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By: Ken Kerschbaumer, Editorial Director Wednesday, December 16, 2009 - 1:54 pm |
The 2009 class of the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame was inducted on the evening of Dec. 15 at an emotional ceremony at the New York Hilton Hotel. This year’s class of legends included sportscasters Dick Enberg and Keith Jackson, former PGA Tour Commissioner Deane Beman, network TV executives Barry Frank and Chuck Howard, and technical innovators Garrett Brown, Steve Laxton, and John Porter. CBS Sports lead play-by-play announcer Jim Nantz hosted the event.
“This is without a doubt the greatest award of my professional life,” said John Porter, inventor of wireless camera systems that transformed NASCAR and auto racing coverage as well as coverage of the America’s Cup and even NASA space missions. “I call this the greatest honor because it is given by our peers, men and women who I have worked among for the past quarter century. It is also, by definition, an individual achievement award. And if I have achieved anything in my life it has been my ability to surround myself with outstanding engineers.”
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