Past Inductions

Since 1992, the National Radio Hall of Fame has been administered by the Museum of Broadcast Communications. Each November, new members are honored at the Induction Gala where the radio community gathers to celebrate excellence in their field.

Now, you can listen to the presentations and acceptance speeches for those honored since the MBC took control in 1992.

1992
Casey Kasem
Don Ameche
Leonard Goldenson
J.P. McCarthy
Grand Ole Oprey

1993
Norman Corwin
Rick Sklar
Wally Phillips
Chuck Schaden
All Things Considered
Rush Limbaugh

1994
Burns and Allen
Red Skelton
Gordon McLendon
Gary Owens
Garrison Keillor

1995
Eve Arden
Stan Freberg
Les Tremayne
Jesse B. Blayton, Sr.
Edward F. McLaughlin
Andrew Carter
Edward Pate, Jr.
Herb Kent
Yvonne Daniels
Hal Jackson
Bob Steele
CBS World News Round-Up
Jack Buck
One Mans Family

1996
Wolfman Jack
James Quello
Jerry Williams
Susan Stamberg
Jack Brickhouse

1997
Karl Haas
William Conrad
Lynne “Angel" Harvey
Murray “the K" Kaufman
Gordon Hinkley

1998
Car Talk (Tom and Ray Magliozzi)
Tom Joyner
Ralph Guild
Dick Biondi
Bing Crosby
Ernie Harwell

1999
Gale Gordon
Rick Dees
Robert W. Morgan
Jim Dunbar
Kate Smith
Bruce Williams

2000
Eddie Cantor
Dick Bartley
Fred Foy
Dr. Amar G. Bose
John A. Gambling
Milo Hamilton

2001
Eddie "Rochester" Anderson
Paul Harvey Aurandt
Jack Carney
Bob Uecker

2002
No Radio Hall of Fame Inductions

2003
Mel Karmazin
Orion Samuelson
Michael Jackson
Gene Autry
Jim Bohannon

2004
L. Lowry Mays
Larry Lujack
Dick Purtan
Walter Winchell
Bob Edwards

2005
Abbott & Costello
Jean Shepherd
Ann Compton
Marty Brennaman
Myron Cope

2006
Douglas Edwards
Christopher Glenn
John Hare
Scott Shannon
William B. Williams