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Jordan Wertlieb to Receive 2024 BFOA Golden Mike Award
NEW YORK –November 8, 2023 – Jordan Wertlieb, executive vice president and chief operating officer of Hearst is the 2024 recipient of the Broadcasters Foundation of America Golden Mike Award. The award will be presented during a black-tie fundraiser on Monday, March 4, 2024, at the Plaza Hotel in New York City. This year’s host,…
Read MoreRosanna Scotto & Jeff Smulyan to present awards at BFOA Golden Mike, with performance from Frank Ray
New York, NY – February 21, 2023 – The Broadcasters Foundation of America has announced the presenting speakers at this year’s Golden Mike Award gala and fundraiser. Rosanna Scotto, Co-host of WNYW FOX 5, will honor this year’s Golden Mike Award recipient, Jack Abernethy, Chief Executive Officer of FOX Television Stations. Jeff Smulyan, Founder, Chief…
Read MoreBFOA Renames Lifetime Achievement Award in Honor of Iconic Broadcaster Edward F. McLaughlin
Broadcasters Foundation of America has announced the renaming of its annual Lifetime Achievement Award to the Edward F. McLaughlin Lifetime Achievement Award, in honor of the iconic broadcaster, who passed away in 2018. The Edward F. McLaughlin Lifetime Achievement Award recognizes an individual who has made invaluable contributions to the television and radio industries. As…
Read MoreSoledad O’Brien to Host 2023 BFOA Golden Mike Award Ceremony
Broadcasters Foundation of America is proud to announce the host for this year’s BFOA Golden Mike Award dinner and ceremony will be EMMY Award-winning broadcast journalist and nationally syndicated talk show host Soledad O’Brien. The 2023 BFOA Golden Mike Award gala will take place Monday, March 6, at the Plaza Hotel in New York City.…
Read MoreRichard E. Wiley to Receive BFOA 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award
Richard E. Wiley, former Chairman, Commissioner, and General Counsel of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and one of the most prominent media and telecommunications lawyers, has been announced as the 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient by the Broadcasters Foundation of America (BFOA). The Lifetime Achievement Award honors an individual who has made invaluable contributions to…
Read MoreFOX’s Jack Abernethy to Receive BFOA 2023 Golden Mike Award
Jack Abernethy, Chief Executive Officer of FOX Television Stations, will be the 2023 honoree of the Broadcasters Foundation of America Golden Mike Award. The award will be presented during a black-tie fundraiser on Monday, March 6, 2023, at the Plaza Hotel in New York City. Abernethy has been at the helm of FOX Television Stations…
Read MoreNorm Lewis to Perform at the 2022 BFOA Golden Mike Award Gala
Broadcasters Foundation of America is proud to announce this year’s entertainment for the Golden Mike Award Gala will be Broadway, film, and TV star Norm Lewis. Following a one-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the BFOA Golden Mike Award Dinner and Ceremony returns this year on Monday, March 14 at the Plaza Hotel in New…
Read MoreAl Roker and Deborah Roberts to Host the 2022 BFOA Golden Mike Award Gala
The Broadcasters Foundation of America is proud to announce that the hosts for this year’s BFOA Golden Mike Award dinner and ceremony will be husband and wife broadcasters Al Roker, Weather and Feature Anchor for TODAY and Co-Host of Third Hour for TODAY, and Deborah Roberts, award-winning ABC News Senior National Affairs Correspondent for 20/20,…
Read MoreTrailblazing Sportscaster Lesley Visser to Receive Lifetime Achievement Award
New York, New York – January 10, 2022 – Lesley Visser, the only sportscaster – male or female — to have worked on the network broadcasts of the Final Four, the Super Bowl, the World Series, the NBA Finals, the Triple Crown, the Olympics, the U.S. Open, and the World Figure Skating Championship, has been…
Read MoreHilton Howell to Receive the 2022 BFOA Golden Mike Award
BFOA Announces the Return of the Golden Mike Award Fundraising Gala Gray TV’s Hilton Howell to Be Honored on Monday, March 14 at the Plaza Hotel in NYC Broadcasters Foundation of America has announced Hilton H. Howell, Jr., Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Gray Television and Atlantic American Corporation, as the…
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