Legendary Top 40 disc jockey John “Records” Landecker will be inducted into the National Association of Broadcasters Broadcasting Hall of Fame at the 2020 NAB Show. The induction will take place during the Achievement in Broadcasting Dinner on Monday, April 20 at the Encore in Las Vegas.
In a 50-year broadcast career that began when he was a high school student at WOIA-AM in Saline, Michigan, Landecker is best known for his tenure as the evening personality at WLS-AM Chicago, a 50,000-watt station reaching audiences in some 40 states.
“John Records Landecker has had a profound impact on radio and has inspired generations of new talent,” said NAB Executive Vice President of Industry Affairs Steve Newberry. “His induction into the Broadcasting Hall of Fame symbolizes the personal connection between DJs and their audiences and how innovative personalities can influence radio programming.”
Landecker was inducted into the National Radio Hall of Fame in 2017 and was named Billboard magazine’s Radio Personality of the Year in 1977. His on-air talent and contributions to the radio industry are memorialized in the radio exhibit at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland.
Steve Newberry has it right. Congratulations to John Landecker, who brought it every night blasting across America on the Big 89.