Hall of Fame
Many of the greats started their careers in Illinois or were born in the Land of Lincoln. IBA recognizes these great broadcasters with the title of Hall of Famer and celebrates them in either a public or private presentation. Our list includes News Broadcasters, Television Anchors, Comedians, Movie Actors, Famous Radio Voices, Industry Leaders and more.
(Springfield, IL.) Television audiences may know him best as Thatcher Grey of Grey’s Anatomy, or Cyrus Beene of Scandal, or Inspector Harvey Leek of Nash Bridges, or Richard Katimski of My So Called Life, and most recently, Editor Stanley Kornik of last season’s CBS drama Alaska Dailyor countless other roles in film and theater that the IBA Hall of Fame-bound […]
(Carterville/Springfield, IL) Dolton, Illinois native, Thornridge High School and Illinois State University graduate Jane Lynch will soon add “IBA Hall of Famer” to her already long list of professional accomplishments that include five Primetime Emmy Awards, two Screen Actors Guild Awards, a Golden Globe Award, and a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame when […]
Bill Geist, a New York Times bestselling author, an Emmy Award-wining retired correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning, and a Bronze Star recipient (for his service as a combat photographer with the First Infantry Division in Vietnam) is now IBA Hall of Famer. Born and raised in Champaign, Illinois, Geist, a 1968 graduate of the University of […]
George Will became the 61st member of the IBA Hall of Fame on May 16th at an after hours reception at Harry Caray’s in Chicago. Will shared stories of his broadcast career covering national politics, past presidents, and the current climate of the media with members of the Chicago media present but it was his […]
(Springfield/Carterville) Said to have been the inspiration for actor Will Ferrell’s “Ron Burgundy” character in the Anchorman movie franchise, real life veteran network radio and TV anchor Mort Crim for induction into the IBA’s (Illinois Broadcasters Association’s) Hall of Fame. A West Frankfort, Illinois native, Crim earned a Master’s degree in Journalism from Northwestern […]
Long-time CBS News White House reporter Bill Planted was inducted into the Illinois Broadcasters Association Hall of Fame on June 6, 2018. Plante was introduced by his stepson, Chris Plant, a syndicated radio show host as part of the Westwood One Network. Bill Plante, a retired veteran reporter, was a CBS News White House correspondent […]
Friends, family and fans gathered Saturday, May 21, 2016, in Chicago to honor the life of local radio personality Doug Banks, who died last month. The memorial was held at the Harold Washington Cultural Center on the South Side. The event was hosted, in part, by radio stations V103, 107.5 WGCI-FM and iHeartMedia Chicago. Banks was also […]
Clark Weber was an American radio personality in Chicago since 1950 when he began his career as an amateur radio operator. Referring to himself as, “Mother Weber’s Oldest Son,” Clark served his country in the Navy and in 1954 took his first professional radio job in Waukesha, Wisconsin. He moved to Chicago in 1961 where […]
Dick Van Dyke became a member of the Illinois Broadcasters Association’s Hall of Fame on June 24, 2016 during a return trip to Danville, Illinois to raise money and awareness for his foundation with the goal of saving his childhood home. The home will become a center for the arts for the Danville area artists. […]
Award winning broadcast journalist Ann Compton, the first woman reporter ever assigned to cover the White House on a fulltime basis by a network television news organization, was inducted into the Illinois Broadcasters Association’s Hall of Fame, Monday, December 15, 2014 during a ceremony held at the Museum of Broadcast Communications. “It was a front […]