MAB Hall Of Fame
The Maine Broadcasting Hall of Fame was created in 1993 to honor those employees of Maine broadcasting stations who have made a significant contribution to their industry and the community. At that time, all prior Broadcaster of the Year honorees were inducted into the Hall of Fame. Here is a list of the honorees past and present:
1966: Faust Couture*
1967: Jack Atwood*
1968: Phil Johnson*
1969: Elden Shute*
1970: Rudolph Marcoux*
1971: Carleton Brown
1972: Walter Dickson*
1973: Paul Huber*
1974: Norman Gallant*
1975: Keith Fowles*
1976: Chuck Sanford*
1977: Don Powers*
1978: Edward Guernsey*
1979: Jack Martin*
1980: Harvey DeVane*
1981: Margo Cobb*
1982: Terrence Economy*
1983: Ron Frizzell*
1984: Dan Hollingdale*
1985: Frank DeFrancesco*
1986: Edward Winchester*
1987: George Gonyar*
1988: Harold Vigue*
1989: Norman Johnson*
1990: Bruce McGorrill*
1991: Helen Sloane Dudman*
1992: Frederic Hirsch*
1993: George Wildey*
“Buffalo” Bob Smith
Bud Leavitt
Mary Rines Thompson
1994: Lew Colby*
George Hale
Wellington “Bud” Sawyer
1995: Katherine K. Dolley*
Edgar L. “Eddie” Driscoll
Melvin L. Stone
1996: Bob Gold*
Don Colson
Dean Rogers
1997: Bonnie Grant*
Bob Fuller
J. J. Jeffrey
1998: Alexander G. “Gil” Maxwell*
Fred Thompson
Dale Carter
1999: Michael T. Young*
Fred Nutter
Dennis and Pamela Curley*
2000: Paul Salisbury
Bob Elliot
2001: Bob Duchesne*
Horace Hildreth
2002: Rob Gardiner*
John Beaulieu
Kim Block
2003: Dick Gleason*
Phil Gildart
Dick Johnson
2004: David Kaufman*
Dave Astor
Dick Bronson
“Cap’n” Lloyd Knight
Bernie Roscetti
2005: Jo Ann Small Fisher*
Mike Audet
Clement Payeur
2006: Bill McVicar*
Don Brown
Frank Fixaris
Randi Kirshbaum
2007: Don Shields*
Herb Ivy
Doug Rafferty
2008: John Marshall*
R. L. Caron
Gary Sturtevant
2009: Richard Chandler*
Ryan Cote
2010: Tim Moore*
Mark Osborne
2011: Bruce Biette*
Bill Green
Susan Kimball
2012: Jim Ledger*
Dewey DeWitt
2013: Karen Hill*
Dick Hyatt
Joe Martelle
2014: Cary Pahigian, 2014*
Bob Anderson
Bruce Glasier
2015: Jon van Hoogenstyn*
Rob Caldwell
Ben Haskell
2016: Kevin Mannix*
Don Carrigan
Rick Snyder
2017: Judy Horan*
Chuck Igo
Chris Rose
2018: Stan Bennett*
Pat Callaghan
Tom O and Mr. Mike
(Charles Bell and Mike Estrada)
2019: Jeff Pierce*
Marty Engstrom
Lori Voornas
2020: NONE-Pandemic
2021: “Altitude” Lou McNally*
“Mighty” John Marshall
Cindy Williams
2022: NONE
2023: Jon Shannon*
Dale Arnold
Suzanne Goucher
* denotes Broadcaster of the Year or Broadcasting Achievement Award recipient. The Broadcaster of the Year award was renamed the Broadcasting Achievement Award in 2010 and renamed the “Suzanne Goucher Broadcast Achievement Award” in 2023.