The Broadcasters Foundation of America held its annual breakfast Wednesday during the NAB Show in Las Vegas. The Foundation honored several industry leaders. Six honorees received the Leadership Award, and Erica Farber received the Lowry Mays Excellence in Broadcasting Award. L-r: Mike McVay, president, McVay Media Consulting; Kathleen Kirby, partner, Wiley; Don Bouloukos, CBS and ABC Radio executive; Erica Farber, president-CEO, Radio Advertising Bureau; Frank Comerford, chief revenue officer/president, commercial operations NBCU Local; John Rouse, EVP, ABC Affiliate Relations, Disney Platform Distribution; and Traug Keller, president ABC Radio Network/SVP, ESPN Radio.
The seven awards will be presented at the BFOA Breakfast on Wednesday, April 17, during the NAB Show in Las Vegas.
The Broadcasters Foundation of America bestowed its Golden Mike Award to Hearst Corp. EVP and COO Jordan Wertlieb and its Lifetime Achievement Award to journalist and Inside Edition Anchor Deborah Norville. A packed grand ballroom at New York’s Plaza hotel resonated with the memory of longtime BFOA Chair Phil Lombardo, who died early this year. Pictured (l-r): Scott Herman, BFOA chairman; Jordan Wertlieb; and Tim McCarthy, BFOA president (Renee Cassis photo).
They will be the presenting speakers at the March 4 Broadcasters Foundation of America’s annual Golden Mic gala that will include a special tribute to long-time BFOA Chairman Phil Lombardo.
The annual The Broadcasters Foundation of America Award Ceremony and Dinner is set for March 4 at New York’s Plaza hotel.
The Emmy-winning anchor of Inside Edition will be honored during the foundation’s Golden Mic Gala and Fundraiser in March.
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Broadcasters Foundation establishes the Philip J. Lombardo Memorial Fund in his honor.
Beginning today, each day will feature a different social media message, ranging from thank you notes from grant recipients to positive statements about radio, television and charitable giving designed to raise funds and awareness of the organization’s mission to aid broadcasters in need.
The Broadcasters Foundation Deserves Your Support
The foundation has helped many a broadcast employee through hard times. It can use every bit of possible support to keep seeing that mission through.
In conjunction with Nov. 28’s Giving Tuesday, a celebration of giving around the world, the Broadcasters Foundation of America is asking radio and television professionals to consider a tax-deductible donation that will […]
A Gala award ceremony and fundraiser will be held March 4 at the Plaza Hotel in New York.
The annual campaign to help broadcasters in need gets underway this week as the charity expects to provide $1.8 million to radio and television colleagues who are in need due to debilitating illness, accident or tragedy.
The Broadcasters Foundation of America (BFOA) has elected Adrienne Roark, president of content development and integration for CBS News and Stations, and CBS Media Ventures, to its board of directors. Roark was voted in during […]
The Broadcasters Foundation of America has created Sips & Tips, the second event in its campaign to give young professionals networking access to top-level broadcast industry managers and executives. Sips & Tips […]
More than 150 broadcasters — from CEO’s to those just entering the business — turned out for The Broadcasters Foundation of America first Media Mixer at the New York City studios of iHeart Media. […]
The one-day campaign on Thursday, July 20, aims to raise money and awareness to help radio and TV professionals, across all positions, who are in acute need.
The Broadcasters Foundation of America is launching a series of networking Media Mixers, with the first one scheduled for Thursday, July 20, 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the New York City studios of […]
The Broadcasters Foundation of America has announced the date of its 2023 Celebrity Golf Tournament, its second largest annual fundraiser: Monday, Sept. 11, at the Greenwich Country Club in Greenwich, Conn. Frank […]
Wednesday morning, April 19, in Las Vegas, the Broadcasters Foundation of America held its annual breakfast and gave out six Leadership Awards, the Lowry Mays Excellence in Broadcasting Award and the very special Chairman’s Award. Pictured (l-r): Steven Lanzano, President, Television Bureau of Advertising – Leadership Award; Deborah Parenti, President/Publisher, Radio Ink/RBR+TVBR – Leadership Award; Scott Herman, Chairman of the Broadcasters Foundation; Dan Mason, former CEO of CBS Radio and previous Chairman of the Broadcasters Foundation – Lowry Mays Excellence in Broadcasting Award; Tim McCarthy, President of the Broadcasters Foundation; Jim Doyle, Founder, JDA Media – Leadership Award; Debra O’Connell, President, Networks, The Walt Disney Company – Leadership Award; Cindy Thompson, who accepted the posthumous Chairman’s Award on behalf of her husband Jim Thompson, who had been president of the Broadcasters Foundation; Heidi Raphael, Chief Communications Officer, Beasley Media Group – Leadership Award; Jim Thompson, who also accepted on behalf of his father. Not pictured is Julie Talbot, president of Premier Networks, who accepted the posthumous Leadership Award on behalf of Rush Limbaugh.
