The Nebraska Broadcasters Association will induct John Knicely, Kevin Kugler, Steve Lundy and Ken Siemek into the NBA Hall of Fame on Tuesday, August 11, in Lincoln during the NBA Annual Convention. Established in 1972, the NBA Hall of Fame will grow to 127 members with these pending inductees.
From his start as a TV sportscaster through his 34 years as a news anchor on Omaha’s WOWT-TV, John Knicely set a long-term standard for credibility and trust in Nebraska’s most competitive television market before retiring in 2025.
Kevin Kugler has the most extensive play-by-play résumé of any Nebraskan, and he continues scaling new heights on a national level.
In a career approaching 50 years and still counting, Steve Lundy has entertained listeners and served local communities on some of Nebraska’s most legendary radio stations. He got his on-air start in 1977 at KHUB in Fremont, and over the next 23 years, Steve was heard in Omaha on WOW, KOIL, KEFM, KQKQ and KKAR. After four years on Lincoln’s KLIN, Steve joined Omaha’s country music-formatted KXKT in 2004, where he currently serves as co-host of “Steve & Gina in the Morning.”
Over the course of his 44 years on KOLN, Lincoln, and KGIN-TV, Grand Island, meteorologist Ken Siemek led the stations’ weather department through massive technological changes—from handwritten weather symbols and temperature readings to the latest radar and satellite weather-forecasting technology. He retired in 2025.