by Buddy Broncho | Jun 10, 2019 | 1974
Inducted: 1974 BYRON L. ABERNETHY (1899-1959) published the Duncan Banner for 33 years (1926-59) and reported for the Associated Press for four years. Known as a newspaperman’s newspaperman, he pursued the goal of a quality newspaper, leading the way toward...
by Buddy Broncho | Jun 10, 2019 | 1974
Inducted: 1974 JOHN CRONLEY (1909-1972) was sports writer and editor for the Daily Oklahoman and Oklahoma City Times for thirty years after working on several Nebraska newspapers. His sharp wit and high standards trained three generations of younger sports writers,...
by Buddy Broncho | Jun 10, 2019 | 1974
Inducted: 1974 ALVA DOPKING (1908-1992) of Fort Cobb was named to the Associated Press Hall of Fame for his four decades of outstanding reporting. He covered many of the top domestic news stories of his time—the trial of Boss Pendergast, Greenlease kidnapping, Texas...
by Buddy Broncho | Jun 10, 2019 | 1974
Inducted: 1974 NORRIS G. HENTHORNE, SR. (1891-1962) joined the Tulsa Daily World as a bookkeeper in 1913 and retired in 1960 after ten years as president and thirty-two years as editor. During that forty-seven years he also was a community, state and national leader,...
by Buddy Broncho | Jun 10, 2019 | 1974
Inducted: 1974 FRANK McGEE (1921-1974) achieved giant stature among American broadcasters through his innovations and his human approach to news coverage. He began his career on KGFF Shawnee in 1940 and moved to WKY-TV Oklahoma City in 1950 where he did the...
by Buddy Broncho | Jun 10, 2019 | 1974
Inducted: 1974 JACK MORRIS (1921-2010) became Oklahoma’s first winner of the Edward R. Murrow Award for television news in 1966 with an hour-long documentary on problems of “The Five Civilized Tribes.” He has produced documentaries in Europe, South...
