The NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame is a yearly honor from the
National Association of Broadcasters. One inductee from radio and one from television are named at the yearly NAB conference.
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Radio
For a list of award winners, see footnote[
* 1977: ]Jack Benny
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, Fred Allen
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, Lowell Thomas, Edward R. Murrow
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, Milton Cross
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, David Sarnoff, Ted Husing
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Overview
Early life and caree ...
, Edwin Armstrong, Herbert Hoover, Gene Autry, Freeman Gosden, Charles Correll, Bob Hope, Graham McNamee
* 1978: Arthur Godfrey, Jim Jordan (actor), Jim Jordan, Marian Driscoll Jordan, Marian Jordan, Walter Winchell, Guglielmo Marconi
* 1979: Paul Harvey, Orson Welles
* 1980: Bing Crosby, George Burns
* 1981: Ronald Reagan, Kate Smith
* 1982: Edgar Bergen, Don McNeill (performer), Don McNeill
* 1983: Chester Lauck, Norris Goff, Benny Goodman
* 1984: Red Skelton, Bob and Ray, Bob Elliot, Bob and Ray, Ray Goulding
* 1985: Casey Kasem, Fred Palmer
* 1986: Mel Allen, Earl Nightingale
* 1987: Robert Trout, Gordon McLendon, Todd Storz
* 1988: Roy Acuff, William B. Williams (DJ), William B. Williams
* 1989: Red Barber, Nathan Safir
* 1990: Charles Osgood, Hal Jackson
* 1991: Douglas Edwards
* 1992: Larry King
* 1993: ''Grand Ole Opry''
* 1994: Harry Caray
* 1995: Gary Owens
* 1996: Don Imus
* 1997: Wally Phillips
* 1998: Rush Limbaugh
* 1999: Wolfman Jack
* 2000: Tom Joyner
* 2001: Bruce Morrow
* 2002: Dick Orkin
* 2003: Scott Shannon
* 2004: Mormon Tabernacle Choir, ''Music and the Spoken Word''
* 2005: Jack Buck
* 2006: Dick Purtan
* 2007: Rick Dees
* 2008: Larry Lujack
* 2009: Vin Scully
* 2010: Ron Chapman
* 2011: Gerry House[
* 2012: Bob Uecker
* 2013: Dave Ramsey]
Television
For list of award winners, see footnote[
* 1977: William S. Paley
* 1988: Lucille Ball and Milton Berle
* 1989: Sid Caesar and Ernie Kovacs
* 1990: ''The Honeymooners'', Sylvester L. Weaver
* 1991: Jerry Lewis
* 1992: ''Star Trek''
* 1993: ''60 Minutes''
* 1994: Roone Arledge
* 1995: Carol Burnett
* 1996: ''M*A*S*H (TV series), M*A*S*H''
* 1997: ''Today (NBC program), The Today Show''
* 1998: Bob Keeshan
* 1999: ''All in the Family''
* 2000: ''Saturday Night Live''
* 2001: Ted Koppel
* 2002: ''Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In''
* 2003: ''Walt Disney anthology television series, The Wonderful World of Disney''
* 2004: Roger King (producer), Roger King
* 2005: ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno''
* 2006: Regis Philbin
* 2007: ''Meet the Press''
* 2008: Bob Barker
* 2009: Bob Newhart
* 2010: NBC Sports
* 2011: The Carsey-Werner Company, Carsey Werner Company]
See also
*Television Hall of Fame
*National Radio Hall of Fame
*National Sports Media Association Hall of Fame (including sportscasters)
References
External links
NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame
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American broadcasters, *
Mass media museums in the United States
Science and technology halls of fame
Halls of fame in Washington, D.C., Broadcasters
Awards established in 1977
National Association of Broadcasters, Hall of Fame
1977 establishments in Washington, D.C.