Johnjay & Rich Earn Kidd Kraddick Award
As is tradition, each year’s recipient is charged with selecting the following year’s honoree. Your 2024 honoree, Kevin Rolston of The KVJ Show on Hubbard’s WRMF/West Palm Beach, said in selecting Johnjay and Rich, “Kidd Kraddick’s contributions to the radio industry extend well beyond his show, and he trained many great talents of the next generation like Bert Weiss, Rich Shertenlieb, and Rich Berra. Acknowledging Kidd’s contributions makes Johnjay and Rich an obvious choice for this award. They have dominated Phoenix for more than 20 years and are expanding their brand of entertainment nationwide. They are authentic, engaging personalities, and their work with the #LoveUp and #LovePup Foundations is extraordinary. I am honored to present them with the Kidd Kraddick Award at Bootcamp in Austin.”
Rich Berra remarked, “My Italian immigrant grandfather used to say to me in his semi-broken English, ‘You sure do talk a lot for a kid that doesn’t know a lot about anything.’ Little did he know that would be the cornerstone of my career alongside Johnjay. We just celebrated our 25th anniversary together, and I feel like we are just getting started. What a crazy honor to step inside the same shoes of our radio IDOLS. We are so not worthy, but honored to accept this very special acknowledgment.”
Past Kidd Kraddick Award honorees include Bert Weiss of the syndicated The Bert Show, The YEA Networks-syndicated The Kidd Kraddick Show, The Ace & TJ Show, The Dwyer & Michaels Show, Paul Castronovo of WBGG (Big 105.9)/Miami, Seattle’s own BJ Shea, Rochester’s Brother Wease, Mojo of Mojo in the Morning on WKQI/Detroit, and Dave Ryan of KDWB/Minneapolis.
The Kraddick Award will be presented during Talentmasters’ 37th Annual Morning Show Boot Camp (MSBC), taking place August 7-9 at the Austin Marriott Downtown. Register HERE.