4th Annual Mass. Broadcasters Hall of Fame Awards Set for September 16

BOSTON, MA, September 09, 2010

The Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame will proudly present a Gala Awards Ceremony and Luncheon hosted by WBZ 1030Õs Jordan Rich, inducting seventeen of MassachusettsÕ most popular and respected radio and television broadcasters into the Hall of Fame on Thursday, September 16 12:00 PM to 2:00 PM at the Marriott Quincy, [1200 Crown Colony Drive, Quincy, MA 02169; exit 18/19 off Route 3 at the Braintree split].

Tickets at $45.00 are on sale now and may be purchased on line at the new MBHOF website http://www.massbroadcastershof.org, or by mailing a check for the full amount of tickets requested to Mass. Broadcasters Hall of Fame, c/o Joan Greenberg, 20 Truman Rd, Newton Centre, MA 02459. Please include the names for tickets being ordered. All tickets will be held at will call immediately before the event. For more information, call: 617-969-5678 or 617-763-0109.

This yearÕs Honorees will include radio personality BRUCE ARNOLD, television executive JIM COPPERSMITH, on-air radio personality and station executive PHIL D. (Phil G. Drumheller), American Rock & Roll Hall of Fame radio disc jockey DALE DORMAN, esteemed TV news anchor TOM ELLIS, WBZ news man GARY LAPIERRE, WBUR FMÕs 35-year host of ÁCon Salsa! JOSE MASSO, radio executive and manager PHILIP A. WEINER, WCVB TVÕS investigative reporter and anchor JANET WU and WBUR FM, National Public Radio host of Here & Now, ROBIN YOUNG and 102-year-old former Regional Vice President of Westinghouse WILMER ÒBILLÓ C. SWARTLEY, JR.

Also honored will be several deceased members of the broadcast media: WRKO reporter, news director, and news and public affairs director ROGER ALLAN, one of the great masters of sports play-by-play KEN COLEMAN, one of the Bay StateÕs most wonderful and influential childrenÕs show hosts ÒBIG BROTHER BOBÓ EMERY, arguably, the most recognizable classical music voice in New England broadcast history ROBERT J. LURTSEMA, Boston CelticsÕ legendary play-by-play announcer JOHNNY MOST and longtime sales executive at WHDH radio and the founder and president of the now-defunct New England Broadcasters Association, HARRY WHEELER.

ÒThese men and women embody the talent, skills and values that are at the core of professional broadcasting. TheyÕve invested more than their time and energy. They have brought us great gifts, from music and insight to information and companionship. TheyÕve been our eyes and ears at our sporting events, at the State House, our city halls and our schools. As Massachusetts listeners and viewers we are fortunate to have had them in our lives,Ó states Arthur J. Singer, President of the Hall of Fame. ÒThrough these annual inductions, the permanent exhibit atÊMassasoit Community College in Brockton, our archives and an active website now being launched with this announcement, the work of the people who have provided all of us with so much information and entertainment will be honored and made available to the public.Ó

Please note that this event is being held in Quincy at the Marriott Quincy Hotel. Massasoit Community College in Brockton is the location of the permanent Mass. Broadcasters Hall of Fame exhibit.

The Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame is an incorporated 501(c)3 organization and has an eighteen-member Board of Directors, consisting primarily of broadcasters, other media professionals.

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