GMA Announces 2009 Radio Station Of The Year Finalists

Nashville, Tenn. - The Gospel Music Association (GMA) has announced the finalists for the 2009 GMA/Christian Music Broadcasters (CMB) Radio Station of the Year contest.

The radio station awards are designed to publicly acknowledge those Christian radio stations that meet the highest standards of quality and have the strongest impact on their listening areas.   Awards are given to major, large, medium and small market stations.  The winners in each market category will be determined by a panel of judges who review the following areas - community involvement, ratings, air-check and industry leadership.

Major Market

KCMS - Seattle/Tacoma, Wash. - Stan Mak, Station Manager

KTIS – Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minn. – David Fitts, Station Manager

WPOZ – Orlando, Fla. – Dean O'Neal, Station Manager

Large Market*

WDJC – Birmingham, Ala. – Laura Scotti, Station Manager

WMHK – Columbia, S.C. – John Owens, Station Manager

Medium Market*

KKCM – Tulsa, Okla. – Dan Lawrie, Station Manager

WRCM – Charlotte/Gastonia/Rock Hill, N.C./S.C. – Joe Paulo, Station Manager

Small Market

KGCB – Flagstaff/Prescott, Ariz. – Stephen R. White, Station Manager

WCVK – Bowling Green, Ky. – Mike Wilson, Station Manager

WLAB – Fort Wayne, Ind. – Melissa Montana, Station Manager

* Due to the number of qualified entries, the Large Market and Medium Market categories only have two finalists.

GMA will notify the winners before the 40th Annual GMA Dove Awards on April 23, 2009.  The winners will be acknowledged during the GMA Dove Awards' broadcast.  The GMA Dove Awards are the culminating event for GMA Music Week 2009, which will be held at various locations in downtown Nashville from April 18-22, 2009 and include radio specific programming through the Christian Music Broadcasters (CMB).  Registration information for GMA Music Week can be found at www.gospelmusic.org/events/summaryDetail.aspx?aid=9&pid=33 .

The 2008 winners were KLRC – Fayetteville, Ark. for Small Market;  KTSY – Boise, Id. for Medium Market;  WPOZ – Orlando, Fla. for Large Market and KSBJ – Houston for Major Market.