FROM THE
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
"We’re building a strong
team of advisors to help
chart a meaningful, relevant future for the Texas Radio Hall Of Fame...
We’ve added experience, strength, and balance to the leadership of our organization and redoubled our efforts to honor the contributions of worthy broadcasters in every format, every Texas market, and every job description in which exemplary performance is present."
Introducing the TRHOF Class of 2025!
Voting has ended, the ballots have been tallied and twenty Texas broadcasters have been added to the Class of 2025! These twenty individuals will be honored on Saturday, November 1st at the Texas Radio Hall of Fame’s Annual Induction Ceremony at the Texas Museum of Broadcasting and Communications in Kilgore, TX
The inductees are (in alphabetical order):
- John Breland
- Bill Coates
- Steve Coffman
- Chuck Conrad
- Kevin Dorsey
- Bruce Gilbert
- Henrietta Hernandez
- Jay Howard
- Joe Izbrand
- Chris Kelley
- Bob Lewis aka “Tumbleweed Smith”
- Harold Mann
- Brian Purdy
- Jerry “The Car Pro” Reynolds
- Ken Rush
- Rod Ryan
- Ray Schilens
- William “Chilly Bill” Smith
- Rudy Trevino
- Tom Tynan
In an announcement made prior to the final voting, TRHOF Executive Director
Doug Harris also identified five heritage broadcasters who will be posthumously inducted as Lone Star Legacies this year. In alphabetical order, those broadcasters are:
- Alberto Alegre Calvo
- Randy Lemmon
- Gary Mason (Aycock)
- Susan O’Donnell
- Tom Perryman
The TRHOF Radio Reunion and Induction Weekend is open to the public.
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