Meet Your 2018 Radio HOF Nominees!
• Voting for the National Radio Hall of Fame Class of 2018 begins today! The 24 nominees in six categories were determined by the organization’s Nominating Committee. Four of those categories will be selected by a voting panel comprised of nearly 1,000 industry pros, and the other two categories will be voted on by the public. Industry voters will receive confidential ballots from the online voting service, Votem, which is also used by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and the votes will be tallied by certified public accounting firm of Miller Kaplan Arase, LLP.
• Nominees To Be Voted On By Industry Voting Panel:
Active Local/Regional (10 years or more): Jonathon Brandmeier, Chicago; Jim Harper and The Breakfast Club, Detroit; Preston and Steve (Preston Elliot and Steve Morrison), Philadelphia; Bob Rivers, Seattle.
Longstanding Local/Regional (20 years or more): Mike Francesa, New York; Johnny Holliday, Washington, DC; Jim Kerr, New York; Charles Laquidara, Boston.
Active Network/Syndication (10 years or more): Nanci Donnellan, The Fabulous Sports Babe; Kim Komando, The Kim Komando Show; Marketplace; Mike Golicand Mike Greenberg, Mike & Mike.
Longstanding Network/Syndication (20 years or more): John Garabedian, Open House Party; Walt “Baby” Love, Gospel Traxx; Dr. Laura Schlessinger, The Dr. Laura Program; Robert Siegel, All Things Considered.
• Nominees To Be Voted On By Listeners (starting June 4):
Music Format On-Air Personality: Ellen K, Kid Kelly, Angie Martinez, John Tesh.
Spoken Word On-Air Personality: Mark Levin, Joe Madison,George Noory, Jim Rome.
National Radio Hall of Fame Chairman Kraig Kitchin said, “I personally appreciate the challenging task that our Nominating Committee accepts each year to officially nominate talent from an infinite list of deserving individuals. Congratulations to this year’s nominees, an excellent selection of our industry’s finest.”
The 2018 inductees will be announced on June 25, and the induction ceremony will be held in New York for the first time — on Thursday, Nov. 15 at Guastavino’s in midtown Manhattan. Returning sponsors of the National Radio Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony include The Mix Group as the presenting sponsor and VCreative.
