Archives: Inductees

Frank Dill was born in the Buffalo suburb of Williamsville, NY. His family moved to the Washington, DC area where a young Frank Dill grew up as a sports fanatic. His early radio journey took […]

Al Collins was born in Rochester, NY. A talented swimmer, he was attending Miami University on an athletic scholarship when he stumbled into his calling, doing a fill-in shift on the campus radio station Collins’ […]

San Francisco-born Ira Blue was a Stanford University graduate whose flamboyant on-air persona once led him to boast, “a half-million people either adore me or can’t stand me.” Blue’s career led him to Hollywood, where […]

Mel Venter, a Stanford University graduate, was a popular program host during radio’s early years. He would later serve as a newsman and sportscaster, as well as a station executive. Venter eventually made the transition […]