Landecker Makes NAB Hall Of Fame
• Legendary Top 40 air personality John Records Landecker will be inducted into the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Broadcasting Hall of Fame during the 2020 NAB Show. The induction will occur during the Achievement in Broadcasting Dinner on Monday, April 20 at the Encore in Las Vegas.
Landecker is best known for his tenure doing nights at the legendary WLS-AM Chicago, a 50,000-watt blowtorch that reached into some 40 states. Landecker is credited for introducing some of the first interactive phone features on Top 40 radio, a style that is still prevalent today. Landecker’s 50-year radio career began as a high school student at WOIA-AM/Saline, MI. He continued to stay on the air throughout college in Michigan, working at WTRK-AM/Flint, and WERX-AM and WILS-AM/Lansing. Landecker later went on to work at WIBG/Philadelphia, CFTR-AM/Toronto, WPHR/Cleveland and WJMK-FM and WGN-AM/Chicago.
“John Records Landecker has had a profound impact on radio and has inspired generations of new talent,” said Steve Newberry, NAB EVP of Industry Affairs. “His induction into the Broadcasting Hall of Fame symbolizes the personal connection between DJs and their audiences and how innovative personalities can influence radio programming.”
Landecker was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 2017 and was named Billboard‘s Radio Personality of the Year in 1977. His on-air talent and 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.
