Meet Your 2019 Radio HOF Nominees!
• Voting for the 2019 Radio Hall of Fame Inductees officially begins today! The organization’s Nominating Committee determined the 24 nominees in six categories — four of those categories will be voted on by a voting participant panel comprised of nearly 1,000 industry professionals. Those pros will receive confidential ballots from the online voting service, Votem, which is also used by the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The votes will then be tallied by the certified public accounting firm of Miller Kaplan Arase, LLP. On July 15, listeners nationwide will have their opportunity to weigh in and vote via Votem on the other two categories — Music Format On-Air Personality and Spoken Word On-Air Personality. The winners will be determined by the public and the Radio Hall of Fame Nominating Committee. The outcome of the listener vote counts as one vote among the committee votes.
NOMINEES TO BE VOTED ON BY VOTING PARTICIPANT PANEL:
Longstanding Local/Regional (20 years or more) — (l-r): Bob Rivers, Seattle; Charles Laquidara, Boston; Harry Harrison, New York; Jack Harris, Tampa Bay.
Active Local/Regional (10 years or more) — (l-r): Angie Martinez, New York; Kevin and Bean (Kevin Ryder, Gene “Bean” Baxter), Los Angeles; Preston and Steve (Preston Elliot, Steve Morrison), Philadelphia; Sarah and Vinnie (Sarah Clark, Vinnie Hasson), San Francisco.
Longstanding Network/Syndication (20 years or more) — The Jim Rome Show (Host, Jim Rome); All Things Considered (Host, Robert Siegel); The Sounds of Sinatra (Host, Sid Mark);Wait, Wait Don’t Tell Me! (Host, Peter Sagal, announcer Bill Curtis and staff).
Active Network/Syndication (10 years or more) — (l-r): Coast to Coast AM (Host, George Noory); The Glenn Beck Program (Host, Glenn Beck); Intelligence For Your Life (Host, John Tesh); The Kim Komando Show (Host, Kim Komando).
NOMINEES TO BE VOTED ON BY LISTENERS/RADIO HALL OF FAME NOMINATING COMMITTEE:
Music Format On-Air Personality — (l-r): Sean “Hollywood” Hamilton, Lon Helton, The Mark & Brian Show (Mark Thompson, Brian Phelps), Ryan Seacrest.
Spoken Word On-Air Personality: Joe Madison, Scott Slade, Stephanie Miller, Suzyn Waldman.
Kraig Kitchin, Chairman of the Radio Hall Of Fame, commented, “Each year we have the privilege of coming together to acknowledge those who have tremendously impacted our industry and the audiences they serve. We’re all proud to present our 2019 nominees.”
The 2019 Radio Hall of Fame 2019 inductees will be announced on August 5 and they will be formally honored this fall at the 31st Annual Induction Ceremony. Returning sponsors of the 31st Annual Radio Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony include The Mix Group and vCreative.
