{"id":8437,"date":"2015-08-05T20:00:22","date_gmt":"2015-08-06T01:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=8437"},"modified":"2015-08-06T09:28:41","modified_gmt":"2015-08-06T14:28:41","slug":"eric-kathy-on-radio-hall-of-fame-ballot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2015\/08\/05\/eric-kathy-on-radio-hall-of-fame-ballot\/","title":{"rendered":"Eric &#038; Kathy up for Radio Hall of Fame"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_8439\" style=\"width: 790px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2015\/08\/05\/eric-kathy-on-radio-hall-of-fame-ballot\/\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8439\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-8439\" alt=\"Eric Ferguson and Kathy Hart\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Eric-and-Kathy-1024x647.jpg\" width=\"780\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Eric-and-Kathy-1024x647.jpg 1024w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Eric-and-Kathy-300x189.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Eric-and-Kathy-150x94.jpg 150w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Eric-and-Kathy-1200x758.jpg 1200w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Eric-and-Kathy-400x252.jpg 400w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Eric-and-Kathy-800x505.jpg 800w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Eric-and-Kathy-200x126.jpg 200w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Eric-and-Kathy.jpg 1344w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8439\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/a> Eric Ferguson and Kathy Hart<\/p><\/div>\n<p>They\u2019re already the most successful morning team in Chicago radio history and winners of the industry's<a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/2013\/09\/19\/eric-kathy-win-radios-top-honor\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0highest honors. <\/a>Now Eric Ferguson and Kathy Hart have a chance to enter the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.radiohof.org \" target=\"_blank\">National Radio Hall of Fame<\/a> on the first ballot.<\/p>\n<p>In their 20th year as stars of Hubbard Radio hot adult-contemporary <a href=\"http:\/\/wtmx.com\" target=\"_blank\">WTMX FM 101.9,<\/a> they\u2019ve just been nominated for the first time by the Radio Hall of Fame steering committee. A copy of the ballot obtained Wednesday shows the duo competing in the Active Local\/Regional category with broadcasters from Los Angeles, New Orleans and Philadelphia.<!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8438\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Radio-Hall-of-Fame.jpg\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8438\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8438\" alt=\"National Radio Hall of Fame\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Radio-Hall-of-Fame-300x211.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Radio-Hall-of-Fame-300x211.jpg 300w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Radio-Hall-of-Fame-150x105.jpg 150w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Radio-Hall-of-Fame-400x281.jpg 400w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Radio-Hall-of-Fame-200x140.jpg 200w, \/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Radio-Hall-of-Fame.jpg 644w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-8438\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">National Radio Hall of Fame<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Four categories, including the one in which Eric &amp; Kathy are nominated, will be voted on by a 400-member industry panel made up of radio executives, programmers, past inductees, executive directors of state broadcast associations, and members of the trade media.<\/p>\n<p>Two other national categories \u2014 Music Format On-Air Personality and Spoken Word On-Air Personality \u2014 will be voted on by the public through social media balloting. This marks the<a href=\"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/2015\/06\/17\/radio-hall-of-fame-to-let-public-back-in-voting\/\" target=\"_blank\"> first time in five years<\/a> radio listeners will have a voice in selecting inductees.<\/p>\n<p>All six inductees \u2014 plus as many as three more chosen directly by the steering committee \u2014 will be honored November 5 at the 2015 induction ceremony. The Chicago-based shrine to radio\u2019s top personalities and programs is housed at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.museum.tv\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Museum of Broadcast Communications,<\/a> 360 North State Street.<\/p>\n<p><em>Here are the nominees in the four categories to be voted on by the industry panel:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Longstanding Local\/Regional (20 years or more)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tom Barnard (Minneapolis)<\/li>\n<li>Johnny Dare (Kansas City)<\/li>\n<li>Johnny Holliday (Washington, D.C.)<\/li>\n<li>Ronn Owens (San Francisco)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Active Local\/Regional (10 years or more)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Eric Ferguson &amp; Kathy Hart (Chicago)<\/li>\n<li>Big Boy Kurt Alexander (Los Angeles)<\/li>\n<li>Garland Robinette (New Orleans)<\/li>\n<li>Preston Elliot &amp; Steve Morrison (Philadelphia)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Networks\/Syndication (10 years or more)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tom Kent (Cleveland)<\/li>\n<li>Dave Ramsey (Nashville)<\/li>\n<li>Diane Rehm (Washington, D.C.)<\/li>\n<li>Michael Savage (San Francisco)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Longstanding Network\/Syndication (20 years or more)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Harry Shearer (Los Angeles)<\/li>\n<li>Bob Kevoian &amp; Tom Griswold (Indianapolis)<\/li>\n<li>Bob Kingsley (Weatherford)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cMarketplace\u201d (Los Angeles)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Here are the nominees in the two categories to be voted on by the public:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Music Format On-Air Personality<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u2028Delilah (Seattle)<\/li>\n<li>Elvis Duran (Los Angeles)<\/li>\n<li>Steve Harvey (Los Angeles)<\/li>\n<li>Ryan Seacrest (Los Angeles)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Spoken Word On-Air Personality<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Sean Hannity (New York)<\/li>\n<li>Clark Howard (Atlanta)<\/li>\n<li>Jim Rome (Los Angeles)<\/li>\n<li>Dr. Laura Schlessinger (Los Angeles)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>They\u2019re already the most successful morning team in Chicago radio history and winners of the industry's\u00a0highest honors. Now Eric Ferguson and Kathy Hart have a chance to enter the National Radio Hall of Fame on the first ballot. In their 20th year as stars of Hubbard Radio hot adult-contemporary WTMX FM 101.9, they\u2019ve just been... <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2015\/08\/05\/eric-kathy-on-radio-hall-of-fame-ballot\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&#8594;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8437"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8437"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8446,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8437\/revisions\/8446"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}