September 3, 2003
News Release
For Immediate Release
Contact: Larry Shannon
larry@texasradiohalloffame.com
The Texas Radio Hall of Fame
announces the names of
the inductees who will be honored in Houston on Saturday, October 18th at
the Adam's Mark Hotel
Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas, September
3, 2003 –
The Texas
Radio Hall of Fame, (www.texasradiohalloffame.com),
announced today the
names of the individuals who will be honored at the Texas Radio Hall of
Fame 2003 Induction Celebration in Houston on Saturday, October 18.
The list of those who will be honored reads like a who's who of Texas
broadcasting. Most are well-known throughout the United States and
around the world as well.
The location of the event will
be the Adam's Mark Hotel, 2900 Briarpark Drive at Westheimer (click
here for a map). Last year’s induction event,
the TRHoF's first, was
held in Fort Worth and attended by well over
300 celebrants.
More are expected to attend the celebration event this year.
The
2003 TRHoF Induction Celebration in Houston is expected to be an early sold-out
event, and those who wish to attend are urged to purchase their tickets soon.
Last year's induction celebration sold out weeks in advance of the day of the
event.
A complete list of the 2003 inductees is available below
(scroll down) and
online at
www.trhof.com
or www.texasradiohalloffame.com
Biographies of this year's inductees will be available soon on the Web site.
The TRHoF board of elected officers are Ms. Jo Interrante of
Dallas (chairperson), Mr. Tom Glade of San Antonio (vice chairperson), Mrs. Ann
Arnold of Austin (secretary) and Mr. Larry Shannon (treasurer and executive
director). In addition, the board members are Chuck Dunaway, Ken Dowe, Chuck
Blore, Al Caldwell, Paul Berlin, Clint Formby, Eddie Barker, Kent Burkhart,
Audrey Malkan, Steve Hicks, Jim Phillips, Larry Shannon and Bill Young.
Their biographies are available online at www.texasradiohalloffame.com/newsreleasenov13.html
Radio broadcasters, both living and deceased, who are
currently or were employed in Texas at some time
during their broadcast careers are eligible for induction into the Texas
Radio Hall of Fame. Categories for induction include Air Personality (DJ), Talk
Show personality, Newsperson, Sportscaster, Weathercaster, Station Owner,
Station Manager, Sales Manager,
Programmer and Engineer.
Each card-carrying TRHoF
voting member
may nominate potential
inductees within the various
categories. Once the nominating ballots have
been received, verified and approved, the members vote for their choices by
mailed-in, secret paper ballot. Inductees are announced as soon as the votes are
tabulated, the inductees are verified and approved by the board of directors,
usually in early September.
Texas Radio Hall of Fame voting memberships are available to
anyone who has an interest in radio; Those living in Texas a nd
those who are not fortunate enough to
currently reside in the Kingdom of Texas.
The Voting Membership fee is $15. Memberships
may be purchased online via secure credit card transaction or
by check at www.texasradiohalloffame.com/inductionspecial.html
Voting members receive a wallet-sized
membership card and a certificate of membership (suitable for framing and
display) bearing their name and membership number.
Members are updated on
TRHoF activities through the www.texasradiohalloffame.com
Web site, e-mail and newsletters.
More information is available at www.texasradiohalloffame.com.
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"2003
Texas Radio Hall of Fame Inductees"
(Listed in
alphabetical order)
The Texas Radio
Hall of Fame Induction Celebration will be held at the Adam's Mark
Hotel in Houston, Saturday evening, October 18
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Air
Personality-DJ
Joe Ford
* Hudson and Harrigan
Wolfman Jack
Barry Kaye
Russ Knight
(The
Weird Beard)
Jim Lowe
Engineer
Dan Woodard
Talk
Show Host
Mark Davis
Neil Sperry
* * The
individuals who were and are members of the "Hudson and Harrigan"
teams will be honored. They include Randy Hames, Fred Kennedy, Mac
Hudson Roach, Paul
Menard, Beau Weaver, Tommy Kramer, Mike Scott, Jack Mayberry Mark
Stevens and Jim Pruett.
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News
Person
Jim Carola
Joe Long
Dan Lovett
Dan Rather
General
Manager
Jerry Bobo
Al Lurie
Bill Weaver
John Barger
Programming
Chuck Dunaway
Don Keyes
Sonny Melendrez
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Station
Owner
Audrey and Arnold Malkan
Lowry Mays
Jim Phillips
Rusty Reynolds
McHenry T. "Mac" Tichenor, Jr.
Sportscaster
Verne Lundquist
Gene Elston
Sales
Manager
Ray Menefee
Bob Presley
Stan Webb
Weathercaster
Dale Milford
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The
board of directors recognizes the following individuals for their
significant,
notable and substantial contributions to Texas radio by presenting
each with the
"2003
Hall of Honor Award"
(Listed in
alphabetical order)
"Hall of Honor
Award" recipients remain eligible to be future candidates for
induction into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame
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Dana
Adams
Dan Bennett
Neal Boortz
Chuck Boyles
Ed Brandon
Bob Bruton
Al Caldwell
* Charlie and Harrigan
Errol Coker
Glenn Cook
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Warren
Culbertson
Sam Donaldson
Bruce Miller Earle
David Finfrock
Clint Formby
Claude Hall
Milo Hamilton
Dale Hansen
Dave
Jarrott
Tom Joyner
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Hugh Lampman
Ben Laurie
Buzz Long
Ron McAlister (Jenkins)
John Moncrief
Dave Morris
Laura
Morris
Michael O'Shea
Gary Owens |
Charles Payne
Blackie Sherrod
John L. Smith
Michael Spears
J.C. Stallings
John Tyler
Ricci Ware
Carl Wiglesworth |
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* The
individuals who were members of the "Charlie and Harrigan"
teams will be honored. They include Jack Woods, Ron
Chapman, Jack Auldridge, Dan McCurdy, Paul Menard and Brice
Armstrong. .
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