CBA Announces 2024 Inductees for CBA Hall of Fame

RADIO ONLINE | Friday, September 6, 2024

Connecticut Broadcasters Association (CBA)

The Connecticut Broadcasters Association (CBA) has announced the 2024 inductees to its Hall of Fame. The Class of 2024 will be honored during an event which will also include the inaugural CBA station awards, The CBAs. The Hall of Fame and CBAs will be hosted on Tuesday, October 15th. The evening will offer attendees an opportunity to mingle with broadcasters in the radio and television industry from across Connecticut.

"The Connecticut Broadcasters Association has served the common interests of radio and television broadcasters in our state since 1955," said Connecticut Broadcasters Association Chair Kristin Okesson, who is also Senior Vice President and Market Manager for Connoisseur Media. "The CBA Hall of Fame is a way for us to honor remarkable individuals for their long and particularly distinguished service to the broadcasting industry and to the people of Connecticut."

The 2024 CBA Hall of Fame inductees are (in alphabetical order):

John & Carol Babina: After having met at UConn, John and Carol Babina worked with noncommercial radio stations for more than six decades. They founded WMNR, now an all-classical radio station in Monroe, and founded and mentored high school and college radio stations throughout the state. They were instrumental in the technical upgrades and fund-raising that allowed WMNR to become affiliated with the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

Dom Bordonaro: Dom was a broadcast engineer for nearly forty years, beginning with New City in Worcester, MA and retiring in 2019 from Connoisseur Media as its Chief Engineer. He was an engineer whose talent, commitment and dedication extended beyond engineering. His technical expertise and meticulous preparation kept stations on the air. His knowledge contributed to managing through simulcasts, buying and selling stations, moving out of buildings, building studios, installing new antennas/transmitters and launching new automation.

Mark Davis: Davis is the multi-Emmy Award winning Chief Political Correspondent for News 8 and WTNH.com. His political expertise and reporting skills have made him one of the most popular broadcasters in the state for four decades. Davis has been 'on the air' in Connecticut for 37 years and a broadcaster for more than 50. He co-hosted the state's first Saturday morning news/information/magazine program, "Good Morning Connecticut," and has filled several anchor slots on various editions of News 8. For most of the 1980s, he could also be heard on the weeknight radio call-in program in Connecticut, "Dial Mark Davis" on WTIC AM.

Scot Haney: Haney keeps Connecticut updated with accurate weather forecasts especially tailored to the morning commute on Channel 3/WFSB-TV. He also co-hosts "Better Connecticut" weekdays on Channel 3 at 3pm. He started his on-air career in Topeka, KS as a weekend weatherman and a weekday general assignment reporter, and joined WFBS-TV in 1998.

Dick Robinson: His nearly seventy years in radio began in Ware, MA and included stops in Holyoke, Springfield and Providence, RI before landing at WDRC in Hartford. He was a DJ, hosted record hops, and perhaps most notably founded the Connecticut School of Broadcasting, where thousands of Connecticut broadcasters got their training in the industry. Robinson's love for broadcasting has continued with his international radio show "Dick Robinson's American Standards by the Sea."