In Memory
In 1964, Senator Stevens wrote the Articles of Incorporation for the Alaska Broadcasters Association and served as it's first Secretary & Treasurer. He was elected into the ABA Hall of Fame in 2003. Senator Stevens was a good friend and champion of both Commercial and Public over the air broadcasters. He will be missed.
Pictoral Memories of our Association with Senator Stevens
Senator Stevens holds a DTV Conversion town hall meeting May 29, 2008
Pictured are Laurie Prax, ABA Vice President, Cathy Seidel FCC Bureau Chief for Consumer and Government Affair , NTIA Representative, Senator Stevens, Nancy Johnson KTUU TV/ABA Board Member, Darlene Simono ABA Executive Director and
Al Bramstedt, General Manager KTUU TV
Legislative visit to Washington DC March 2008
2008 NAB State Leadership delegation meet with Senator Stevens.
L to R: Dennis Egan, LLC and ABA board member, Bill Legere ABA President, Darlene Simono ABA Executive Director, Scott Smith ABA Past President, Senator Stevens, Laurie Prax ABA Vice President and Dennis Bookey SECC Chair and ABA Past President.
Bill Legere, ABA President, discusses the Performance Royalty Act with the Senator, Paul Nagle and Christine Kurth, legal staff for the Senator's Commerce Committee.
FCC Monitoring Station Move Celebration August 16, 2004
Scott Smith and Senator Stevens present Augie Hiebert with the original circuit breaker from the old FCC Monitoring station located at the Stevens International Airport. Augie had worked for over ten years to have the location moved and with a little push from the Senator at the FCC, the move was finally completed.
Anchorage radio stations now can broadcast at full power.
Pictures from A Dinner with Walter Cronkite June 27, 2003
Two Giants in Their Respective Fields
ABA President Scott Smith presents Senator Ted Stevens with the ABA Hall of Fame Pin
Augie Hiebert Recieves Senate Resolution
Are you PC with the FCC for LUC?
Alaska's Primary election is August 24
LUC starts 45 days out which would be July 10
The General Election is November 2
LUC starts 60 days out which would be September 3
Senator Mark Begich & FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn Hold Broadband Panel Discussion July 6
US Senator Mark Begich (table left), Commissioner Mignon Clyburn (far left table) and Jerry Bever, General Manager of KTVA-TV, Anchorage (center of photo at table) during a public meeting on Broadband Use at UAA.
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 plaque 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