2013 Convention (speakers) & Goldie Call to entry now Posted
Surviving the License Renewal Process 2012-2013
by Frank Jazzo with Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth
Rick Goodfellow Selected
ABA's 2012 Hall of Fame Recipient
Picture and Notes from the KLEF Website
CONGRATULATIONS RICK
A TRULY DEDICATED AND HIGHLY RESPECTED
"OLD SCHOOL"BROADCASTER
Yep, it really is me, Rick Goodfellow, owner, founder, and general manager of KLEF. The shot on the left was taken about 1965 by my uncle Delton who was a dairy farmer in Wisconsin. He was visiting his Alaskan relatives and wanted to see his nephew Rick working at the radio station which happened to be KINY in Juneau, Alaska. I did part time work there during my high school years for the princely sum of $2 an hour and haven’t gotten a significant pay raise since. Radio is like that.
The orange pith helmet was left over from the Golden North Salmon Derby which had concluded the previous week or so. In those days both Juneau’s radio stations had live reporters at all three derby check points for all three days of the derby. The pith helmets were worn by derby officials and the one I’m wearing in the photo somehow found its way back to the KINY studio. I put it on for uncle Delton’s benefit and he snapped the picture which somehow manages to encapsulate the spirit of Alaska radio back in the mid 1960’s. You’ll notice I am playing 45 rpm records. I have tried many times to see exactly what they were but uncle Delton’s focus just wasn’t sufficiently sharp. I can guarantee you though, it wasn’t Beethoven.
The photo on the right was taken much more recently by Dr. Roger Duncan who stopped by KLEF for some reason or other, probably in search of publicity for the Anchorage Civic Orchestra. I can’t tell you precisely when it was taken but it must have been sometime after April 1, 2008 since we clearly had moved out of the Frontier Building and into the Anchorage Business Park. Why I was wearing a tie that day I can’t recall but I assure you it wasn’t because I expected to have my picture taken.
So, a time lapse of roughly forty three years between the photo on the left and the photo on the right.
Who says there is no such thing as progress?
Past Hall of Fame Recipients |
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| 1985 | Alvin O. Bramstedt, Sr. | 1985 | Bob Fleming |
| 1985 | Ralph Fondell | 1985 | Ruben Gaines |
| 1985 | Charlie Gray | 1985 | Bill Harpel |
| 1985 | Patty Harpel | 1985 | A.G. “Augie” Hiebert |
| 1985 | A.E. “Cap” Lathrop | 1985 | Roy Robinson |
| 1986 | Charles Northrip | 1986 | Bill Wagner |
| 1987 | Stanton D. Bennett | 1988 | Gale Allred |
| 1988 | Theda Comstock | 1989 | Ron Moore |
| 1990 | Norma Goodman | 1991 | Bill Walley |
| 1992 | Al Bramstedt, Jr. | 1992 | Elmo Sackett |
| 1993 | Hank Hove | 1994 | Dick Lobdell |
| 1994 | Don Nelson | 1995 | Steve Agbaba |
| 1995 | Chuck Buck | 1995 | Julianna Guy |
| 1996 | Tyler “Ty” Clark | 1996 | Frank Mengel |
| 1997 | Tom Busch | 1997 | Richard Peters |
| 1998 | Herb Shaindlin | 1999 | Jack Frost |
| 2000 | Pete Van Nort | 2001 | Dennis Egan |
| 2001 | Don Rinker | 2002 | Dennis Bookey |
| 2003 | Bob Kern | 2003 | Senator Ted Stevens |
| 2004 | John Davis | 2004 | David Geesin |
| 2005 | Jay Lewis | 2005 | Mel Sather |
| 2006 | Gary Donovan | 2006 | Jay Perry (posthumously) |
| 2006 | Carol Schatz | 2007 | John Tracy |
| 2007 | Jim Robbins | 2007 | Mark "Marcus" Lewis |
| 2008 | Dick Olson | 2008 | Lowell Purcell |
| 2008 | Bob Sommer | 2009 | Mike Porcaro |
| 2010 | Bill Legere | 2011 | Terry Walley |
| 2012 | Ric Goodfellow | 2013 | ???????? |
History for Broadcaster of the Year |
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| 1986 | Tom Busch | KNOM-AM, Nome |
| 1987 | Al Bramstedt, Sr. | KTUU-TV, Anchorage |
| 1988 | Les Robinson | KDLG-AM, Dillingham |
| 1989 | Tom Tierney | KENI/KBFX, Anchorage |
| 1990 | Dennis Egan, | KINY/KSUP, Juneau |
| 1991 | Dennis Bookey | KFQD/KWHL, Anchorage |
| 1992 | Theda Comstock | Anchorage |
| 1993 | Rick Goodfellow | KLEF-FM, Anchorage |
| 1994 | Don Nelson | KJNP-AM/FM,TV, North Pole |
| 1995 | Tom Boddett | KBBI-FM, Homer |
| 1996 | A.G. Hiebert | Northern Television |
| 1997 | Gary Buell, | KMBQ, Wasilla |
| 1998 | Nancy Johnson, | KTUU-TV, Anchorage |
| 1999 | Dennis Bookey | Anchorage Media Group |
| 2000 | Al Bramstedt, Jr. | KTUU-TV, Anchorage |
| 2001 | Carter Crawford | KATN-TV, Fairbanks |
| 2002 | John Tracy | KTUU-TV, Anchorage |
| 2004 | Trent McNelly | KTUU-TV, Anchorage |
| 2005 | Bill Wright | KTVF-TV, Fairbanks |
| 2006 | Laurie Prax | KVAK-AM/FM, Valdez |
| 2007 | Bill Legere | KTOO-TV/FM, KXLL/KRNN FM, Juneau |
| 2008 | Van Craft | Clear Channel Radio |
| 2009 | TV Engineers Statewide for DTV Transition | |
| 2010 | Scott Smith | Morris Communications |
| 2011 | Mikko Wilson | KATH-TV, Juneau |