The 24 nominations in six categories were determined by the organization’s steering committee. Four of those categories will be voted on by a voting participant panel comprised of 400 industry professionals.
For the first time in five years, NRHOF Chairman Kraig T. Kitchin has reinstituted national public engagement through social media balloting for eight nominations in two categories – Music Format On-Air Personality and Spoken Word On-Air Personality.Kitchin comments,
“This impressive list of nominees represents the best examples of talent with commendable audience relationships past and present. Each individual and show was selected after extensive deliberationby the steering committee. We’re all looking forward to seeing the results as determined by our industry peers and listeners nationwide.”
Inductees will be announced August 31. The induction ceremony will be held Thursday, November 5 at the Museum of Broadcast and Communications in downtown Chicago.
NOMINEES TO BE VOTED ON BY VOTING PARTICIPANT PANEL:
Longstanding Local/Regional (20 years or more)
Tom Barnard, Minneapolis
Johnny Dare, Kansas City
Johnny Holliday, Washington, D.C.
Ronn Owens, San Francisco
Active Local/Regional (10 years or more)
Big Boy (Kurt Alexander), Los Angeles
Preston Elliot and Steve Morrison, Philadelphia
Eric Ferguson and Kathy Hart, Chicago
Garland Robinette, New Orleans
Networks/Syndication (10 years or more)
Tom Kent, Cleveland
Dave Ramsey, Nashville
Diane Rehm, Washington, D.C.
Michael Savage, San Francisco
Longstanding Network/Syndication (20 years or more)
Bob Kevoian & Tom Griswold, Indianapolis
Bob Kingsley, WeatherfordMarketplace Los Angeles
Harry Shearer, Los Angeles
NOMINEES TO BE VOTED ON BY LISTENERS NATIONWIDE:
Music Format On-Air Personality
Delilah, Seattle
Elvis Duran, New York
Steve Harvey, Atlanta
Ryan Seacrest, Los Angeles
Spoken Word On-Air Personality
Sean Hannity, New York
Clark Howard, Atlanta
Jim Rome, Los Angeles
Dr. Laura Schlessinger, Los Angeles
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