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.   Class of 2010 Hall of Fame Celebration You are invited to the studio production of the 14th Annual Hall of Fame Awards Celebration. Tuesday September 21st, 2010 at 5:30pm at the WNED-TV Studios located at 140 Lower Terrace, Horizons Plaza, Buffalo, NY. Click here for more info.  Or here to sign up.   Buffalo Broadcasters Celebrity 5K Run presented by Univera Healthcare Another 5k Run completed!  The weather couldn't have been more spectacular as the runners completed the course and ended up at WNED-TV.  The scenic route took the runners by the Erie Basin Marina and over the new Erie Canal Harbor bridge. This year almost 200 runners participated and raised money for the Western New York Homeless Veterans and the Buffalo Broadcasters' Archiving Project.   Click here to see the race results from this fantastic community event.   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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