Radio HOF Inducts Class Of ’22

• It’s now official – The Radio Hall of Fame formally welcomed its Class of 2022 during a sold-out ceremony Tuesday evening at Chicago’s Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel. Radio Hall of Fame Co-Chairmen Kraig T. Kitchin and Dennis Green welcomed the nearly 300 people in attendance, and the event was emceed by Radio Hall of Famer Bill Handel, morning personality at KFI-AM/Los Angeles.

Now, let’s meet your 2022 inductees: “Broadway” Bill Lee, WCBS-FM/New York (inducted by Beth Bacall); Carol Miller, WAXQ/New York (inducted by Jim Kerr, a 2018 inductee); Suzyn Waldman, WFAN/NY & the NY Yankees Radio Network (inducted by Mike Francesa, a 2018 inductee); Chris “Mad Dog” Russo, SiriusXM (inducted by Stephen A. Smith); Ellen K, KOST/Los Angeles (inducted by Ryan Seacrest, a 2018 HOF inductee). Pictured, (l-r): Lee, Miller & Waldman, Russo and Ellen K.

And there’s more: Jeff Smulyan, Chairman & CEO, Emmis Communications (inducted by Rick Cummings); Lon Helton, Country Countdown USA (inducted by Charlie Cook); Marv Dyson, radio executive (accepting on his behalf were Marv’s son Victor Dyson and Elroy Smith); and Walt “Baby” Love, Gospel Traxx (inducted by Donnie Simpson, a 2020 inductee). Also honored on-stage was Mark Thompson, former co-host of Mark & Brian, and a 2020 HOF inductee. Pictured, (l-r): Smulyan, Helton, Elroy Smith accepting for Marv Dyson, Love, and Thompson. [Photos by David Kindler Photography]