Voting for the 2016 National Radio Hall of Fame inductees is now underway. The 24 nominations in six categories were determined by the organization’s nominating committee. Four of those categories will be voted on by a voting participant panel comprised of 400 industry professionals, while the other two will be voted on by the public. Inductees will be announced July 11. The induction ceremony will be held Thursday, November 17, at the Museum of Broadcast and Communications in downtown Chicago.
Public voting will begin on June 20 for the eight nominations in the Music Format On-Air Personality and Spoken Word On-Air Personality categories. National Radio Hall of Fame Chairman Kraig Kitchin said, “The sheer depth of talent in our industry never ceases to amaze me. After much discussion and deliberation, our nominating committee is very proud of this year’s class of nominees. We’re all looking forward to seeing the voter outcome from our industry peers and listeners nationwide.”
Here are the 2016 nominees:
NOMINEES TO BE VOTED ON BY VOTING PARTICIPANT PANEL:
Longstanding Local/Regional (20 years or more)
Jeff & Jer (Jeff Detrow & Jerry Cesak), San Diego
Charles Laquidara, Boston
Bobby O’Jay, Memphis
Garland Robinette, New Orleans
Active Local/Regional (10 years or more)
Tom Barnard, Minneapolis
BJ & Migs (BJ Shea & Steve Migs), Seattle
Eric & Kathy (Eric Ferguson & Kathy Hart), Chicago
Preston & Steve (Preston Elliot and Steve Morrison), Philadelphia
Networks/Syndication (10 years or more)
American Top 40 & On-Air With Ryan Seacrest
The Fabulous Sports Babe, Nanci Donnellan
The Steve Harvey Morning Show
Wait, Wait…Don’t Tell Me!, Peter Sagal
Longstanding Network/Syndication (20 years or more)
Delilah
Gospel Traxx with Walt “Baby” Love, Walt “Baby” Love
Jim Rome
Kim Komando
NOMINEES TO BE VOTED ON BY LISTENERS NATIONWIDE:
Music Format On-Air Personality
Sean “Hollywood” Hamilton
Tom Kent
The Kevin & Bean Show (Kevin Ryder & Gene Baxter)
Bob Kingsley
Spoken Word On-Air Personality
Diane Rehm
Mike Francesa and Chris Russo
Michael Savage
Sean Hannity
