SILENT KEY AMONG THOSE IN RADIO HALL OF FAME

An amateur radio operator with a flair for and a following in late-night broadcast radio is one of eight inductees into the Radio Hall of Fame for 2025. Dale Sommers, WB6OM, who became a Silent Key in 2012 at the age of 68, gained popularity as the so-called "Trucking Bozo," on AM Radio - a nickname the radio personality garnered during his highly rated overnight program that was a hit with the nation's truck drivers. The show originated on WLW-AM in Cincinnati before moving to SiriusXM Radio.

The Museum of Broadcast Communications has inducted Dale and seven other broadcast notables who have passed away, as Legends. They include late on-air personalities Amos Brown, Jed the Fish and the Big 89’s WLS-AM’s, Don Wade.

Also honored, the late broadcast engineer Richard Burden, research executive Joanne Church, scriptwriter and producer Irna Phillips and programming executive Steve Smith.