Class of 2010

Mark Howell retired last year, after some two decades as news director at Bakersfield's KUZZ AM/FM, where he was the "Radio News Voice of Kern County." He's a former APTRA board member, and perhaps the most honored APTRA winner in the organization's history.

Gary Daigneault has been news director, as well as co-owner of KCDZ-FM Twentynine Palms for two decades. He's been honored by APTRA and other organizations numerous times for his reporting. He's a two-time APTRA president, as well as a long time board member.

George Knapp is a Las Vegas institution, reporting and anchoring at KLAS-TV for nearly two decades. Knapp has won a Peabody Award, 14 Emmys and numerous other awards for his work. He's done multiple reports on Nevada's mysterious Area 51.

Rush Limbaugh started his radio career at KFBK radio in Sacramento and the rest, as they say, is history. Since 1988, he's hosted "The Rush Limbaugh Show" syndicated nationwide by Premiere Radio Networks. It is the highest-rated talk-radio program in the United States. Limbaugh has repeatedly won the National Association of Broadcasters' Marconi Radio Award and he was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame.

A Southern California broadcast legend, Paul Moyer anchored at KABC, and KNBC for four decades. A multiple Emmy and Golden Mike award winner for his investigative reporting and anchoring breaking news, Moyer retired last year.

The most recognizable face in the Reno television market, Tad Dunbar spent an incredible 38 years anchoring at KOLO television before retiring. He then went to cross-town KRNV, where he continues to this day.

John Coleman has been doing weather for more than 50 years (since he was in college!) and, for seven years, was a weather reporter for "Good Morning America." He also was one of the original developers of "The Weather Channel," and he's still at it at San Diego's KUSI-TV.

Dave Niehaus has been the voice of the Seattle Mariners since creation of the team in 1977, calling more than 5,000 games. Previously, he spent seven years as the voice of the then California Angels, teamed with Dick Enberg. He also served as one of the voices of the UCLA Bruins.

Sacramento's best known anchor team, Dave and Lois Hart began working as anchors in the early 1970's, and got married in 1979. They made television history as the first anchor team when CNN signed on in 1980. They made more television history in 1989, when they were the first anchor team on CNBC. Dave and Lois returned to Sacramento, where they started anchoring together in 1990, and remained a team at KCRA until their retirement in 2008.

Kent Dana stepped down as anchor at KPHO in Phoenix last year after nearly 40 years in the business. He was at the anchor desk for some of the biggest state, and national stories since the 1970s and continued through last year. One of the most recognizable anchors in Phoenix, his legacy continues with his son, Joe, who is also a Phoenix anchor. He's a member of the Arizona Broadcasters Hall Of Fame.