Past Recipients
2023
Vicki Dortch
Joe Elliott
Marti Hazel
Carl Nathe
Greg Stotelmyer
2022
Dave Baker
John Belski
Chuck Mraz
2021
Keith Casebolt
Credo Harris
Paul Rogers
Joel Utley
2020
Sam Dick (video)
Dan Manley (video)
Milton Metz (video)
Jim Moore (video)
Jean West (video)
2019
Randy Atcher
Barbara Bailey
Gary Burbank
Dale McKinney
2018
Chris Aldridge
David Brinkley
Bill Lamb
Elmer Sulzer
2017
Bill Bailey
Ken Bradley
Rob Bromley
Jeff Ray
2016
Virginia Fox
Lynn Martin
Dave Thompson
Melissa Swan
2015
Mike Chadwell
Scooter Davis
Bill Goodman
2014
John M. Barrick
Wayne Perkey
Charles Wesley (Wes) Strader
Tom Ulmer
2013
Coyote Calhoun
Ed Thomas
Bill Walters
Ferrell Wellman
2012
Jo Ann Keenan
WXBC - Hardinsburg
Beth Mann
WKDZ AM-FM/WHVO-AM - Cadiz/Hopkinsville
Dale Thornhill
Commonwealth Broadcasting - Bowling Green
2011
Tom Byron
WMST - Mt Sterling
Ron Gentry
WYMC-AM - Mayfield
Henry Royse
WCLU AM/FM - Glasgow/Munfordville
2010
Alan Burton
WKLW - Paintsville
Jo Ella Shelly
Clear Channel - Somerset
Mike Tarter
Forcht Broadcasting - London/Somerset/Columbia/Paintsville/Whitesburg
2009
Mike Feldhaus
Kentucky Farm Bureau - Louisville
Hays McMakin
Gateway Radio Works - Morehead/Mt Sterling/Owingsville
Gary Roedemeier
WHAS-TV (Retired) - Louisville
2008
Johnny Randolph
WAKY - Elizabethtown
Sid Scott
WANY - Albany
Don Sheridan
WMSK AM/FM - Mayfield/Sturgis
2007
D.J. Everett
WKDZ AM/FM/WHVO-AM - Cadiz/Hopkinsville
Terry Meiners
WHAS-AM - Louisville
Barry Williams
Bowling Green
2006
Pete Boyce
Mid America Electronics Service - New Albany IN
Gary Morse
Bristol Broadcasting - Paducah
Jack Pattie
WVLK-AM - Lexington
Willie Wilson
WKDZ-AM - Cadiz
2005
Jim Freeland
WCBL-AM/FM WCCK-FM - Benton/Calvert City
Don Neagle
WRUS - Russellville
Lucille Smith
WPKE-AM - Pikeville
2004
Ron Boone
Commonwealth Broadcasting - Elizabethtown
Wayne Martin
WKYT-TV - Lexington
Ray Mullinax
WKYR - Burkesville
Tom Wills
WAVE-TV - Louisville
Jim Youngblood
Paducah
2003
Gorman Collins
WDOC/WQHY - Prestonsburg
James Morgan
WHLN - Harlan
2001
Glen Bastin
Louisville
Seldon Short
MTC AM/FM - Vancleve
2000
O. Leonard Press
Lexington
Dave Wilkinson
Bowling Green
1999
Steve Newberry
Commonwealth Broadcasting - Glasgow
Sue Wylie
Lexington
1997
Charlie Strickland
Louisville
1995
Francis Nash
Grayson
Van Vance
Louisville
1994
Milton Metz
Louisville
1992
Ed Henson
Louisville
1991
Jere Pigue
Lexington
1986
Jim Allison
Lexington
Governor A.B. “Happy” Chandler
Versailles
Ralph Hacker
Lexington
1980
Clarance Henson
Louisville
1979
Ted Grizzard
Lexington
John Lair
Renfro Valley
1955
Carl Haverlin
New York
1955
F.E. “Dutch” Lackey
Hopkinsville
1955
Bill Ladd
Louisville
1955
Willis Munro
Ashland
1955
Hugh & Cliffordean Potter
Owensboro
1955
Ken Sparnon
New York
Chuck Anderson
Bowling Green
Harry Barfield
Lexington
Bill Betts
Maysville
Governor Edward “Ned” Breathitt
Frankfort
Lee Browning
Louisville
James Caldwell
Louisville
Governor Bert Combs
Frankfort
J.B. Crawley
Campbellsville
Bob Doll
Frankfort
Bill Evans
Elizabethtown
Jack Farmer
Danville
Ralph Gabbard
Lexington
Bob Gardner
Louisville
Art Grunewald
Louisville
Ray Holbrook
Danville
Walter “Dee” Huddleston
Elizabethtown
G. Nolan Kenner
Somerset
Tom Kerr
Campbellsville
Garvice Kincaid
Lexington
Phyllis Knight
Louisville
Pierce Lackey
Paducah
Hecht Lackey
Henderson
Henry Lackey
Henderson
Dutch Lackey
Mike Layman
Somerset
Cawood Ledford
Lexington
Ray Livesay
Mattoon, IL
Nathan Lord
Louisville
Walter May
Pikeville
Harry McTigue
Louisville
Gilmore Nunn
Lexington
Fred Paxton
Paducah
Katherine Peden
Hopkinsville
James Quello
Washington DC
Roy Redmond
Maysville
Ed Shadbourne
Louisville
J. Porter Smith
Louisville
W.P. Sosh
Russellville
Ernest Sparkman
Hazard
Bill Stakelin
Lexington
Charlie Stratton
Mayfield
William Summers III
Louisville
Sol Taishoff
New York
Al Temple
Bowling Green
Charlotte Tharp
Louisville
Jim Topmiller
Louisville
Bayard “Bud” Walters
Hawesville
Don Wheeler
Lexington
J.T. Whitlock
Lebanon
Bill Whittaker
Morehead