(Tampa Bay, FL) Former WFLA 970 AM talk show host Lionel has been added to the programming lineup at all-news radio FM News 101.9 in New York City as the station’s resident “News Decoder” and legal analyst. The native Tampan will be on the air 12 times-per-day with one-minute commentaries between 5:00 and 11:00 a.m. and again between 3:00 and 9:00 p.m. Lionel (aka Michael Lebron) is also on New York’s WPIX-TV with nightly news commentaries along with appearances on the station’s Monday morning news program. Lionel’s features are now being syndicated to other television stations around the country.
The Broadcast Pioneers is an organization that helps those that have worked in the industry in times of need. James J. Delmonico, who is credited with taking over the organization in 1991, and is credited with setting it on the course that would increase its treasury, profile and ability to assist those in need passed away Saturday at the age of 91. Through Delmonico’s leadership and inspiration, and that of his successors – Ward L. Quaal, Edward F. McLaughlin and Chairman Philip J. Lombardo (a Sarasota resident), the organization today has an outreach that will exceed $700,000 in grants this year.”
The Broadcaster’s Club of Florida, a chapter of the Broadcast Pioneers, holds luncheons once a month from October through March at the SaraBay Country Club in Sarasota, FL.
The Florida Sports Hall of Fame Class was announced Tuesday morning at the Tampa Bay Times Forum. Former Tampa Bay Ray Fred McGriff, along with Vince Coleman, Florida State Seminole Charlie Ward and Alonzo Mourning are among the inductees that will be honored in ceremonies at Mainsail Suites on March 20.
The class also includes Brandon wrestling coach Russ Cozart, golfer Gary Koch, Florida Atlantic softball coach Joan Joyce, fisher Roland Martin, pole vaulter Dave Roberts, St. Thomas Aquinas football coach George Smith, and former NFL players Dick Anderson and Henry Lawrence.
WQYK 1010 AM and Studio 10 (WTSP-TV) sports reporter Roxanne Wilder joined Don Henderson and me on our “Sports Talk” radio show Monday to talk some Tampa Bay sports. The podcast is available by clicking here.
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