Honored also during the two-hour ceremony were broadcasting executives and/or on-air personalities Dale Carter, Barry Kent, Lee Rogers, Charlie Cook, Bill Payne and the late Dene Hallam, all of whom were inducted into the Country Radio Hall of Fame. Joe Galante, former head of Sony Music Nashville and the man who signed the Judds to their first contract with RCA Records, was presented the CRB's President's Award.
Still flirtatious and wisecracking, Naomi Judd and her daughter, Wynonna, took the stage to accept their award and recall their long and fruitful association with radio figures.
"Our whole lives have been about friendships," said Naomi, who noted she was "38 years old with two scared kids" when she came to RCA in 1983. That year also marked the release of the Judds first single, "Had a Dream (For the Heart)."
Between then and 1991, when Naomi withdrew from performing because of illness, the Judds scored 14 No. 1 singles, won four Grammys and sold millions of albums. They also became a top touring act.
"I've known about everybody in this room since I was 18 years old," said Wynonna.
"You all literally allowed her to fulfill her destiny," Naomi chimed in.
"One of my goals this year," continued Wynonna, who recorded and toured as a solo act after Naomi's first retirement, "is to get back on country radio."
Since Naomi's recovery from hepatitis C, she and Wynonna have reunited to tour intermittently. They are currently on their Last Encore tour.
In years past, prominent artists serenaded the career achievement winners with a medley of their hits. But there was no live music at this year's ceremony.
Galante, who spent 39 years -- from 1971 until 2010 -- with RCA Records and its successors, was cited for his "significant contributions to Country Radio Seminar."
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