2017 Hall of Fame

Marci Burdick is a veteran journalist, manager and corporate executive.  She is currently a Senior Advisor to Schurz Communications.  Burdick joined Schurz in 1988, when she was became News Director at KYTV in Springfield.  She was promoted to President/General Manager of WAGT-TV in Augusta, Georgia in 2000.  Marci added Vice President of the Television Group in 2001, and was named Senior Vice President of the Electronics Division,

Ralph David Foster (April 25, 1893-August 11, 1984) was an American broadcast executive and philanthropist who created the framework for Springfield, Missouri to challenge Nashville as the nation’s top country music capital during the 1950’s.  His KWTO-AM radio station in Springfield was a springboard for many top country artists.  Foster’s many music businesses led to the creation of “Ozark Jubilee,” the first U.S. network television program to feature the stars of country music.

(1936-1989)
Patrick Daniel “Dan” Kelly was a Canadian-born sportscaster best known as the play-by-play man for the St. Louis Blues from their early existence until his death in 1989, some two decades later.  In  addition to the Blues, Kelly was the lead announcer for national NHL games in both the U.S. and Canada.  He broadcast 16 Stanley Cup Finals from between 1969 and 1988.  Besides hockey,

Larry Moore, currently anchor emeritus for KMBC-TV in Kansas City, has served for more than 40 years as primary news anchor and editor for KMBC-TV9 news at 5, 6, and 10 p.m. For most of those years, his newscasts ranked #1 the market. Larry holds the distinction of having anchored the news for more years than anyone in Kansas City history. He is often referred to as “Mr.