Posted: Wednesday, August 8, 2012 3:14 pm
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Bolivar, Tennessee Broadcaster Johnny Shaw received the Tennessee Association of Broadcasters (TAB) Distinguished Service Award. This is the highest honor that the association bestows. The TAB is holding its annual convention at Murfreesboro's Embassy Suites Hotel and Conference Center and Wednesday's (9/8/2012) awards luncheon was the high point of the event.
The Distinguished Service Award recognizes an individual who not only has served their community and Volunteer State, but has been a leader in the broadcast industry.
Johnny Shaw started his carreer in broadcasting as a DJ at WBOL-AM in Bolivar, Tennessee. Through the years, he wanted to better serve his community, and was elected to serve on the Hardeman County Commission. Johnny's leadership skills continued to be recognized and in 2000 he was first elected to serve the 80th district in the Tennessee House of Representatives.
With his radio career, Shaw eventually purchased his hometown radio station and later expanded it to include FM as well. Bolivar's WBOL-AM and WOJG-FM are truly family businesses, with most members playing an active roll. In fact, Johnny proudly said, "When our FM station signed-on, our first song was Thank You God sung by the Shaw Family Singers". In addition to broadcasting and serving in the state house, Johnny Shaw has been pastor of St. John Baptist Church for over 3-decades.
Previous Tennessee Broadcasters Who Received The DSA
1975 Tommy King
1976 Harold Krelstein
1977 Irvingwaugh
1978 Luke Medley
1979 Chick Brown
1980 C. M. Bakerfield
1981 Bob McKay, Jr.
1982 Dean Osmundson
1983 Reggie Honey
1984 Wayne Hudson
1985 Jim Hoppers
1986 Fred Webb
1987 Jack Mayer
1988 Dave Thomas
1989 Mike Kettenring
1990 Jim Dick
1991 Anne Holt
1992 Don Newberg
1993 Tom Griscom
1994 Bill Barry
1995 Stacey Mott
1996 Jack DeWitt
1997 George DeVault
1998 Ken Maness
1999 Jerry Lingerfelt
2000 Tom Cassetty
2001 Paul Tinkle
2002 Bart Walker
2003 Luther Masingill
2004 Chris Clark
2005 Tom Tolar
2006 Bud Walters
2007 Herb Howard
2008 Cal Young
2009 Watt Hairston
2010 Jill Green
2011 Johnny Shaw