5 Inducted Into Georgia Radio Hall of Fame

Georgia Radio Hall of Fame organizer John Long, Sean Hannity and Hannity's former WGST boss Eric Seidel. CREDIT: Mark Arum

A cavalcade of Atlanta radio vets were inducted into the Georgia Radio Hall of Fame Saturday night.

Among those who entered the hall were Majic 107.5/97.5 host Silas “SiMan” Alexander, Classic 102.9 host Mitch Faulkner, retired WGST/WABE host Denis O’Hayer, former Star 94.1 newsman Rob Stadler, former 96rock and Eagle host Steve Mitchell, former 96rock jockJeff Winter and Cox Media Group D.C. veteran radio reporter Jamie Dupree.

Eric Seidel - who discovered both Clark Howard and Sean Hannity while running WGST in the 1990s - was also inducted, along with Bob Neil, who ran Cox’s radio operations for many years before retiring in 2011.

Rodney Ho at ajc.com has the story.