Awards of Distinction
SC Broadcasters Association Announces 2025 Awards of Distinction Recipients
We are honored to recognize these individuals for their exceptional contributions to broadcasting. Their dedication, innovation, and commitment to excellence have made a significant impact on our industry and our communities. The wait is over! Please see below for the 2025 Awards of Distinction recipients and how to join us in celebrating these amazing individuals on their special night!
The SCBA Awards of Distinction will be presented at the Hilton Columbia Center on January 31, 2025.
South Carolina is served by so many talented and dedicated broadcasters and by individuals in related fields who work tirelessly to support the industry. SCBA has, over the years, created three awards to recognize those distinguished leaders—Hall of Fame, Honorary Life Membership Award, and the Masters Award. Known as the Awards of Distinction, these awards honor those professionals who have set the bar for excellence in South Carolina broadcasting.
First consideration will be given to those who’ve contributed to the state’s broadcast industry. An individual may be nominated for more than one award if that person meets the criteria for the award, however, the Board of Governors strongly encourages you to carefully consider the nominee’s broadcast background and nominate the candidate for the award that best suits his/her achievements. Depending on the materials submitted, the Board of Governors has complete discretion to move nominees from one category to another.
*Nominations may be made by any full-time employee of an SCBA member station, associate member firm, or past Awards of Distinction recipients.
Hall of Fame
First presented in 1973, the Association’s most prestigious award was created to recognize individuals who have made significant contributions to the growth and development of the broadcast industry in South Carolina or South Carolinians who have made such contributions to broadcasting outside the state. Inductees have reached the highest levels of achievement and success in broadcasting on a local and/or national level. Plaques recognizing their many accomplishments are on display at the SCBA Hall of Fame housed at Winthrop University in Rock Hill, SC.
Nominees may come from any field of the broadcasting industry and may be posthumous recognitions. Criteria for consideration include both broadcast and non-broadcast employment history, awards and honors, and community service activities.
Masters Awards
The Masters Award acknowledges the lifetime achievements of on-air broadcasters who have made significant contributions to broadcasting in South Carolina and who personify high broadcast industry standards within their communities.
Nominee must be living and criteria for consideration includes on-air broadcast employment history, awards and honors, and community service activities. A sampling of the nominee’s on-air work will be requested.
Honorary Life Membership Award
The Honorary Life Membership Award salutes those who have served broadcasting by making significant contributions to the industry either in South Carolina or outside the state. Special consideration is given to South Carolina broadcasters. This special category may include broadcast educators, legislators, owners and managers, on-air talent. broadcast technical specialists, legal and regulatory experts, broadcaster sales professionals and marketing professionals or a South Carolinian representing broadcasting on a national level.
Nominee must be living and criteria for consideration include both broadcast and non-broadcast employment history, awards and honors and community service activities.
Congratulations to our 2025 Honorees
Rob Fowler
WCBD-TV - Masters Award
As the Chief Meteorologist for WCBD’s Storm Team 2 since September 1987, Rob Fowler has made significant contributions to broadcasting in South Carolina. His dedication to accurate weather forecasting and his commitment to community service have earned him the respect of viewers and colleagues alike.
Stu Albert
Albert Broadcast Services, Inc. - Honorary Life Membership
Stu has made a tremendous impact on the broadcasting industry in both South Carolina and across the nation. He currently works as a contract broadcast engineer with over 30 radio and television stations in South Carolina. A pioneer in the field of broadcasting, Stu Albert was the engineer who built and set up the first AM on FM translator station in the nation.
Bill Gangloff
WYFF 4 - Honorary Life Membership
With a career spanning 32 years at WYFF 4, Bill Gangloff has distinguished himself as the most successful and accomplished Account Executive in the history of WYFF 4. Although Bill retired from WYFF 4 in August 2021, he continues to be a major influencer and local broadcasting advocate in the advertising community in the Upstate.
Awards of Distinction 2025 Event Details!
Join us Friday, January 31, 2025, at the Hilton Columbia Center to celebrate these outstanding broadcasters. The address for the venue is 924 Senate St, Columbia, SC 29201.
The evening will begin with a cocktail reception at 5:00 p.m. followed by the dinner and ceremony at 6:00 p.m.
A block of rooms has been reserved at the Hilton Columbia Center at a rate of $164 + tax/night and reservations can be made by clicking here.
The deadline for making reservations is January 1, 2025 at 11:59 AM.
Tickets and Sponsorships are now on sale!
Individual tickets are $100/person and are limited, so be sure to get your tickets now! Click here for more details on individual tickets and sponsorships.
Both individual tickets and sponsorships may be purchased via scba@scba.net or (803) 732-1186. Please contact the SCBA office if you have any questions or need additional information.
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