Six longtime radio personalities with Dallas-Fort Worth connections, including some who are still very much on the job, will be inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame this weekend.
The ceremony, which is sold out, will take place Sunday at Tin Hall in Cypress, northwest of Houston. Seventeen Texas-radio personalities will be honored. The ones from North Texas are:
Brad Barton: One of the most respected broadcast meteorologists in Dallas-Fort Worth, Barton has been with WBAP/820 AM for the past year, after a lengthy career at KRLD/1080 AM, where he spent 31 years before being laid off in a round of budget-cutting. Barton had already been a 14-year member of KRLD's news team in 1992, when he began studying to be a licensed meteorologist through Mississippi State University's two-year degree program. Among the big stories Barton has covered are the 1994 Lancaster tornado, 1995 Mayfest hailstorm and the 2000 tornado in downtown Fort Worth. He also briefly resumed his role as news anchor to cover the news on 9-11. Barton also did weather during the '90s for KTVT/Channel 11. He has received an Edward R. Murrow Award and several Katie Awards.
Also being inducted in the Texas Radio Hall of Fame; Tony Bridge, Bud Buschardt, Jack Hines, Scott Hodges & Jim White
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