They are, in alphabetical order, Ann Arnold, Eddie Barker, Paul Berlin, Chuck Blore, Kent Burkhart, Al Caldwell, Ken Dowe, Chuck Dunaway, Tom Glade, Clint Formby, Steve Hicks, Jo Interrante, Audrey Malkan, Jim Phillips, the late Art Roberts and Bill Young.

Thank you very much from all of us for all that you do.

Now, I’ll ask board members Bill Young, Chuck Dunaway, Jo Interrante, our chairperson and Ann Arnold, our secretary to come forward. Tom Glade, our Vice Chairperson had to go to Washington this weekend and can’t be with us.

We have some special tokens of our appreciation for these outstanding radio folks. Without Chuck Dunaway and Bill Young, this evening would not have been made possible. All that you see and hear tonight is because of the work that they put into this project along with their wives, Kendall and Sharon. And let me say thank you to Kendall and Sharon for your assistance as well. Please give them a hand as well.

Our three officers of the Texas Radio Hall of Fame … We want to thank and provide a token of our appreciation to madam chairperson, Jo Interrante of ABC Radio, Vice-chairperson Tom Glade of Clear Channel in San Antonio and our Secretary Ann Arnold -- who is the executive director of the Texas Association of broadcasters.

Please give them a round of applause to thank them.

Texas is a big state. We knew when we were in the planning stages for the Texas Radio Hall of Fame that it would take at least 100 years for us to honor all of those who have made Texas the unique, legendary and colorful radio place that it is known to be and envied for being.

So, we decided to have a Hall of Fame as big as Texas by also establishing a Hall of Honor. We welcome and recognize those who are being instated into the Hall of Honor tonight, along with those who are being inducted into the Hall of Fame. Those members of the Hall of Honor remain highly eligible to be inducted into the Hall of Fame next year and in the coming years. Both the Hall of Fame and Hall of Honor complement each other. They are extensions of each other, like a big Texas house.

The Hall of Honor is a special recognition for those who have made both significant and notable contributions to radio in many different areas like programming, sales, management ownership, weather forecasting, engineering, sportscasting, news, talk and air personalities-DJ’s. In fact, because he brought so many diverse talents to Texas radio, we have a situation where a Hall of Fame inductee from last year is also being honored this year as well, by being instated into the Hall of Fame.

Each of you probably has your own list of people who you worked with -- or worked against in many cases. This year, the voting members and the board of directors have selected a little over 40 people that we are instating into the Hall of Honor. Earlier this month, we mailed their certificates to them.

Not all of the Hall of Honor recipients are with us tonight. But, we honor them in their absence. Those of you who are with us this evening, we would like to recognize you tonight by our applause and cheers – and whistles.

As I call your name, if you will, please rise and remain by your table so that we can see you. Ladies and gentleman, please hold your applause and cheers until all of our Hall of Honor recipients are standing or have been noted.

And so, we begin …

Gary Owens of Laugh-In fame worked at many Texas radio stations for Gordon McLendon during his younger years - before Hollywood called. I spoke with him last week and he told me to tell you thanks for being included and that he’ll be with us next year. And, by the way, so did a Premiere voting member of the Texas Radio Hall of Fame, George Carlin, another one-time Texas radio DJ from KXOL in Fort Worth who gave us the 7 words we used to not be able to say on the radio. He’s in New York this week. Sam Donaldson, now of Washington but formerly Texas radio, called to say he couldn’t be with us but asked me to convey his best wishes to you, and to tell you that he really appreciates us recognizing his halcyon days on El Paso and Dallas radio.

Ron McAlister Jenkins’ voice is one that you’ll recall hearing from his mobile news unit as the JFK motorcade sped toward Parkland Hospital that November day in Dallas. Engineer John L. Smith -- Johnny Smith to those of us who know him well, of Fort Worth. Engineer, programmer and on-air personality Bruce Miller Earle now of Wimberly, Texas but who still engineers in San Antonio and parts unknown.

Claude Hall, who grew up and worked on the air in Brady, Texas before becoming the man who you know as the Vox Jox columnist for Billboard magazine in the 60’s and 70’s. There’s the late J.C. Stallings of East Texas as well as Dana Adams. The fellow they call the Fly Jock, Tom Joyner. Michael O’Shea, best remembered for his KLIF days as "your good friend, Michael O’Shea," who’s just started All Comedy Radio. Sportscaster legends Blackie Sherrod, Dale Hansen of Dallas Cowboys play by play and Milo Hamilton a Houston sportcasting extraordinare.

