Tom Joyner was one of 10 members of the media industry acknowledged at the 14th Annual Giants of Broadcasting & Electronic Arts, held Thursday, October 6 in New York’s Gotham Hall. The event, which was presented by the International Radio and Television Society Foundation, benefits the Library of American Broadcasting Foundation. Joyner, a trailblazer in syndicated radio, reaches 7.4 million listeners weekly on nearly 100 radio stations. He earned the nickname “The Fly Jock” in the mid-1980s flying between Dallas and Chicago, doing his number one morning drive program in Dallas and then commuting to Chicago for his number one afternoon program.
Here’s the list of 2016 honorees:
MARIA BARTIROMO
Anchor and Global Markets Editor
FOX BUSINESS NETWORK – FOX NEWS CHANNEL
TOM BROKAW
Special Correspondent
NBC NEWS
Former Anchor and Managing Editor
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS
DICK EBERSOL
Retired Chairman
NBC SPORTS GROUP
TOM JOYNER
“The Fly Jock”
Host
THE TOM JOYNER MORNING SHOW
PAUL KARPOWICZ
President, Local Media Group
MEREDITH CORPORATION
STEVE KROFT
Correspondent
60 MINUTES
CBS NEWS
SUSAN LUCCI
Iconic Actress
ABC’s ALL MY CHILDREN
LIFETIME’S DEVIOUS MAIDS
PERRY SOOK
Chairman, President & CEO
NEXSTAR BROADCASTING GROUP, INC.
SUSAN STAMBERG
Special Correspondent
NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO
Former Co-Host
ALL THINGS CONSIDERED
Posthumous Award to: WALT DISNEY
Previous honorees include Guglielmo Marconi, David Sarnoff, William S. Paley, Frank Stanton, Leonard Goldenson, Cathy Hughes, Bob Hope, Lucille Ball, Jack Benny, Edward R. Murrow, Ronald Reagan, Walter Cronkite, Norman Lear, Christiane Amanpour, Charlie Rose, Cokie Roberts, Ken Burns, Lesley Stahl, David E. Kelley, Katie Couric.
