Hall of Fame berth for Jackson
From a Times staff writer
After a run of more than three decades, radio talk-show host Michael Jackson has been off the local airwaves since December. But he’s hardly been forgotten.
On Monday, it was announced that Jackson, who spent most of his career at KABC-AM (790), is one of this year’s selections for the Radio Hall of Fame in Chicago, in recognition of what officials there called “his articulate and incisive commentary and strong interviewing skills.”
He’ll be inducted Nov. 8, along with the late Gene Autry, syndicated talk host Jim Bohannon, Chicago broadcaster Orion Samuelson and Mel Karmazin, the president and chief operating officer of Viacom Inc.