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ABA Hall of Fame 2011
Christine Fry, GM KFXF/KXD TV and KDJF/KYSC FM,
Presents the Hall of Fame award and Gold Pin to
Terry Walley, Station Manager at KYSC-FM Fairbanks and long time broadcaster. Terry's father Bill Walley was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1991.
Broadcasting is a family tradition in the Walley family.
2011 Broadcaster of the Year
Charlie Ellis, Vice President and General Manager of KATH-TV Juneau presents Mikko Wilson with the Broadcaster of the Year award. Mikko saved KATH equipment from a disasterous flood and got the station back on air. Mikko is their Chief Engineer but is also involved with filming and production and is a community service minded young man.
President's Award
Laurie Prax, outgoing ABA President recognized
Gary Donovan for his contributions to the maintance of ABA By Laws and oversight on board operations. Gary is Market Manager and Vice President of Clear Channel Radio in Anchorage. Gary will step up and be ABA President for 2012.
KTVA TV and Ohana Media Group Mentor
Mirror Lake Middle School Broadcast Students.
(Pictures to follow)
View Mears Middle School's 800 plus students and faculty dancing along to Beyonce's "Move Your Body"
MOV00128 *
On Tuesday, May 3, 2011, at 1:42 p.m. Eastern Time and across time zones (12:42 p.m. Central Time, 9:42 a.m. Alaska Time.), middle schools across the country participated in the "Let's Move! Flash Workout." This historic event underscores the importance of physical activity as part of a healthy lifestyle for children.
Music superstar Beyoncé is the exclusive featured artist for the Flash Workout event. Beyoncé re-wrote and re-recorded one of her songs and has titled it "Move Your Body." She also provided choreography in an instructional video that educators used to help their students practice and prepare for this event. The song and instruction video was produced in English and Spanish.
The event was produced in partnership with the National Association of Broadcasters Educational Foundation (NABEF), National Middle School Association (NMSA), the National School Boards Association (NSBA) and the American Association of School Administrators (AASA). Through these education partners, the NABEF looked to secure participation by at least one middle school in each television DMA.
KTVA Anchorage CBS affiliate filmed the event for the NAB.
*ABA video and still photos provided by Cathy Hiebert
2010 Hall of Fame
Don Rinker, Hall of Fame 2001, congratulates Bill Legere
on his induction into the ABA Hall of Fame.
2010 Broadcaster of the Year
Scott Smith accepts the 2010 Broadcaster of the Year Award
Past 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
2010 Bill Legere
2011 Terry Walley
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
2010 Scott Smith Morris Communications
2011 Mikko Wilson KATH-TV, Juneau