Veteran Broadcaster Hal Gore Dies at Age 83

RADIO ONLINE | Tuesday, August 12, 2014 | 5:08pm CT

Harold W. Gore (Hal) of Vero Beach, FL and Sky Valley, GA, died on August 8 after a swift battle with two simultaneous cancers. He was 83. Gore established Gore Broadcasting Inc. in 1978 and owned & operated numerous radio properties over the years. He also began a new career as a radio broker. From 1984 to 2014, he was Chairman/CEO of Gore Overgaard Broadcasting Corp. From 1991 to 1995 he was President of WTLK-TV/Atlanta. In 1993 he formed Force Communications, Media Brokers.

Hal served in the Air Force from 1949 to 1953 and returned to Watertown to begin his 60 year Broadcasting career, spinning records at station WWNY ultimately becoming station manager. He then moved to Rochester NY as GM for station WRVM (1961-65). Then on to WRTH/St. Louis (1965-69) becoming Executive VP for Sudbrink FM Broadcasting Corp. based in Fort Lauderdale FL (1969-78).

He was a member of the National Association of Broadcasters and American Broadcast Pioneers, National Association of Religious Broadcasters and National Association of Media Brokers. He was also an original "Delta Airlines Colonel."

Hal is mourned and deeply missed by his wife, Jane, of 36 years of marriage where every day was a "holiday" and his daughter, Lenay of Washington, DC, sons Brett and Christopher, granddaughters Michele and Kim and great grandsons Reed