Bill Kelly, Val Lane & Otis Twelve Join NBA Hall of Fame

RADIO ONLINE | Wednesday, February 8, 2023 | 5:27pm CT

Nebraska Broadcasters Association

The Nebraska Broadcasters Association (NBA) will welcome Bill Kelly, Val Lane and Otis Twelve into the NBA Hall of Fame on the evening of August 8 in La Vista, during the 88th Annual NBA Convention. Established in 1972, these inductees will bring the total number of NBA Hall of Fame members to 115.

Bill Kelly has provided over four decades of service to broadcast journalism in Nebraska. His career began in 1981 as a political and investigative reporter for WOWT-TV/Omaha before taking an interim producer's role in 1989 at KOLN/KGIN TV in Lincoln. In 1990, Bill joined NET Television/Radio (now known as Nebraska Public Media) as a producer/reporter -- a role he successfully continues today.

Val Lane has been providing outstanding engineering support for more than 40 years across Nebraska and remains in steady demand. From overseeing the design and construction of everything from remote broadcast headsets to 1,000-foot towers, Lane still travels the width and breadth of Nebraska upgrading, modifying, repairing, replacing and building for many Nebraska broadcasting companies.

Otis Twelve is iconic to two generations growing up in Omaha. He got his start as the host of "Midnight Mondo" on KQKQ in 1973. Six years later he began his rise to even greater fame as the morning show host of "Otis Twelve with Diver Dan Doomey" on KEZO. The show brought a new style of morning radio to Omaha, incorporating a significant amount of produced humor that quickly resulted in the top-rated program in the market. Twelve moved on to do mornings at KFAB in 1993 and at KKCD in 1994 before becoming a talk show host on Omaha's KKAR from 1999 to 2001. Today, he's the morning classical music host on KVNO-FM/Omaha.