Ken Siemek
CLASS OF 2026 Over the course of his 44 years on KOLN (Lincoln) & KGIN TV (Grand Island), meteorologist Ken Siemek retired in 2025 after leading the stations’ weather department through massive technology changes, going from handwritten weather symbols and temperature readings to the latest in radar and satellite weather forecasting technology. Ken helped to […]
Steve Lundy
CLASS OF 2026 In a career approaching 50 years and still counting, Steve Lundy has entertained listeners and served local communities on some of Nebraska’s most legendary radio stations. He got his on-air start in 1977 at KHUB in Fremont and over the next 23 years, Steve was heard in Omaha on WOW, KOIL, KEFM, […]
Kevin Kugler
CLASS OF 2026 Kevin Kugler has the most extensive play by play resume of any Nebraskan, and he continues scaling new heights on a national level. He began by doing play by play on KAWL in York and hosted “Big Red Wrap Up” and other programs on Nebraska Educational Television. Kevin hosted “Unsportsmanlike Conduct” on […]
John Knicely
CLASS OF 2026 From his start as a TV sportscaster through his 34 years as news anchor on Omaha’s WOWT TV, John Knicely set a long-term standard for credibility and trust in Nebraska’s most competitive television market before retiring in 2025. With a focus on stories that mattered to the community such as public safety […]
Dennis & Kathi Brown
CLASS OF 2025 Dennis and Kathi Brown – Our first husband & wife owner/operator inductees, Dennis and Kathi Brown met while working at a Colorado radio station. Sharing a passion for radio and a dream of ownership, their 1991 purchase of KCSR AM in Chadron, Nebraska saved the station from going under. Strongly focused on […]
Dale Johnson
CLASS OF 2025 Dale Johnson – In a Nebraska radio career now spanning 51 years, Dale Johnson is a highly respected source of radio news in Lincoln. After his early years as an announcer in Holdrege, Kearney, Omaha and Grand Island, Dale spent 38 years as news director for Lincoln’s KFOR before joining Nebraska Public […]
Mike McKnight
CLASS OF 2025 Mike McKnight – When Mike McKnight joined Omaha’s WOWT TV in 1977, he never dreamed that 49 years later he’d still be holding people accountable as a one-man watchdog through his tireless investigative reporting. An advocate for the truth – despite threats often made against him – Mike has taken on big […]
Dave Wingert
CLASS OF 2025 Dave Wingert with an on-air resume covering 60 years and still counting, Dave Wingert has touched numerous radio audiences with his energy, wit and infectious personality. While his career includes stops in Kansas City, Seattle and ten years in national syndication as “Dave ‘Til Dawn,” Wingert made Omaha radio his home through his […]
Kent Boughton
CLASS OF 2024 Kent Boughton began his broadcasting career at the age of 15 as a disc jockey at KRGI in Grand Island. After graduating from Brown Institute in 1977, Kent began his television career as sports and weather director at KIFI TV in Idaho Falls before returning to Nebraska in 1979 to become weather […]
Jane Monnich
CLASS OF 2024 Hired as a news writer for KLIN at Lincoln’s Broadcast House in 1972, little did Jane Monnich know the Broadcast House would be her professional home for the next 48 years. At a time when women were rarely heard on the air, Jane was soon named KLIN’s afternoon news anchor. She moved […]