Each week, a charted country star joins Lon Helton to count down the week\u2019s Top 30.\u00a0 Lon is a Nashville insider, well known by the stars.\u00a0 They tell funny, unrehearsed stories about their friends.\u00a0 The show is recorded live each week on Nashville\u2019s historic Music Row.<\/p>\n
Lon Helton has been host of Country Countdown USA since its inception in 1992.\u00a0 He is Publisher of Country Aircheck, an industry trade magazine.\u00a0 He is also Editor of the Mediabase Country Chart, which is used in this show.\u00a0 Lon\u2019s country radio career began in 1971.\u00a0 He spent 12 years as both personality and programmer in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Denver.\u00a0 He spent 20 years as Country Editor of Radio & Records before founding Country Aircheck.\u00a0 Lon is a member of the Board of Directors of the Country Music Association, the National Corvette Museum, and the Country Music Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n
Lon was named CMA National Personality of the Year in 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2021, and 2023.\u00a0 In 2009, 2012, 2014, 2016, and 2018, he won that honor from the Academy of Country Music.\u00a0 Lon was inducted into the Country Radio DJ Hall of Fame in 2006.\u00a0 In November 2022, Lon was inducted in the National Radio Hall of Fame. He\u2019s hosted numerous radio specials, and is country radio\u2019s best known star interviewer.<\/p>\n