Landecker Lights Up NAB Hall Of Fame
Landecker’s induction was hosted by Dave Santrella, who doubles as President of Broadcast Media for Salem Media Group and NAB Radio Board Chair. Santrella introduced a specially produced video package that contained vintage clips of Landecker in action at WLS/Chicago, interspersed with tributes from Landecker’s daughter, actress Amy Landecker, and her husband, actor Bradley Whitford; Ellen K, morning personality at iHeartMedia AC KOST/Los Angeles; former WLS PD and GM John Gehron and comedian/writer Greg Eckler. Enjoy Landecker’s memorably brief acceptance speech posted to Facebook.
Landecker’s well deserved induction into the NAB Hall of Fame marks just his most recent career honor — he was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 2017, and his many contributions to the radio industry are memorialized in the radio exhibit at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. Landecker has released six albums of his work and written an autobiography, Records Truly Is My Middle Name. He currently hosts a weekly program on his hometown station, WEFM-FM/Michigan City, IN.
Late Thursday, RAMP made contact with Landecker, who thanked us for our best wishes and shared his thoughts. “Honestly it’s all a little unbelievable,” he said. “I think about the stops along the way. I worked with great people. I worked with assholes. Some times I was the asshole, and yet, by the grace of God here I am! P.S. I’m not retired (just sayin’).”