ON-AIR PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR
This award is presented to an outstanding country music on-air radio personality, selected by a panel of Blue Ribbon Judges. A demonstration of the disc jockey/personality's on-air presentation of a maximum length of 10 (ten) minutes must be uploaded to the ACM voting site along with their dayparts market share/ratings information for the submissions period of January 1st to December 11th, the nominee’s community service, industry involvement, charitable contributions, etc. All entries become the property of the ACM. A panel of Blue Ribbon Judges, approved by the Board of Directors, shall give consideration to ratings, community service, industry involvement, entertainment and professionalism of the demo tape in determining the top 5 (five) nominees for the ballot. Only submissions from radio professionals with current Academy of Country Music memberships will be accepted. The winner from the previous year is ineligible for a consecutive nomination in this category. The winner will be notified in advance of the Academy of Country Music Awards so they may make arrangements to be in attendance for the presentation of the award.

Entries will be judged using market size consideration based on Arbitron markets: 1-25 Major, 26-50 Large, 51-100 Medium, and 101+ Small.
NATIONAL ON-AIR PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR
This award is presented to an outstanding national country music on-air radio personality, selected by a panel of Blue Ribbon Judges. National on-air personality entrants must provide information showing that they air on a minimum of 10 (ten) markets with a minimum of 36 shows airing in the submissions period of January 1st to December 11th. A demonstration of the disc jockey/personality's on-air presentation of a maximum length of 10 (ten) minutes must be uploaded to the ACM voting site along with a description of any industry involvement. All entries become the property of the ACM. A panel of Blue Ribbon Judges, approved by the Board of Directors, shall give consideration to industry involvement, entertainment and professionalism of the demo tape in determining the top 5 (five) nominees for the ballot. Only submissions from radio professionals with current Academy of Country Music memberships will be accepted. The winner from the previous year is ineligible for a consecutive nomination in this category. The winner will be notified in advance of the Academy of Country Music Awards so they may make arrangements to be in attendance for the presentation of the award.
RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR
This award is presented to an outstanding country music radio station, selected by a panel of Blue Ribbon Judges. The radio station will upload a 15 minute (maximum length) composite demonstration of the station’s on-air presentation to the ACM voting site along with description of the radio station’s best attributes including market share/ratings information for the submissions period of January 1st to December 11th, community service, industry involvement, charitable contributions, etc. All entries become the property of the ACM. A panel of Blue Ribbon Judges, approved by the Board of Directors, shall give consideration to ratings, community service, industry involvement, entertainment and professionalism of the demo tape in determining the top 5 (five) nominees for the ballot. Only submissions from radio professionals with current Academy of Country Music memberships will be accepted. The winner from the previous year is ineligible for a consecutive nomination in this category. The winner will be notified in advance of the Academy of Country Music Awards so they may make arrangements to be in attendance for the presentation of the award.

Entries will be judged using market size consideration based on Arbitron markets: 1-25 Major, 26-50 Large, 51-100 Medium, and 101+ Small.

*Radio award dates change annually due to the voting timeline.