Canadian Broadcast Hall of Fame - Definition and Overview

Started in 1982, the Canadian Broadcast Hall of Fame recognizes Canadians in broadcasting or entertainment related industries who have "achieved outstanding success in helping raise industry standards from a material or humanitarian standpoint."

Candidates are nominated annually by Canada's five broadcasting associations and the CAB's executive committee. The names of each inductee is inscribed in bronze on the Hall of Fame plaque at the CAB offices in Ottawa. Personalized plaques are also presented to either the inductees themselves or to their families.

Inductees include (partial list)

• Gerry Acton, Vice-President CAB
• Bryan Adams, singer
• Al A. Bruner
• Dr. Charles A. Allard
• George Chandler
• Bruce Cockburn, singer
• Thomas E. Darling
• Reginald Fessenden
• Lorne Greene, actor
• Arthur W. Grieg
• Gordon Lightfoot, singer
• Arthur Andrew McDermott
• Anne Murray, singer
• Craig Oliver
• S. Campbell Ritchie
• Gordon Arthur Sinclair
• Ian Tyson
• Hal Yerxa

External links

• The Canadian Broadcast Hall of Fame (http://www.broadcasting-history.ca)
• The Canadian Association of Broadcasters (http://www.cab-acr.ca/english/)