Broadcasters Foundation of America Announces Recipients of 2010 Pioneer Awards

Forecast's Confer, Fritts Group's Eddie Fritts among winners

By Leneli Liggayu -- Broadcasting & Cable, 2/9/2010 4:27:59 PM

The Broadcasters Foundation of America announced the recipients of the 2010 Ward L. Quaal Pioneer Awards in New York Tuesday (Feb. 9).

The foundation selected Forecast Broadcasting owner Kerby Confer; Fritts Group Chairman and former NAB President/CEO Eddie Fritts; Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, LLP partner Wade H. Hargrove; on-air personality Hal Jackson; global media executive I. Martin Pompadur, and Bonneville International President/CEO Bruce T. Reese.

The Pioneer Awards are given annually in credit of overarching career contributions to the broadcast industry and the community at large.

The awards will be presented at the breakfast ceremony during the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Show on Apr. 14 at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas.