Archives: Inductees

Tom “Big Daddy” Donahue was born in South Bend, IN. He broke into radio in Charleston, WV and then spent nine years as the morning host at WIBG in Philadelphia. WIBG would become one of […]

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 […]