Pair Of Radio Aces Enter NYSBA Hall Of Fame

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The board of directors of the New York State Broadcasters Association has announced its Hall of Fame Class of 2018. The class will be inducted at the New York Leadership and Hall of Fame Luncheon during the NAB Show NY. The luncheon will take place at 12 noon on Thursday, October 18 at the Jacob Javits Center in NYC.

David Donovan, President of the New York State Broadcasters Association, stated, “The Class of 2018 represents the best in our profession. We are honored to induct these highly successful broadcasters into the New York State Broadcasters Hall of Fame. They represent the best in radio and television.”

Here are the radio inductees for 2018:

Michael Kay

He currently hosts The Michael Kay Show, with Don La Greca and Peter Rosenberg, a sports talk show heard weekdays on ESPN Radio 98.7 FM in New York. Kay worked as Yankees analyst on WABC Radio from 1992 through the 2001 season. He was a winner of “Best Sports Reporter” honors at the 2000 New York Metro Achievement in Radio Awards. In 1998, Kay also began co-hosting Sports Talk with John Sterling and Michael Kay, a nightly sports radio call-in show which aired on WABC Radio during the winter months.

Dan Ingram

Dan Ingram

Simply stated Dan Ingram was a legend. A native of Flushing of New York, “Big Dan” began his radio career as a student at Hofstra’s radio station WHCH. He started his professional career at WNRC (Now WVOX) New Rochelle, New York, and WALK-FM, Patchogue, New York. After stops in Connecticut, Texas, and St. Louis, he returned to the Empire State on WABC radio in 1961. He stayed with Musicradio WABC until the Top 40 format changed in 1982. Dan moved on to do a syndicated radio countdown program for CBS. He worked briefly at WKTU FM. In 1991 “Big Dan” enjoyed a revival on the Classic Rock powerhouse WCBS-FM, where he stayed until 2003. He was a very successful voiceover artist on many advertisements.

Dan Ingram was one of the most highly regarded DJs from his era, influencing a generation of radio personalities. He was inducted into the National Radio hall of Fame in 2007. Dan Ingram passed away June 24, 2018.

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  1. Glad we didn’t wait until it was too late for at least one inductee to be so-honored other than posthumously. It’s a refreshing trend to honor our peers while they’re still around to appreciate it, and one that should continue to grow until it becomes the rule rather than the exception. Often they’re forgotten before it happens, and not remembered until it’s too late, if at all. Congratulations to Michael, Big Dan, and the NYSBA.

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