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A Reports Correspondent, A Sportscaster, A Station Executive And A Mythical Crooner Have Been Named To The Vermont Organisation Of Broadcasters Hall Of Fame.
Burlington, VT A news columnist, a sportscaster, a station executive and a mythical crooner have been named to the Vermont Association of Broadcasters Hall-Of-Fame.
Radio and television reports correspondent Andy Potter, sportscaster George Commo and Vermont Public TV President and GENERAL MANAGER John King will be inducted in the annual VAB Awards Feast November nineteen in Burlington. Radio and film star Rudy Vallee will be inducted posthumously.
Vallee was born in 1901 in Island Pool. A teenage bandleader, he drew attention with the band he started at Yale University, "Rudy Vallee and the Connecticut Yankees." In 1929, Vallee commenced hosting "The Fleischmann's Yeast Hour" on NBC, later "The Royal Jello Hour." The show was one of the two preferred programs in the country for the next ten years (the other being "Amos 'n' Andy"). His programme was the first to present acts like Burns and Allen, Milton Berle, Kate Smith, the Mills Bros and Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy.
His radio, stage and film career was lengthy. He worked into the early 1980's, when he now and then served as the opening act for the Town People. Vallee passed away in 1986. His better half, Eleanor Vallee, said she was thrilled with the VAB honor. "I'm so pleased and appreciative of this honour for my late husband, my 'vagabond lover,'" she said from her home in L. A. "Vagabond Lover" was the name of Vallee's first film, in 1929. She revealed she is figuring on attending the function.
The recently-retired Andy Potter is a legend among news newshounds in Vermont. He started his radio career while attending Middlebury school in the mid-1960's. After serving in Vietnam, he returned to Vermont, where he brought his reporting talents to a variety of radio stations, including WJOY, WDOT and WKDR among others . He carved a second career on The television, where he was a longtime senior newshound for WCAX in Burlington.
George Commo is a six-time winner of the Vermont Sportscaster of the Year award and is also an affiliate of the Vermont Press Association Hall-Of-Fame. George has been a radio and TELEVISION sportscaster since the early 1970's and was the longtime voice of UVM hockey and Vermont minor league baseball. Since 1998, he's been covering Norwich Varsity Hockey for WDEV.Among his fans and peers, George is considered one of the best hockey play-by-play sportscasters to ever climb behind a microphone.
John King joined VPT in 1987 and has served as President and CEO since 1998. He also serves on the PBS Board of Directors and has served as Chairman of the Vermont TV Broadcasters Co-location Organisation. He is credited with helping to form a powerful bond between public and private broadcasting in Vermont.
WDEV Radio in Waterbury has been named the "Broadcaster of the Year" for 2011. The station did an incredible job of keeping the public informed during and after Tropical Storm Irene. Their around-the-clock coverage of the catastrophe is credited with saving lives and keeping people informed.
John Likakis, Manager Of WBTN-AM in Bennington is also being known for major coverage of Tropical Tempest Irene. Likakis is one of two winners of the VAB's Distinguished Service Award. Likakisand station volunteers at WBTN provided critical information to their community before, during and after the typhoon. For days, they were the sole link between local emergency officials and marooned voters.
The other Distinguished Service Award will be presented to Ginny McGehee of WJOY radio in Burlington. Ginny is the longest-serving female radio personality in Vermont history, having started at WJOY in 1983. Her radio family wouldn't think about beginning the day without her good humor and optimistic attitude. She is served her community in alternative routes as a board member of Champlain Valley Crimestoppers and the Vermont and New Hampshire Valley chapter of the North American Red Cross.
The Alan Noyes Community Service Award is going to WJJR-FM in Rutland for their wonderful annual Gift-of-Life blood drive. WJJR characters Terry Jaye and Nanci Gordon helped collect 1,400 pints of blood in 24 hours last December, breaking a New England record set in Boston. The yearly drive has been a focus of community involvement in Rutland. The regional and state record has since then been eclipsed by Manchester, New Hampshire. This year's drive is scheduled for December 20.
Two other Community Service Awards will be presented to WOKO-FM and ABC22 / FOX44-TV.
WOKO radio in Burlington has been conducting their "Big Change Round-up for Kids" for 7 years. Last year, the station raised an astounding $206,000 for the Vermont Children's surgery at Fletcher Allen. The annual campaign culminates in a four-day radiothon.
ABC22 / FOX44 is being honoured for organising a telethon for June 8 that raised more than $45,000 for the local Red Cross. The stations took action when columnist Natalie Paterson came back from covering damage from Vermont's spring floods and asked General Manager Vic Vetters what the stations could do to help their neighbors. The telethon helped replace the local Red Cross coffers at a critical time.
The Vermont Organisation of Broadcasters has been representing the interests of radio and TV broadcasters in Vermont since 1956. For full info about the VAB, including ticket information for the Nov 19 event, please visit the internet site at www.vab.org., writes tagza.com.
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