16th Annual T3R Texas Music & Radio Awards and Future Faces Show 2026 -- Sunday, March 22 and Monday, March 23, 2026, at 7 p.m. CST

Also being recognized are three new national partnerships that Texas Regional Radio Music Association has gained this year: Chip Ganassi Racing, The Medal of Honor Museum and American Hat Company.

Texas singer/songwriter Radney Foster first gained attention as half of the duo Foster & Lloyd (who, with “Crazy Over You” became the first duo in history to top the Country charts with their debut single), and established himself as a solo artist in the early 90’s with his critically acclaimed release Del Rio, Texas 1959. Foster has written eight number one hit singles, including his own “Nobody Wins,” and “Crazy Over You” with duo Foster & Lloyd. His discography contains countless cuts by artists ranging anywhere from country (Keith Urban, The Chicks, Brooks and Dunn, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) to contemporary (Marc Broussard, Hootie & The Blowfish, Kenny Loggins, Los Lonely Boys, George Benson) and his songs have sold 50 million copies worldwide. He was recently inducted into the Texas Heritage Songwriters Hall of Fame.

Female Vocalist of the Decade, Bri Bagwell, along with Josh Weathers, Kylie Frey, Billie Jo, Sundance Head and more will perform on Texas Music’s Biggest Night. The show will be hosted by radio veteran, 95.9 Austin’s Texas Country, Eric Raines and co-hosted by Eric's former partner in crime Rita Ballou of KOKE-FM.

The T3R Texas Music & Radio live music awards show will feature the biggest Texas country stars and radio personalities from all over the nation, with many of today's stars and up and coming hot talent expected to attend. This year there will be filming for TV with multiple stages active throughout the night. Hank-FM personality Erin Wilde will be hosting the talent on the stage at Troy's which is also inside Texas Live!

The T3R Texas Regional Radio Awards show weekend kicks off Sunday, March 22nd at 7 p.m as the T3R Texas Regional Radio’s Future Faces Show begins in the PBR Cowboy Bar inside Texas Live!. The Future Faces artists of 2026 include Adysen Malek, America Allen, Austin Dixon, Bubba Westly, Caleb Sutton, Delaney Ann, Roland Whitt and Sheila Marshall. The Future Faces show will be followed by a performance by Love & Chaos. The Future Faces winner of the night will perform at the awards show the following night.

The final nominees and winners are selected through three rounds of fan voting. More than 65,000 votes were cast in the third round alone this year.

Many of today's biggest stars credit the T3R with where it all began for them....Cody Johnson, Parker McCollum, Randall King, William Beckmann and more.

The Texas Regional Radio Report and T3R Texas Music Radio Awards are the only state recognized Texas music chart and Texas Music Awards Show as proclaimed in 2019 by Gov. Abbott, the Texas House of Representatives, State Representative Matt Krause District 93 and Congressman Ron Wright, 6 th District House of Representatives – Washington, DC.

Additional information may be viewed on https://trrma.net.