Mass. Broadcasters Hall of Fame Announces 2011 Honorees

July 14, 2011 - PRLog -- BOSTON, MA--The Massachusetts Broadcasters Hall of Fame will proudly present a Gala Awards Ceremony and Luncheon hosted by WBZ 1030’s Jordan Rich, inducting fifteen of Massachusetts’ most popular and respected radio and television broadcasters into the Hall of Fame on Thursday, September 15 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 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 year’s Honorees will include pioneer sports/talk radio host Eddie Andelman, 32-year WBZ TV News veteran Charles Austin, Emmy award-winning news reporter, commentator and humorist Dick Flavin, 35-year WCVB TV news anchor Natalie Jacobson, visionary TV and radio executive Paul LaCamera, Tom & Ray Magliozzi, aka Click and Clack the Tappet Brothers of Car Talk on WBUR FM and heard nationally on NPR, radio station owner and general manager Tom McAuliffe, popular long-time producer and broadcaster Ken Meyer and former co-anchor of Chronicle and news anchor, Mary Richardson.

Also honored will be several deceased members of the broadcast media:  early TV newsman Jack Chase, TV and radio columnist Anthony LaCamera, pioneering talk show host from the ‘40s and ‘50s Sherm Feller, the first female announcer in Massachusetts radio history Eunice Randall Thompson, founder of WNAC (today WRKO) and the Yankee Network John Shepard III and Boston Red Sox long-time sportscaster Ned Martin.

“I can’t think of more qualified individuals for the Hall of Fame than this year’s inductees.  They represent achievement at the highest levels of radio and television, at the community, regional and national levels.  We can’t wait to honor them at our fifth annual induction event in September,” noted Art Singer, President of the Mass. Broadcasters Hall of Fame.

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 a nineteen-member Board of Directors, consisting primarily of broadcasters and other media professionals.

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