Pioneer Award Recipients
1963 Ed Appler KTHS, Berryville
1964 Bob Wheeler KHOZ, Harrison
1965 Sam Anderson KFFA, Helena
1966 Dan Winn KARK, Little Rock
1967 W.N. McKinney KELD, El Dorado
1968 Ted Rand (posthumously) KDRS, Paragould
1969 Julian Haas KAGH, Crossett
1970 Cecil Smith KUOA, Siloam Springs
1971 Kermit Richardson KBOK, Malvern
1972 Mel and June Spann KWAK, Stuttgart
1973 Bob Buice KARN, Little Rock
1974 Sheldon Vinsonhaler KLRA, Little Rock
1975 B.G. Robertson KTHV, Little Rock
1976 Jim Higginbottom KBTA, Batesville
1977 Harold Sudbury, Sr. KLCN, Blytheville
1978 J.A.”Sonny” West, Jr. KDMS, El Dorado
1979 Jay P. Beard KBTM, Jonesboro
1980 Bill Fogg KXJK, Forrest City
1981 J.C. Wills KVOM, Morrilton and Don Corbet KARN, Little Rock
1982 C.R. “Russ” Horne KARV, Russellville
1983 Adrian White
1984 Don Whitney
1985 Winston J. “Buddy” Deane
1986 Weldon Sledge KWRF, Warren
1987 Lee Reaves
1988 Hi Mayo Snider Corporation
1989 George T. Hernreich Hernreich Broadcasting
1990 Preston Bridges KGKO/KAKI, Benton
1991 Jim Elders KARN, Little Rock
1992 Bob Brown KTHV, Little Rock
1993 Sonny Paine KFFA, Helena
1995 Abbott Kinney KVSA, McGehee
1996 Ted Snider KARN, Little Rock
1997 Haskell Jones KXAR/KDQN, Hope/DeQueen
1998 H.R. “Herbie” Byrd KLRA, Little Rock
1999 Dale Nicholson KATV, Little Rock
2000 John Paul Capps KAPZ/KKSY, Searcy
2001 Charles Rasberry ASU, Jonesboro
2002 Charles Earls KTLO, Mountain Home
2004 W J Dub Wheeler KHOZ, Harrison
2005 Tom Longfellow KARK-TV/KARN, Little Rock
2006 Darrell Cunningham Ft Smith-Retired
2012 Bill Nolan Noalmark-El Dorado