Los Angeles-based news/talk personalities John and Ken and Larry Elder are among those nominated for induction into the 2022 Radio Hall-of-Fame.
Twenty-four total nominees were announced Monday, and more than 600 industry members will cast confidential ballots, with inductees being announced on Monday, July 25th.
“We’ve made changes in 2022 to allow voting participants to vote for up to six nominees for induction and limit the voting process to knowledgeable industry members,” said Kraig T. Kitchin, Co-Chairman, Radio Hall of Fame, in a statement. “Listeners and industry members alike contributed more than 2500 suggestions for the Nominating Committee to consider in addition to their own considerations.”
John Koblyt and Ken Chiampou co-host the “John and Ken” show on weekday afternoons on KFI AM 640. The iconic duo has been together for 35 years and is the longest-running team in talk radio history both in Los Angeles and nationally, according to the station’s website.
Larry Elder recently left his nationally syndicated radio show at Salem Media Group to join Epoch Media Group (EMG) as a television host on Epoch TV. Elder, aka “The Sage From South Central,” was a fixture on TalkRadio 790 KABC for over two decades. Last year, Elder challenged California Gov. Gavin Newsome in a recall election and lost.
“The 2022 list of nominees for induction to the Radio Hall of Fame this year represents some of the most talented individuals in the history of our medium,” said Dennis Green, Co-Chairman, Radio Hall of Fame; this year’s nominees made their mark in a variety of formats from coast-to-coast and town-to-town up and down the dial.
The 2022 Radio Hall of Fame induction ceremony is on Tuesday, November 1st, 2022, in Chicago.
