Radio Hall of Fame Voting

[BossRadioDJ]

Voting for the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame's Class of 2008 has opened, allowing the public to voice its opinion on which local radio stars from the past and present will be inducted this September.

More than 6000 votes were cast in last year's balloting.

Voting will begin on February 18 and will end on July 1, with one "bonus" date -- an additional public voting day will take place on Saturday, July 5, during the "Radio Day By The Bay" open house with the California Historical Radio Society at the KRE Building in Berkeley.

Public voting will also take place at Broadcast Legends events on March 27 and June 11 in Berkeley.

The Class of 2008 will consist of the six nominees receiving the most votes based on public voting, plus another four to six selected by the Veterans Committee, plus two to four selected by the museum's board of directors.

The Class of 2008 will be announced on July 16, and will be inducted during a public ceremony as part of the Broadcast Legends' quarterly luncheon, which will be held on Tuesday, September 30, 2008.

http://www.bayarearadio.org/hof/barhof_2008_vote.shtml
or http://Radio-Info.com/24w34e

[skyrocker]

Hey, Meestah DJ (--Van Morrison sample),
Would you be so good as to please explain the "you can vote as many times as you wish" decision
to a small trip dreamer such as myself? Doesn't seem to be the same way the politicians have taught us to vote...

[tripton99]

something wrong with the machine.
I tried to vote for two people and when I voted for the second person the vote for the first person disappeared.

[BossRadioDJ]

something wrong with the machine.
I tried to vote for two people and when I voted for the second person the vote for the first person disappeared.

There's nothing wrong with the machine. You select the person you want to vote for, and you place your vote by clicking on the button at the bottom of the page. You can't select multiple nominees on the same screen.

You can vote as many times as you want, but you have to do it one vote at a time.

[BossRadioDJ]

Hey, Meestah DJ (--Van Morrison sample),
Would you be so good as to please explain the "you can vote as many times as you wish" decision
to a small trip dreamer such as myself? Doesn't seem to be the same way the politicians have taught us to vote...

You obviously didn't grow up in Chicago or New York! Does the phrase "vote early, vote often" ring a bell?

All of the candidates deserve to be in the Hall of Fame, and I'd venture a guess that -- eventually, over the next decade or so -- everyone on the list will get in.

If someone wants to load up and vote for Alex Bennett (for example) or Hap Harper (for example) a few hundred times, it won't skew things too much, because someone else will probably sit there and vote for John Mack Flanagan (for example) or Red Blanchard (for example) a few hundred times.

It happened last time with two candidates ... and they both deserved to get in, and it would have been a shame if they didn't.

DJ

[skyrocker]

Thanks for clarifying that "Chicago-style" voting system so vividly, David. You
know, it sounded too good to be true -- such a magical place, this Radio Hall
Of Fame -- I was sorely tempted to vote for myself again and again to insure
I would most certainly be inducted therein.

But then came the crushing disappointment: I talked to my old friend Don Bleu,
a Hall Of Famer himself, and he informed me that you don't get to move in and
live there rent free.

You could've mentioned that, too...

[BossRadioDJ]

But then came the crushing disappointment: I talked to my old friend Don Bleu,
a Hall Of Famer himself, and he informed me that you don't get to move in and
live there rent free.

You could've mentioned that, too...

Well, um...

Should I mention that we do ask you to stand verrrrrrry still while we smear bronze paint all over you for the induction ceremony? We simply can't afford statues yet, and this saves us a bundle.

DJ

[daliasf]

Can't figure out why Dennis Erectus isn't on your list.  I nominate him and hope you add him to the list soon so I start voting Chicago style.

[Tube Shortwave]

Hey David,

Here's how I wasted company time and bandwidth today.

Let's vote.

Jack Friday!!!!

I also voted for Phil Lerza just because he was the engineer for the Big 610, KFRC.  That alone makes him awesome.  Anyone who can make an AM sound like THAT is awesome.

Dave McQueen has the slowest, funniest news delivery ever, but then again, he was on the Big 610, KFRC also.  I thought he was just talking that way to be funny on KFRC, but now listening to him on KCBS, I realize it is a speech impediment.  Sorry for laughing at you all those years, Dave!

Bobby Ocean, just because.  Um... KFRC!

Lee Rodgers!  Not because of KSFO, but because he is the voice of WWV!!!!  'All time, all the time'.  Hee hee!  Lee is on 2.5, 5, 10, 15, and 20 MHz. 24/7.

Tom Rounds, just fercuz.

Don Sainte-John because I had NO idea he was black until I met him at KFRC!  He kicked so much butt on KFRC, and never played the 'poor pitiful me, I'm black' crap.  He is awesome as a jock and as a human being.

Michael Savage (weiner) because he came from nowhere and made it in San Francisco, then went national and made it big time.  Agree with him or not, we should be proud that a guy that got started in San Fran made it big and stays there.

Roy Storey because he sounded so awesome on KFRC.  Every time he did a news cast, he made it sound like he had info that was about to save your life and you didn't DARE tune out until he was done!  The best newsman 'urgency' ever.

[foxeye]

This voting is only for commercial radio it would appear.

Since the best programing is often on non-commercial radio, I can see why you and your Board would be intimidated.

Sad - and no clear way to write in - this is certainly an OPEN forum.