Distinguished Service Award Recipients
1970’s
Tommy King (1975)
Harold Krelstein (1976)
Irving Waugh (1977)
Luke Medley (1978)
Chick Brown (1979)
1980’s
C.M. Brakefield (1980)
Bob McKay, Jr.(1981)
Dean Osmundson (1982)
Reggie Honey (1983)
Wayne Hudson (1984)
Jim Hoppers (1985)
Fred Webb (1986)
Jack Mayer (1987)
Dave Thomas (1988)
Mike Kettenring (1989)
1990’s
Jim Dick (1990)
Anne Holt (1991)
Don Newberg (1992)
Tom Griscom (1993)
Bill Barry (1994)
Stacey Mott (1995)
Jack DeWitt (1996)
George DeVault (1997)
Ken Maness (1998)
Jerry Lingerfelt (1999)
2000’s
Tom Cassetty (2000)
Paul Tinkle (2001)
Bart Walker (2002)
Luther Masingill (2003)
Chris Clark (2004)
Tom Tolar (2005)
Bud Walters (2006)
Herb Howard (2007)
Cal Young (2008)
Watt Hairston (2009)
2010’s
Jill Green (2010)
Johnny Shaw (2011)
Deb McDermott (2012)
Jack Dempsey (2013)
Dennis Oneal (2014)
Art Gilliam (2015)
Whit Adamson (2016)
Ron Walter (2017)
Terry Hailey (2018)
Dr. Sam Swan (2019)
2020’s
Debbie Turner (2020)
Bernie Barker (2021)
Jeff Shaw (2022)
TAB Lifetime Members
Hal Ashford, WCRK
Herb Howard, U.T. Knoxville
Perry Sheftall, WIZM
John Bailey, WJZM
Wayne Hudson, Plough Bdcst.
Ray Shirley, U.T. Knoxville
Bill Barry, WAMB/WKDA
Tommy King, WSM TV-TAB
H.S. Slavick, WMC AM/FM/TV
Charles Brakefield, WREG-TV
Hanes Lancaster, WJHL-TV
Drue Smith, Capitol Hill Press
Franklin “Chick” Brown, WBMC AM/FM
Jerry Lingerfelt, WTVC-TV
F.C. Sowell, WLAC AM/FM
Tom Cassetty, WDXN/WCVQ
Jack Mayer, WDXN
Ken Sparnon, BMI
Porter Clark, WEKR
Bob McKay, Jr., WKRM/WKOM
Billy Speck, WEEN/WLCT
Jack DeWitt, WSM AM/FM/TV
Judge Luke Medley, WHUB AM/FM
Dave Thomas, Clear Channel
Louis Draughon, WSIX AM/FM/TV
Don Meyers, WMC AM/FM
Tollye Tittsworth, WSDQ
Bill Hall, WSMV TV
Jim Mikels, WATE TV
Arthur Wilkerson, WLIL AM/FM
John P. Hart, WBIR AM/FM/TV
Stacey Mott, WHUB AM/FM
Earl Winger, WDOD AM/FM
Len Hensel, WSM AM/FM – BMI
Dean Osmundson, WMC AM/FM
Hoyt B. Wooten, WREC AM/FM/TV
I.V Hillis, WSMT AM/FM
Reeve Owen, WTVC-TV
Jack Dempsey, WJHL-TV
Reggie Honey, WRKM AM/FM
Carter Parham, WDEF AM/FM/TV
Chris Baker, WVLT-TV/WBXX-TV
Tom Tolar, WRCB-TV
George DeVault, WKPT-TV
Art Gilliam, WLOK-AM
Bernie Barker, WDEF/WDOD/WUUQ
Ron Walter, WREG-TV
Whit Adamson, TAB
Johnnie Swan, WLIK-AM
Sam Swan, University of Tennessee
Paul Tinkle, WCMT-FM
Rep. Phil Roe
Rep. Jim Cooper
Mike Costa, Costa Media
Mearl Purvis, WHBQ-TV