The award will be presented at the Broadcasters Foundation Breakfast on April 19 during the NAB Show in Las Vegas.
He will be presented with the Lowry Mays Excellence in Broadcasting Award at the Broadcasters Foundation Breakfast on April 19 During the NAB Show in Las Vegas.
Jack Abernethy (r), CEO of Fox Television Stations, got the Golden Mike Award at The Plaza in New York on March 6, the award given out annually by the Broadcasters Foundation of America. Richard E. Wiley (l), chair emeritus at Wiley and former FCC chairman, was presented with the charity’s Edward F. McLaughlin Lifetime Achievement Award.
The awards will be presented at the Broadcasters Foundation Breakfast on Wednesday, April 19, during the NAB Show in Las Vegas.
The WNYW New York journalist and the Emmis CEO will help honor Jack Abernethy and Dick Wiley at the charity’s annual gala on March 6 in New York.
The annual gala supporting the charity work of the Broadcasters Foundation of America will be held Monday, March 6, at New York’s Plaza Hotel.
The award will be presented to the former FCC chairman, commissioner and prominent media and telecommunications lawyer during the annual Golden Mike Award Fundraising Dinner on March 6.
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The charity for broadcasters in need is reminding the industry that with 2022 coming to its end, “there’s never been a better opportunity to help those in our business who […]
Katz Media Group, the nation’s largest media sales organization, has raised more than $47,000 for the Broadcasters Foundation of America during Katz’s 12th annual companywide membership drive, bringing the total amount raised […]
He will be recognized at a gala award ceremony and fundraiser to be held March 6, 2023, at the Plaza Hotel in New York.
The Broadcasters Foundation of America kicks off its annual year-end giving campaign this week. The appeal asks for tax-deductible donations to provide financial assistance to people in broadcasting whose lives have […]
The longtime broadcaster took over the reins of the organization in 2009, guiding the charitable group to more than quadruple the amount of financial aid it distributes to radio and TV professionals from $400,000 to nearly $2 million last year. He was 75.
Adams Radio Group has launched a voluntary employee donation drive to help create awareness and raise funds for the Broadcasters Foundation of America, a 501(c)3 charity that provides aid to fellow […]
The presentation was made at its annual breakfast, which took place Wednesday morning during the NAB Show in Las Vegas. Above (l-r): Tim McCarthy, co-president of Broadcasters Foundation and Scott Herman, chairman of Broadcasters Foundation, pictured with the honorees, Byron Allen, Pierre Bouvard, Christine Travaglini, Dennis Wharton, Ralph Oakley and Gordon Smith.
The Broadcasters Foundation of America has elected Curtis LeGeyt, president and chief executive officer of the National Association of Broadcasters; Dennis Lyle, president and chief executive officer of the Illinois Broadcasters Association and the […]
Looking a little surprised at being in the world again after a two-year pandemic, media industry glitterati gathered at New York’s Plaza Hotel to present the Broadcasters Foundation of America’s Golden Mike and Lifetime Achievement and Awards to Gray Television’s Hilton Howell and pioneering sportscaster Leslie Visser.
The charitable organization that provides financial aid to broadcasters in acute need from critical illness, accident or serious misfortune will honor the careers of six individuals with its Leadership Awards and the Lowry Mays Excellence in Broadcasting Award at the event in Las Vegas.
The Broadway, film and TV star will entertain when the Golden Mike award dinner and ceremony returns on Monday, March 14, at the Plaza Hotel in New York City.
The Broadcasters Foundation of America announced today that the hosts for this year’s BFOA Golden Mike Award dinner and ceremony will be husband and wife broadcasters Al Roker, weather and feature anchor for Today and co-host of show’s […]
The Broadcasters Foundation of America says it has achieved a rating of 100 from Charity Navigator, a nonprofit evaluator. The evaluation process takes place over a seven-year period and uses […]
