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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)
 
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.

You can also buy DVDs of Hall of Fame Ceremonies online by clicking here

Also we have added an online Membership Dues page.  The previous two using PayPal to support our organization.

Feel free to check them out, and let us know what you think on the message board!

 
Join us on Facebook

Facebook boasts of 350 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!

 
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.
 
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.

  • Nominations must include a letter detailing credentials of the person nominated, background information on the individual as well as an audio or video clip if available.
  • The annual Hall of Fame Ballot is determined by the Board of Directors at the annual October meeting. The Board of Directors makes final determination on nominees based on specific criteria.
  • Voting is open to all active members of The Buffalo Broadcasters Association whose dues are paid and are in good standing as of November 1st.
  • Ballots will be mailed by November 30th and must be returned by January 15th.
  • Ballots are tabulated at the Board of Directors meeting in January.
  • Inductees are announced in June of each year.

 
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.
 
 
 

 

 
 
 

Click here for the latest news, including our quarterly newsletter.

 
Buffalo Broadcasters Celebrity 5K Run
presented by Univera Healthcare

Time has flown by and we are now into our 2nd year hosting the Celebrity 5K Run.  Monies raised with support the Buffalo Broadcasters Archiving Project as well as the Homeless Veterans of WNY. 

Last year we hosted almost 250 runners at our inaugural event.  With all the positive feedback on the location and planning, we are expecting many more for this year's run.  Please click the logo for more details. 

If you have entered to run, please pick up packages with t-shirt, race number and associated info on Thursday, August 5, 2010 from 9am-9pm at Tri-Spot, 4685 Transit Road, Williamsville, NY 14221.

 

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 news film 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 More)

The Buffalo Broadcasters Association Archiving Project has recently taken a step forward with the help of a brand new website dedicated to the project. 

The new site was put together by the team of Amy Aderman, Dale Neimeier, and Dean Angle; graduate students from the University at Buffalo. 

Feel free to browse the website, watch the videos and get a sense of what it is the Buffalo Broadcasters are trying to accomplish with this historic undertaking.

Click here to go to the Buffalo Broadcasters Archiving Site.

 

Interesting Radio Resource

Ben Bass has passed along a link to American Radio History.  It contains entire books and articles from radio past.  You can click the link here, and on our "Links" page as well.  Thanks Ben. 

 

 

 

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