N.Y.
WWPW-FM, Atlanta, Ga.
CLASSIC HITS STATION OF THE YEAR
KJEB-FM, Seattle-Tacoma, Wash.
KONO-FM, San Antonio, Texas
KRTH-FM, Los Angeles, Calif.
WAXQ-FM, New York, N.Y.
WSRV-FM, Atlanta, Ga.
RELIGIOUS STATION OF THE YEAR
KLTY-FM, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas
WLCC-AM, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Sarasota, Fla.
WMIT-FM, Greenville-Spartanburg, S.C.-Asheville, N.C.
WNNL-FM, Raleigh-Durham, N.C.
WPRS-FM, Washington, D.C.
ROCK STATION OF THE YEAR
KGLK-FM, Houston, Texas
WIYY-FM, Baltimore, Md.
WMMR-FM, Philadelphia, Pa.
WPLR-FM, Hartford-New Haven, Conn.
WXTB-FM, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Sarasota, Fla.
SPANISH LANGUAGE STATION OF THE YEAR
KLOL-FM, Houston, Texas
WLKQ-FM, Atlanta, Ga.
WLZL-FM, Washington, D.C.
WRUM-FM, Orlando-Daytona Beach-Melbourne, Fla.
WYUU-FM, Tampa-St. Petersburg-Sarasota, Fla.
SPORTS STATION OF THE YEAR
KFXN-FM, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.
KTCK-AM, Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas
WBZ-FM, Boston, Mass.
WFAN-FM, New York, N.Y.
WJFK-FM, Washington, D.C.
