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BMI award-winning singer/songwriter Chris Barron performed at the Alaska Association of Broadcasters (ABA) Annual Awards Dinner, staged recently in Anchorage. As the lead singer of the rock group Spin Doctors, Barron has penned such hits as “Two Princes” and “Little Miss Can’t Be Wrong,” and is currently touring in support of his most recent album, Poncho and The Kid.
Pictured are Darlene Simono, Executive Director ABA; Bill Legere, past president of ABA & GM of KTOO-TV, KTOO-FM, KRNN-FM, and KXLL-FM; Barron; vocalist Lindsay Chambers; BMI’s Mason Hunter; Laurie Prax, President of ABA and GM & Station Manger KVAK- AM/FM.
2009 Special Awards
Hall of Fame
Michael "Mike" Porcaro
Click Here for Hall of Fame Introduction by
Gary Donovan,Vice President Clear Channel Radio
Gary Donovan, Hall of Fame 2006, presents Mike Porcaro
with his award and Gold Pin
Dave Geesin 2004 Hall of Fame congratulates Mike Porcaro
ABA President’s Award
Ron Daugherty
KYUK Bethel
Click Here For Ron's Memorial
Mike Martz, General Manager of KYUK TV & FM Bethel and Jonna Daugherty accept the President's Award from Bill Legere, ABA President and President and General Manager of Capital Community Broadcasting
Broadcasters of the Year 2009
TV Engineers Statewide for DTV Transition
"Above and Beyond: A Massive Undertaking"
Frank Mengel KAKM
Larry “Andy” Anderson KAKM
Don Nelson KDMD
Dave Sala KFXF/KXD
Thomas Bohnet KFXF/KXD
George Heacock KIMO/KATN/KJUD
B.G. Randlett KTBY
Kyle Keller KTBY
Will Judy KTOO
Gary O’Guinn KTUU
Lance Hankins KTUU
Lelan Verschueren KTUU
Paul Treece KTUU
Pat Worcester KTVA
John Berglin KTVA
Dave Castor KTVF & KJNP
Hank Kildow KTVF
Keith Martin KUAC
Jeremy Lansman KYES
History
Hall of Fame Recipients
1985 Alvin O. Bramstedt, Sr.
1985 Bob Fleming
1985 Ralph Fondell
1985 Ruben Gaines
1985 Charlie Gray
1985 Bill Harpel
1985 Patty Harpel
1985 A.G. “Augie” Hiebert
1985 A.E. “Cap” Lathrop
1985 Roy Robinson
1986 Charles Northrip
1986 Bill Wagner
1987 Stanton D. Bennett
1988 Gale Allred
1988 Theda Comstock
1989 Ron Moore
1990 Norma Goodman
1991 Bill Walley
1992 Al Bramstedt, Jr.
1992 Elmo Sackett
1993 Hank Hove
1994 Dick Lobdell
1994 Don Nelson
1995 Steve Agbaba
1995 Chuck Buck
1995 Julianna Guy
1996 Tyler “Ty” Clark
1996 Frank Mengel
1997 Tom Busch
1997 Richard Peters
1998 Herb Shaindlin
1999 Jack Frost
2000 Pete Van Nort
2001 Dennis Egan
2001 Don Rinker
2002 Dennis Bookey
2003 Bob Kern
2003 Senator Ted Stevens
2004 John Davis
2004 David Geesin
2005 Jay Lewis
2005 Mel Sather
2006 Gary Donovan
2006 Jay Perry (posthumously)
2006 Carol Schatz
2007 John Tracy
2007 Jim Robbins
2007 Mark "Marcus" Lewis
2008 Dick Olson
2008 Lowell Purcell
2008 Bob Sommer
2009 Michael "Mike" Porcaro
History Broadcaster of the Year
1986 Tom Busch, KNOM-AM, Nome
1987 Al Bramstedt, Sr. KTUU-TV, Anchorage
1988 Les Robinson, KDLG-AM, Dillingham
1989 Tom Tierney, KENI/KBFX, Anchorage
1990 Dennis Egan, KINY/KSUP, Juneau
1991 Dennis Bookey, KFQD/KWHL,Anchorage
1992 Theda Comstock, Anchorage
1993 Rick Goodfellow, KLEF-FM, Anchorage
1994 Don Nelson, KJNP-AM/FM,TV, North Pole
1995 Tom Boddett, KBBI-FM, Homer
1996 A.G. Hiebert, Northern Television
1997 Gary Buell, KMBQ, Wasilla
1998 Nancy Johnson, KTUU-TV, Anchorage
1999 Dennis Bookey, Anchorage Media Group
2000 Al Bramstedt, Jr. KTUU-TV, Anchorage
2001 Carter Crawford, KATN-TV, Fairbanks
2002 John Tracy, KTUU-TV, Anchorage
2004 Trent McNelly, KTUU-TV, Anchorage
2005 Bill Wright, KTVF-TV, Fairbanks
2006 Laurie Prax, KVAK-AM/FM, Valdez
2007 Bill Legere, KTOO-TV/FM, KXLL/KRNN FM, Juneau
2008 Van Craft, Clear Channel Radio
2009 TV Engineers Statewide for DTV Transition
Frank Mengel KAKM
Larry “Andy” Anderson KAKM
Don Nelson KDMD
Dave Sala KFXF/KXD
Thomas Bohnet KFXF/KXD
George Heacock KIMO/KATN/KJUD
B.G. Randlett KTBY
Kyle Keller KTBY
Will Judy KTOO
Gary O’Guinn KTUU
Lance Hankins KTUU
Lelan Verschueren KTUU
Paul Treece KTUU
Pat Worcester KTVA
John Berglin KTVA
Dave Castor KTVF & KJNP
Hank Kildow KTVF
Keith Martin KUAC
Jeremy Lansman KYES