Neal Boortz enters the Radio Hall of Fame
Atlanta's own Neal Boortz has been named a member of the national Radio Hall of Fame.
After being nominated, Boortz actively campaigned for a spot. “I’m not going to sit back and sing ‘Que Sera Sera,’ ” he said. “Obama campaigned!”
It obviously worked. He asked folks at Cox corporate, his syndicators and the 300,000 people on the Fair Tax organization email list to vote, vote, vote.
Neal Boortz in the Radio Hall of Fame
- It's about time!
- Really?
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His producer Royal Marshall emailed him a note saying that, yes, he is now officially a legend. "At least in my own mind," Boortz added.
The man with Libertarian leanings has been in talk radio for four decades and is now heard on more than 250 radio stations nationwide including WSB-AM.
“I got emails. Even people who don’t like me voted for me,” he said. “They wrote that I deserved it since I’ve been around so long.” ,
“So it’s all about being around a long time?” I asked.
“Longevity trumps talent apparently,” he cracked.
"He is on Cloud Nine," said his producer Belinda Skelton. "When he found out, he was almost to the point of tears." She heard he won by a landslide.
The ceremony is on November 7 in Chicago.
“I will modestly boast about it tomorrow,” he said. Modest? Is that word even in his vocabulary?
Past inductees include Abbott & Costello. Jack Benny, Don Imus, Casey Kasem, Rush Limbaugh, Red Skelton, Scott Shannon, Bob Hope, Paul Harvey. Harry Carey and Edward R. Murrow. Esteemed company indeed.
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