The late velvet voiced, debonair Hugh Lampman of Dallas’s KVIL. KFJZ and Texas State Network’s great newsman, John Moncrief. Dave Morris who many of you worked with, loved and respected in Houston at KNUZ. Charlie Payne the great general manager of KLIF who went on to become a station owner himself and who has written a book called "Feedback. Echoes from My Life in Radio." He’s now working on some audiotapes that should be out in time for the holidays. One of East Texas’ greatest, Buzz Long, whose list of accomplishments and ratings feats are the envied but seldom duplicated.

Ben Laurie, the Pride of the Alamo and many stations in Dallas and Fort Worth who now is an outstanding traffic reporter in Dallas. The funny and famous Dave Jarrott of Austin who also worked with Jack Murray Auldridge as a "Jack and Jarrott" team member at KXOL in Fort Worth.

John Tyler who was a station manager and owner and later a co-founder of the first of its kind Satellite Music Network which became ABC Radio’s operation in Dallas. Bob Bruton of KXOL fame and a pioneer voice in Satellite radio at Satellite Music Network. Weather forecasters David Finfrock of WBAP radio and KXAS TV who couldn’t be with us tonight because he’s working, and another long time weathercaster and gentleman, Warren Culbertson of Dallas -- one of the most recognizable weather voices in the state.

One of the Panhandle’s greatest, Clint Formby of Hereford, Texas who has served on many broadcasting boards and has been honored many times by the Texas Association of Broadcasters, was chairman of the board of regents for Texas Tech University, a radio and Cable owner -- and who just completed setting a record for consecutive talk shows on KPAN in Hereford, a radio station that he also owns. He’s also a founding board member of our Texas Radio Hall of Fame.

Another Texas Radio Hall of Fame founding board member and now a member of the Hall of Honor is Al Caldwell of Beaumont. Al is a living legend. Wherever you travel, if you say you’re from Texas, people will ask, "Do you know Al Caldwell?"

We want to give a special "howdy" to Infinity Houston radio’s Laura Morris, a fine leader who does such a superb job of taking care of the KILT twins and more. There’s Michael Spears, lately with KRLD 1080, who now syndicates radio shows. He was instrumental in helping to make and keep KLIF 1190, KNUS 99 and K104 number one stations. Another Dallas professional, Ron Chapman, a 2002 Texas Radio Hall of Fame inductee is being instated into the "Hall of Honor" for his past and present programming skills.

We also are here to honor Ricci Ware and Carl Wiglesworth of San Antonio.  Both are outstanding radio personalities who are still at KTSA.

Then there are the great teams of Charlies and Harrigans of KLIF. Probably no team radio show in the Dallas-Fort Worth area had more of an influence on my own and so many other’s radio careers than these people. Their shows were truly wonderful theatre of the mind shows with their cast of characters like Mac the Unemployed Joke Teller, Herman Wurlitzer and others.

Some of those team members are with us tonight. They include Jack Auldridge who’s now a station owner with his wife Beth in San Angelo, Dan Patrick McCurdy who also lives in San Angelo and helps oversee a vast network of convenience stores. Brice Armstrong who now lives in Waco and is a voice that’s been heard on so many commercials as well as his history at WRR and KLIF. The original Charlie and Harrigan were Ron Chapman and Jack Woods.

There is Paul Menard. Paul is with us tonight. He and Jack Woods worked in Dallas and then became Jack and Paul -- lately of San Diego. I think Jack Woods may have summed it up best in the message that he sent and I will read.

" ... During my broadcasting career, which started in September 1958, I had the opportunity to work upon four occasions in the great state of Texas. I have always believed the finest radio work in the world has been, and is being, done in the Lone Star State and I cherish my time spent working in the shadows of some of the most important and innovative broadcasters ever in the business. I am thrilled to be recognized and accepted by the members of "The Hall" as having contributed in some way to the industry we have all served and loved."

Well said, Jack. Well said.

There they are. Ladies and gentlemen, we proudly present to you the 2003 Texas Radio Hall of Fame "Hall of Honor" instatees!

Remarks by Larry Shannon