2014 Hall of Fame

1932 – 1984
Jack Carney was born in Los Angeles on August 23, 1932.  He attended UCLA, where he studied law until, out of curiosity, he took radio classes, eventually abandoning law for a career in radio.
Carney’s radio career began in New Mexico in 1951.  He moved through several small market stations in the southwest before becoming well known as a rock n’ roll DJ serving up hits to teenagers in Phoenix,

1919 – 1989
Andrew “Skip” Carter was born in 1919 in Savannah, Georgia, where he built his first radio while still in high school and worked as a radio engineer.  After serving in the Army from 1940-1945, Carter studied physics at Georgia State for three years, went to the RCA School for Electronics and then to New York University.  He earned his First Class broadcast license in 1947.

Norma Champion is best known as “Aunt Norma” to most long-time residents of the Ozarks.  From 1957 to 1986, Champion was the writer, producer and host of The Children’s Hour, a top-rated commercial television program on KYTV in Springfield.
Champion accidentally auditioned for the show and soon became a household name as she entertained and mentored thousands of children through the Children’s Hour.  She performed the show live,

Leonard Ray “Len” Dawson was born June 20, 1935 in Alliance, Ohio, the 7th son of a 7th son. Len excelled in High School football, and after choosing to attend Purdue over Ohio State, he went on to an outstanding college football career, throwing for over 3,000 yards in three years and leading the Big 10 Conference in passing each year. During his college years, he began a friendship with Boilermaker assistant coach Hank Stram that would last more than half a century.

Ray Karpowicz has long been recognized as an effective and positive leader in the broadcast industry as well as the city of St. Louis.
A native of Madison, Illinois, his leadership abilities were honored early in life when he won the Distinguished Flying Cross and Air Medals as a member of the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II.
After graduating from the University of Missouri,