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Doc Emrick Receives Vin Scully Award, Charlie Rose with Charles Osgood Award from WFUV Radio
WFUV Radio honors Charlie Rose and Mike 'Doc' Emrick with the Charles Osgood and Vin Scully awards.
WFUV Radio (90.7) will honor veteran talk show host, Charlie Rose, and legendary hockey announcer, Mike ‘Doc’ Emrick, at “On the Record: a celebration of achievement in news and sports broadcasting,” on November 2nd, at Fordham University’s School of Law in Manhattan.
Charlie Rose, anchor and executive editor of Charlie Rose, the nightly PBS program, and co-anchor of CBS This Morning, will receive the Charles Osgood Award for Excellence Broadcast Journalism, named for legendary broadcaster, WFUV alumnus, and 1954 Fordham graduate.
Mike Emrick, an Emmy-award winning play-by-play announcer for NBC and NBCSN, and former voice of the New Jersey Devils for 21 seasons, will receive the Vin Scully Lifetime Achievement Award in Sports Broadcasting, named after the Hall of Fame broadcaster, play-by-play voice of the Los Angeles Dodgers, and alumnus of WFUV and Fordham (1949).
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Television anchor and journalist Jane Pauley will moderate an armchair discussion as the awardees reflect on their extraordinary careers.
WHAT: On The Record: a celebration of achievement in news and sports broadcasting will honor two professionals from those fields. Two students (news and sports), who have demonstrated a commitment to pursuing media careers, will also be spotlighted.
WHEN: Monday, November 2nd, 2015. Cocktails at 6 p.m., dinner and program at 7 p.m.
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WHERE: Costantino Room, Fordham Law School, 150 W. 62nd St., NYC
WHY: The gala is a benefit to support WFUV (90.7 FM or www.wfuv.org), New York’s source for music discovery, and a noncommercial, member-supported public media service of Fordham University for more than 65 years. All proceeds will be used to support media career training for up to 85 Fordham University students annually in three key workshop areas: broadcast journalism, sports casting, and engineering.
Register online at wfuv.org/ontherecord
For further information, please contact Alexis Harrigan, director of development for WFUV, at aharrigan@wfuv.org or 212-636-6508.
