National Radio Hall of Fame

The National Radio Hall of Fame (NRHOF) is a United States organization that was created by the Emerson Radio Corporation in 1988. Three years later Bruce DuMont, founder, president, and CEO of the Museum of Broadcast Communications, assumed control of the Hall, moved its base of operations to Chicago, and incorporated it into the MBC.[1] The NRHOF gallery is located on the second floor of the MBC, at 360 N. State St., and is described as being dedicated to recognizing those who have contributed to the development of the radio medium throughout its history in the United States.

Selection process

Inductees to the National Radio Hall of Fame are nominated by a 24-person Nominating Committee composed of industry programming leaders and executives, industry observers and members of academia.[2] The Nominating Committee is inclusive of commercial and public radio. Nominating Committee members serve two or three year terms on a volunteer basis. The committee receives suggestions from the industry and listening public before convening and presenting a slate of 24 nominees, 16 of which are voted upon by an industry-wide Voting Participant panel while 8 others are voted on by the public.[3] The Nominating Committee subsequently chooses up to four additional individuals for induction, choosing from suggested air personalities, programmers, management or ownership.[4]

Voting was open to the public from 2008[5] to 2010, then closed to public ballots from 2011 to 2014.[6][7] Public voting resumed in 2015 and continues today.[8]

Nomination criteria

The Nominating Committee recommends nominations in the following categories:[9]

  • Longstanding Local/Regional (20 years or more);
  • Active Local/Regional (10 years or more);
  • Longstanding Network/Syndication (20 years or more);
  • Active Network/Syndication (10 years or more);
  • Music Format On-Air Personality;
  • Spoken Word On-Air Personality

Controversies

The online public selection of Focus on the Family's radio program for induction in the NRHOF caused gay-rights activists to protest the induction ceremony in Chicago on November 8, 2008.[5]

"Since 2011 the public has been shut out of the Radio Hall of Fame voting process despite requirements that the steering committee consider recommendations from the public, announce multiple nominees in four categories, and conduct public voting online. Instead, the steering committee announced each year's inductees as a fait accompli," wrote Chicago media critic Robert Feder in June 2015 as NRHOF chairman Kraig Kitchin announced the return of public voting.[7] In 2011 the NRHOF made headlines by inducting former U.S. president Ronald Reagan, "whose radio career spanned only five years as a sportscaster in Iowa in the 1930s," Feder reported.[6] (An August 2016 article posted on the website Chicagoland Radio and Media that centered on further controversies surrounding Bruce DuMont's personal life and his presidency of the Museum of Broadcast Communications stated that he "finally succumbed to pressure" when he stepped down as the NRHOF's chairman in 2014.)[10]

Howard Stern, one of the most highly rated and visible figures in radio since the 1980s, has been vocally critical of the NRHOF. He has regularly made it a focus of his jokes, lampooning the fact that the entire nomination and selection process appeared to be controlled by Bruce DuMont, the sole authority appointing the panel for the selection process. Stern has stated he would reject any offer to join the NRHOF, and further said, "There is no Radio Hall of Fame. It's just a guy in his basement giving out awards. His name is Bruce DuMont, and he has nothing to do with radio other than the fact that his family made radios years ago."[11] On June 28, 2012, Robert Feder reported that the "most conspicuous and embarrassing omission to the Radio Hall of Fame finally will be corrected this fall when Howard Stern" is inducted.[12]

Inductees

There are 229 Inductees to the National Radio Hall of Fame with the addition of 8 individuals from the Class of 2017. A complete list of Inductees can be found at the National Radio Hall of Fame website.[13]

Individuals

For list of inductees by induction year, see footnote[14]
For list of inductees by category, see footnote[15]

Programs

See also

References

  1. ↑ Danilov, Victor. "Hall of Fame Museums: A Reference Guide". Greenwood Press. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "Voting Is Open for Radio Hall of Fame Nominees". Insideradio.com. 15 May 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  3. ↑ "National Radio Hall Of Fame Asking For 2018 Nominees". All Access. 7 February 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "National Radio Hall Of Fame Unveils 2017 Class Of Inductees". All Access. 26 June 2017. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  5. 1 2 Isaacs, Deanna. "Anyone but Him". ChicagoReader.com. Sun-Times Media, LLC. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  6. 1 2 Feder, Robert. "Radio Hall of Fame suspends public voting to admit Reagan". TimeOut.com. Time Out. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  7. 1 2 Feder, Robert. "Radio Hall of Fame to bring back public balloting". RobertFeder.com. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  8. ↑ "Radio Hall of Fame opens public voting". www.robertfeder.com. 12 August 2015. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  9. ↑ "Delilah, Steve Harvey among 2016 National Radio Hall of Fame inductees". Atlanta Journal Constitution. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  10. ↑ "Museum Of Broadcast Communications Seeking To Replace Bruce DuMont". Chicagoland Radio and Media. August 29, 2016. Retrieved 14 April 2018.
  11. ↑ "Howard Stern comments on Radio Hall of Fame". 14 June 2010. Retrieved 19 October 2011.
  12. ↑ Feder, Robert (28 June 2012). "Radio Hall of Fame finally bows to Howard Stern". Time Out Chicago. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
  13. ↑ "National Radio Hall of Fame Official Website". nationalradiohalloffame.com. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  14. ↑ Inductees by Year. National Radio Hall of Fame official website. Retrieved 2017-11-07.
  15. ↑ Inductees by Category. National Radio Hall of Fame official website. Retrieved 2015-11-03.

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