Above is the Class of 2026 (l-r): Heather Gersten, morning host, WWLI, Providence “Lite 105”; Jim Hummel, host “The Hummel Report” and WPRO Radio; Les Breault, longtime news photographer, WPRI-TV, Providence; Sara Wye, trailblazing WJAR-TV, Providence anchor and reporter; Will Gilbert, host of WPRI-TV’S “The Rhode Show” and WPRO-FM DJ; Art “Spencer” Soares, evening host WWLI, Providence “Lite 105”; Georgia Boyer, accepting posthumously for her father Bill Rappleye, longtime WJAR-TV, Providence reporter. Photo: Rob Rainville
Picture above are broadcasters who attended the dinner to support the inductees (from l-r): Joe Connolly, longtime WCBS, New York business editor; Phil Zachary, retired market manager, Saga Portland Radio Group; Doug Stephan, host, “The American Family Farmer” and “Talk Radio Countdown Show”; Bill Haberman, news director, WPRO, Providence; Chris Camp, retired news director, WSB, Atlanta, and previously WPRO; Holland Cooke, News/Talk consultant and TALKERS columnist; front: Dan Paquet, assistant news director, WJAR-TV, Providence.