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Two new members were inducted into the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Hall of Fame on Tuesday (April 8): BMI singer/songwriter John Oates (in radio) and the National Football League, or NFL (in TV). The inductions were the highlight of a dinner at Encore in Las Vegas that was jointly presented by BMI and the NAB.
The event marked the end of BMI’s run hosting the dinner, with plans for NAB to continue the Hall of Fame tradition moving forward.
Oates, who first signed with BMI in 1972, was inducted into the NAB Radio Hall of Fame for his contributions to American radio, chiefly as the co-founder of Daryl Hall & John Oates, one of the most successful duos in music history. Hall & Oates amassed 16 top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 — including seven that Oates co-wrote — including “Sara Smile,” “She’s Gone,” “You Make My Dreams,” “I Can’t Go for That (No Can Do),” “Maneater,” “Adult Education” and “Out of Touch.”
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Oates had previously received the BMI Icon Award and the BMI Troubadour Award. He has also received 10 BMI Pop Awards and 30 BMI Million-Air Awards for his songs’ repeated airplay. In addition, as a member of Hall & Oates, he received five Grammy nominations and was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2004 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014.
In accepting the award, Oates thanked the NAB for the honor and talked about the importance of radio in his life, sharing that the music played on the stations he listened to growing up was “indelibly printed on my soul, my mind, and it’s the music that made me. I owe everything to radio.” He then performed six songs: the Hall & Oates hits “Out of Touch” and “She’s Gone;” three solo songs, including “A Ways Away,” from an album slated for release later this year; and a rendition of the 1954 Ray Charles classic, “I Got a Woman.”
The NFL was inducted into the NAB Television Hall of Fame for its pioneering influence on sports broadcasting, from its early days to its role as a cultural powerhouse today. Since the first televised NFL game in 1939, the league has consistently broken barriers in the broadcasting world.
Rich Eisen, NFL Network broadcaster and host of The Rich Eisen Show, accepted the award on behalf of the NFL, acknowledging the league’s far-reaching impact on sports broadcasting and TV culture. A video produced by NFL Films was shown, highlighting the NFL’s journey in TV history, leading into Eisen’s acceptance speech and a video message from NFL commissioner Roger Goodell.
On BMI’s last time hosting what has become a highlight of the NAB Show, BMI CEO/president Mike O’Neill said, “In celebration of 75 amazing years, I can think of no better time or way to preserve the tradition of this evening than for BMI to hand it over to our incredible partners from the start, the NAB. We believe that the broadcasting industry and the creative community will always enrich one another, and BMI is honored to facilitate that vital relationship long into the future.”
Andra Day, The War and Treaty, Shinedown and Ravyn Lenae are the first performers announced for the inaugural Grammy Hall of Fame Gala. The gala, co-presented by the Recording Academy and the Grammy Museum, will take place on May 21 at the Novo Theater in downtown Los Angeles. Veteran CBS broadcast journalist Anthony Mason will serve as host.
Day won a Grammy two years ago for best compilation soundtrack for visual media for The United States vs. Billie Holiday. The War and Treaty received two Grammy nods late last year, including best new artist.
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The annual gala will celebrate the 10 recordings being added that year to the Grammy Hall of Fame. This year’s inductees, announced on March 20, are De La Soul’s 3 Feet High and Rising, Guns N’ Roses’ Appetite for Destruction, Buena Vista Social Club’s Buena Vista Social Club and Lauryn Hill’s The Miseducation Of Lauryn Hill, as well as singles by Donna Summer, the Doobie Brothers, Charley Pride, Wanda Jackson, William Bell and Kid Ory’s Creole Orchestra.
The annual gala will also honor a label, with the first being Atlantic Records, which is celebrating its 75th anniversary.
“We’re honored that the Recording Academy and Grammy Museum have chosen Atlantic to be the first label celebrated at what promises to be an exciting annual event,” said Atlantic Music Group chairman & CEO Julie Greenwald and Atlantic Records chairman & CEO Craig Kallman. “The Grammy Hall of Fame includes many of the most groundbreaking recordings in our company’s 75-year history, and it will be great to hear some of our outstanding current artists bring their unique voices to these timeless songs.”
The event will include a red carpet and VIP reception on the Ray Charles Terrace at the Grammy Museum followed by a concert at the Novo.
This year’s show will be produced by Ken Ehrlich, along with Chantel Sausedo and Ron Basile. Greg Phillinganes will serve as musical director.
Ehrlich served as producer or executive producer of the Grammy Awards telecast for 40 years. He received a trustees award from the Recording Academy in 2020, his last year as executive producer, honoring his service. Phillinganes has won two Primetime Emmys as musical director on previous Ehrlich productions – Stevie Wonder: Songs in the Key of Life – An All-Star Grammy Salute and Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song: Joni Mitchell.
The Grammy Hall of Fame was established in 1973, with the first five selections announced on the Grammy telecast in March 1974. The original intent was to honor recordings released before the inception of the Grammys in 1958, but it long ago shifted to any recordings that are at least 25 years old. The inducted recordings are selected annually by a special member committee, with final ratification by the academy’s national board of trustees. Counting the 10 new titles, the Hall currently has 1,152 inducted recordings. Recipients will receive a certificate from the Recording Academy and Grammy Museum, but not a Grammy trophy. Here’s the full list of past inducted recordings.
Tickets go on sale to the general public on Saturday, April 27 at 12 p.m. PT at this link.
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Some of our generation’s greatest ballers will get a chance to breathe rare air with Icons. The NBA has announced the nominees for the 2023 Hall Of Fame.
