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| Welcome to the new Buffalo Broadcasters Association (formally the Buffalo Broadcast Pioneers) Website. Our new logo reflects our desire to include all broadcasters, both current and pioneer broadcasters, to be members of our organization. Our goal is to make our site a one-stop place for information on everything from the rich history of Buffalo broadcasting to the latest information on what is happening in the radio and television industry. (Read more) |
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Check out our new features
Buffalo Broadcasters Association is proud to announce 2 new feature to our
website. The first is a
message board
for you to interact with fellow members and guests.
The second is the
Buffalo
Broadcasters Gift Shop. Buy all your future Buffalo Broadcasters
memorabilia, and support your favorite group at the same time.
Feel free to check them out, and let us know
what you think on the message board! |
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Join us on Facebook
 Facebook
boasts of 150 million users world wide,
are you one of them? The Buffalo Broadcasters Association is. Come
join us in the exciting new world of social networking! |
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| Founded in 1997, the Hall of Fame honors those giants who have made major contributions to the radio and television industry and have earned Buffalo a sparkling reputation in the broadcasting profession. Click on any of the links listed in the "Hall of Fame" section of the main menu to view the inductees for that year. |
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| Hall of Fame Nominations
being accepted Nominations for the annual Hall of Fame ceremony are accepted from General Membership and must be mailed to the Buffalo Broadcasters Association, 5672 Main Street, Williamsville, NY 14221 prior to October 1st.
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We have quite an extensive library of Air Checks from Buffalo's Golden Age of radio broadcasting. Also included in this area are some early examples of Buffalo Radio Commercials.
Click here to
listen to them. |
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Buffalo Broadcasters Association needs
your help
with the Archiving Project!
For
several years, The Buffalo Broadcasters Association has been storing and is
now in the process of having gifted to us, all the old newsfilm that went
into the preparation of newscasts on Channels 2 and 4 during the ‘60’s and
70’s. We are working on a plan to receive the U-matic tape that recorded
later efforts. This is an irreplaceable visual history of Western New York
during the time Buffalo was booming. It includes all the fires, political
maneuvering, and the day-to-day reporting that made up life in our area.
But the film continues to deteriorate and before it does so, we need to
catalog the miles of film, and transfer everything to digital memory. (Read
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Click here for the latest news, including our quarterly newsletter. |
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Buffalo
Broadcasters 5K Walk/Run
Get the very latest information
on the 5K Walk/Run here! |
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Former
Buffalo Broadcaster Passes on
 Word
has been received that former WGRZ-TV Sports reporter Gary Papa has passed away
at the age of 54. Gary was born and raised in Buffalo. He left town
in 1981 to work in Philadelphia. Gary leaves behind a wife and two sons, and
family here in Buffalo.
Click here for the WPVI story.
Click
here for the WGRZ story. |
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Irv has
sent along this note:
Dear Friends And Family,
 Elaine & I would like to
thank you for the many kind expressions of sympathy we have received since the
tragic loss of our grandson, Noah. Many of you have asked if there is a special
way to remember Noah. Our daughter and son-in-law, Beth & Solly Krom, have
established a foundation in Noah's name, to help needy young people to realize
their dreams.
Those wishing to
honor Noah's memory, may do so by contributing to The Noah J. Krom Foundation
c/o JCFOC (Jewish Community
Froundation Of Orange county)
Please make checks payable to:
The Noah J. Krom Foundation c/o JCFOC
and Mail to:
The Noah J. Krom Foundation c/o JCFOC
1 Federation Way, Suite 210
Irvine, CA 92603-0174
Those wishing to make credit card donations, please contact Myrna Shields at the
Community Foundation of the Jewish Federation of Orange County at (949)
435-3495.
Thank you for your
friendship and generosity.
Irv and Elaine Weinstein
Our thoughts are with Irv and
family at this difficult time. |
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Buffalo
Business First Article
 An
article by Thomas Hartley highlighting our Archiving Project was published in
the April 17th edition of Buffalo Business First. The article features
President Dave Gillen and WIVB-TV's Sr. Correspondent Rich Newberg.
Subscribers of the
newspaper can see it online by
clicking here. |
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El
Grosso Rides again!
 Buffalo
Broadcasters have received word that legendary Buffalo radio announcers Taylor
and Moore, (Bob Taylor and Harv Moore), have gathered memorabilia together and
compiled it into a website. Click here to go to
Taylor and Moore and
friends. The website includes clips from shows, as well as sound from
Buffalo radio personalities from the 50's thru the 70's. |
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We
need your help!
The Buffalo Broadcasters Association is building a new
feature for the website.. The history of WYSL. The BIG 14 was a major competitor
to WKBW and had many great talents work in it's studios in The Statler Hilton
Hotel and 425 Franklin.
A $10,000 cash prize will be awarded to anyone who has a photo
of Teen DJ Karin Kelly riding in WYSL’s “Krakatoa East of Java” premiere parade.
E-mail us if you have the photo!
If you have any photos, airchecks, a timeline of talent who
worked at the station, please
click here to e-mail us.
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