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