2014 WCWP Hall of Fame Ceremony April 12, 2014

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Last Saturday, the WCWP Hall of Fame welcomed four new inductees in a ceremony in the Goldsmith Atrium at Tilles Center for the Performing Arts.  This year’s inductees were Rita Sands, Frank D’Elia, Ted David, and the late Bill Epperhart.

You can see videos of the ceremony at the end, but first, the pictures:

Pete Bellotti welcomed the audience shortly after 1PM:

Images from the intro video, voiced by Jim Cutler:

The ceremony was hosted by Jeff Kroll:

Bill Mozer assumed the co-host position:

Rita Sands could not make it to the ceremony, and instead pre-recorded an interview with Bernie Bernard:

Bernie:

Bernie and Jeff posed with Rita’s plaque:

The second inductee of the day was Frank D’Elia:

The view from my camcorder:

Frank receives his plaque:

Like Rita, Ted David was unable to attend the ceremony.  But he did record an acceptance speech:

Dan Cox, WCWP station manager, spoke next:

Dan brought up ceremony audio engineer Zach Parker to share the news of a generous donation to WCWP by Zach’s father:

Then, reflections of Bill Epperhart began.  Dan shared his memories first, then Frank, Bill Mozer, and Jeff joined in.

Dan Epperhart, Bill’s son, accepted his father’s plaque:

And gave an eloquent, emotional speech:

Then, Jeff Kroll and Bill Mozer tossed to other alumni in the audience to share their memories:

Phil Lebowitz was first:

Then, Mike Phillips:

Neil Marks:

Bruce Leonard:

Roberta Epperhart O’Neil, widow of Bill’s brother Mike:

Pete Vogel, Bill’s cousin:

The last stroll down memory was provided by Jay Elzweig:

Jeff wrapped it up:

The only thing left to do was pose for pictures:

Ceremony Part 1:

Ceremony Part 2:

As you can see, this year’s WCWP Hall of Fame Ceremony ended up running for a little over two hours.  Memories were shared and praise was heaped.  It was a day I won’t soon forget.  Congratulations to Rita Sands, Frank D’Elia, Ted David, and Bill Epperhart.