As reported on Hype Beast The Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame announced the list of eligible candidates for the Class of 2023, including several high-profile, first-time nominees including Pau Gasol, Dirk Nowitzki, Tony Parker, Gregg Popovich and Dwyane Wade. A first look at the list of eligible nominees was provided by NBA Today on ESPN, hosted by Malika Andrews, Richard Jefferson, Chiney Ogwumike, Kendrick Perkins and Zach Lowe.
The entire Class of 2023, including those selected by the direct-elect committees, will be unveiled during the NCAA Final Four in Houston, Texas, on Saturday, April 1, in a nationally televised broadcast at 11:00 a.m. EST. Finalists from the North American and Women’s committee for the Class of 2023 will be announced on Friday, February 17, at 5:30 p.m. ET in Salt Lake City, Utah, during NBA All-Star Weekend.
Enshrinement weekend will begin at the Mohegan Sun on Friday, August 11, with the Tip-Off Celebration and Awards Gala, followed by the Enshrinement ceremony on Saturday, August 12, at Springfield’s historic Symphony Hall.
A complete list of eligible candidates can be found below (* Indicates First-Time Nominee).
NORTH AMERICAN NOMINATIONS
Ken Anderson (COA)
John Beilein (COA)*
Gene Bess (COA)
Chauncey Billups (PLA)
Tom Chambers (PLA)
John Clougherty (REF)
Michael Cooper (PLA)
Joey Crawford (REF)
Jack Curran (COA)
Mark Eaton (PLA)
Cliff Ellis (COA)
Michael Finley (PLA)
Pau Gasol (PLA)*
Leonard Hamilton (COA)
Lou Henson (COA)
Ed Hightower (REF)
David Hixon (COA)
Mark Jackson (PLA)
Marques Johnson (PLA)
Gene Keady (COA)
Jim Larranaga (COA)*
Maurice Lucas (PLA)
Shawn Marion (PLA)
Rollie Massimino (COA)
Dick Motta (COA)
Dirk Nowitzki (PLA)*
Jake O’Donnell (REF)
Tony Parker (PLA)*
Jim Phelan (COA)
Gregg Popovich (COA)*
Bo Ryan (COA)
Stan Spirou (COA)*
Reggie Theus (PLA)
Dwyane Wade (PLA)*
Buck Williams (PLA)
John Williamson (PLA)*
Paul Westhead (COA)
WOMEN’S NOMINATIONS
Leta Andrews (COA)
Jennifer Azzi (PLA)
Gary Blair (COA)
Doug Bruno (COA)*
Becky Hammon (PLA)
Becky Martin (COA)
Debbie Miller-Palmore (PLA)
Kim Mulkey (PLA)
Valerie Still (PLA)
Marian Washington (COA)
INTERNATIONAL DIRECT-ELECT
Jackie Chazalon
Mirza Delibasic
Dusan Ivkovic
Semen Khalipski
Vladimir Kondrashin
Eduardo Lamas
Marcos Leite
Shimon Mirrahi
Amaury Pasos
Manuel Sainz
Togo Soares
Ranko Zeravica
WOMEN’S VETERANS DIRECT-ELECT
1976 US Olympic Team (TEA)*
1982 Cheyney University NCAA Final Four Team (TEA)*
Alline Banks Sprouse (PLA)
Edmonton Commercial Grads (TEA)
John Head (COA)
Yolanda Laney (PLA)*
Nashville Business College (TEA)
Lometa Odom (PLA)
Harley Redin (COA)
Hazel Walker (PLA)
Valerie Walker (PLA)*
Dean Weese (COA)*
CONTRIBUTOR DIRECT-ELECT
Pete Babcock
Dick Baumgartner
Henry Bibby
Marty Blake
Vic Bubas
Doug Collins
Wayne Duke
Bill Foster
Bob Gibbons
Simon Gourdine
Tim Grgurich
Junius Kellogg
Johnny “Red” Kerr
Tom Konchalski
Bobby Lewis
Fred McCall
Jack McCloskey
Jon McGlocklin
Speedy Morris
Dennis Murphy
Curly Neal
Jack Powers
Will Robinson
Gene Shue
Jim Valvano
Donnie Walsh
VETERANS DIRECT-ELECT
1936 US Olympic Team (TEA)
1972 US Olympic Team (TEA)
Dick Barnett (PLA)
Tom Blackburn (COA)
Sid Borgia (REF)
Charles Brown (PLA)*
Freddie Brown (PLA)*
Jack Coleman (PLA)
Charles Eckman (REF)
Leroy Edwards (PLA)
Leo Ferris (CONT)
Hy Gotkin (PLA)
Travis Grant (PLA)
Jack Hartman (COA)*
Cam Henderson (COA)
Robert Hopkins (PLA)
Charles Keinath (PLA)
Greg Kelser (PLA)*
Kentucky Wesleyan 1966, 1968, 1969 (TEA)
Bob Love (PLA)
Loyola of Chicago (TEA)
Billy Markward (CONT)
Ed McCluskey (COA)
Jack McKinney (CONT)
Bill Melchionni (PLA)*
Francis Meehan (PLA)
Lucias Mitchell (COA)
Donald “Dudey” Moore (COA)
Joe Mullaney (COA)
Willie Naulls (PLA)
North Catholic High School Junior Varsity (Philadelphia, PA) (TEA)
Don Otten (PLA)*
Philadelphia SPHAS (TEA)
Kevin Porter (PLA)*
Glenn Roberts (PLA)
Lennie Rosenbluth (PLA)
Kenny Sailors (PLA)
Fred Schaus (CONT)
Sam Schulman (CONT)
Paul Silas (PLA)
Dick Van Arsdale (PLA)
Tom Van Arsdale (PLA)
Lambert Will (CONT)*
Max Zaslofsky (PLA)
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