Three Cumulus Media Personalities Honored With 2025 Gracie Awards for Outstanding Programming By, For, and About Women
ATLANTA, GA – March 27, 2025 — Cumulus Media (NASDAQ:CMLS) announces that the Alliance for Women in Media Foundation will honor three Cumulus Media on-air personalities with 2025 Gracie Awards. The Gracies recognize individuals and content creators who amplify women’s voices and achievements across broadcast, streaming, and digital media. The 50th Annual Gracie Awards honors figures across genres who continue to shape the industry while reflecting on five decades of progress.
Honorees are selected in national, local, and student categories, including both commercial and non-commercial outlets in entertainment and news.
Cumulus Media on-air personalities who have been honored with 2025 Gracie Awards are:
Radio – National Winner
- Kristin Klingshirn, On-Air Co-Host for Westwood One’s The Bert Show, heard on 20 stations including Cumulus Media’s Q99.7/WWWQ-FM in Atlanta, has won a 2025 Gracie Award for Co-Host – Nationally Syndicated Commercial. The Bert Show is nationally syndicated by Cumulus Media’s Westwood One.
Radio – Local Winners
- Christina Musson, On-Air Co-Host for Cumulus Media’s KMJ-AM 580/105.9 KMJ-FM in Fresno, CA, has won a 2025 Gracie Award for Co-Host – Talk/Personality – Small/Medium Market. This is Musson’s third consecutive Gracie Award.
- Deborah Honeycutt, On-Air Co-Host for Deb & Matt in the Morning on Cumulus Media’s 95.5 WFMS-FM in Indianapolis, IN, has won a 2025 Gracie Award for Co-Host – Music DJ/Personality – Large Market. This is Honeycutt’s second Gracies win.
National award winners will be honored at the Gracie Awards Gala on May 20, 2025, at the Beverly Wilshire, a Four Seasons Hotel in Los Angeles. The Gracie Awards Gala will be hosted by actress, comedian, and podcaster, Fortune Feimster. Local and student award recipients will be recognized at the Gracie Awards Luncheon on June 18, 2025, at Cipriani’s in New York City.
For more information and a complete list of 2025 Gracie Award winners, visit: https://allwomeninmedia.org/awmfoundation-announces-winners-of-50th-annual-gracie-awards/.
About Cumulus Media
Cumulus Media (NASDAQ: CMLS) is an audio-first media company delivering premium content to a quarter billion people every month — wherever and whenever they want it. Cumulus Media engages listeners with high-quality local programming through 400 owned-and-operated radio stations across 84 markets; delivers nationally-syndicated sports, news, talk, and entertainment programming from iconic brands including the NFL, the NCAA, the Masters, Infinity Sports Network, AP News, the Academy of Country Music Awards, and many other world-class partners across more than 9,500 affiliated stations through Westwood One, the largest audio network in America; and inspires listeners through the Cumulus Podcast Network, its rapidly growing network of original podcasts that are smart, entertaining and thought-provoking. Cumulus Media provides advertisers with personal connections, local impact and national reach through broadcast and on-demand digital, mobile, social, and voice-activated platforms, as well as integrated digital marketing services, powerful influencers, full-service audio solutions, industry-leading research and insights, and live event experiences. For more information visit www.cumulusmedia.com.
Contact: Lisa Dollinger, Dollinger Strategic Communication for Cumulus Media, 512.633.4084, lisa@dollcomm.com.