Chuck Stevens
CLASS OF 2015 Chuck Stevens enjoyed a 52-year career on Lincoln radio and TV, most notably in local sportscasting. Stevens came to Lincoln in 1960. He was just one year removed from high school but already had quite a resume, having worked at a radio station in his Sterling, Colorado hometown, another radio station in […]
Jerry Dishong
CLASS OF 2016 Jerry Dishong’s career spans five decades; all at one station. During that time he became legendary for his service to the communities of the Panhandle and the people who live there. Growing up in Gordon and attending Chadron State College, Jerry took a part-time job upon graduation in 1966 with Duhamel Broadcasting’s KDUH-TV in Hay Springs. To become full-time he was […]
Rose Ann Shannon
CLASS OF 2016 Rose Ann Shannon graduated from the University of Nebraska Omaha and embarked on a 43-year broadcasting career in Nebraska. She was the news director at KETV channel 7 Omaha for 24 of those years. Shannon’s career began in 1973 just before the Omaha tornado of 1975. She was covering the city council meeting for KMTV at the time and […]
Dave Thorell
CLASS OF 2016 Dave Thorell of Loomis spent his entire career in broadcasting. Of the 47 years of his Nebraska radio work, 42 were on the air as a personality at KRVN in Lexington. He was a friend and trusted source of news and information for ranchers and farmers across Nebraska and much of Kansas. Thorell started as a student broadcaster for the Kearney State College […]