Photos from the Sept. 26 gala at New York’s Ziegfeld Ballroom
The 32nd class of honorees to the B+C Hall of Fame took to the stage at New York’s Ziegfeld Ballroom on September 26 for a gala induction event. Click below for a gallery of photos from on stage and behind the scenes, featuring honorees such as Dick Vitale, George Stephanopoulos, Debra OConnell, Bill McGorry and more.
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Members of the 2024 class of the B+C Hall of Fame on stage at the Ziegfeld Ballroom (from l.): Douglas V. Holloway, Valari Dobson Staab, Arthur Wagner, Steve Lanzano, Mario J. Gabelli, B+C Hall of Fame chairman Charlie Weiss, Janice Arouh, Bill McGorry, Karen Dougherty Buchholz, Bob Bakish, Marianne Gambelli, Scott Herman, Debra OConnell and Dick Vitale.
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Comedian Ali Wentworth (l.) and her husband, B+C Hall of Famer George Stephanopoulos of ABC News.
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Former Paramount Global CEO Bob Bakish talked in his acceptance speech about lessons learned during his long run at the company.
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KGO San Francisco and former Good Morning America weather forecaster Spencer Christian accepts the Service to the Community Award on behalf of longtime Capital Cities/ABC executive Philip R. Beuth.
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(From l.): Co-host Brian Custer; Chairman's Award recipient Mario J. Gabelli, founder, Gabelli Funds; and B+C Hall of Fame chairman Charlie Weiss.
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Co-host Deborah Roberts of Good Morning America, a 2023 Hall of Famer, with 2024 inductee Debra OConnell, president, News Group and Networks, Disney Entertainment Television.
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College basketball legend and ESPN analyst Dick Vitale accepts the Humanitarian Award for his charitable efforts toward fighting cancer.
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Inductee Janice Arouh, president, network distribution for Allen Media Group, watches from the crowd.
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Lifetime Achievement Award winner Arthur Wagner, executive chairman of the board and co-founder, Active International.
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(From l.) Co-host Mario Lopez; inductee Karen Dougherty Buchholz, EVP, administration, Comcast Corp.; and Bill McGorry, chairman emeritus, B+C Hall of Fame.
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Valari Dobson Staab, chairman, NBCUniversal Local, delivers her Hall of Fame acceptance speech.
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Honoree Marianne Gambelli, former president of advertising sales, marketing and brand partnerships at Fox Corp.
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Honoree Steve Lanzano, president and CEO of TVB, gets animated on stage at the Ziegfeld.
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Longtime CBS Radio executive and Broadcasters Foundation of America chairman Scott Herman delivers his induction speech.
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Homewood Media president Douglas V. Holloway, a programming, marketing and sales executive from the cable programming industry's pioneer days to the present, speaks from the Ziegfeld stage.
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(From l.): Co-host Mario Lopez; presenter Amy McGorry; inductee Bill McGorry, chairman emeritus, B+C Hall of Fame; and Charlie Weiss, chairman, B+C Hall of Fame.
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The McGorry family came out in force as B+C Hall of Fame chairman emeritus Bill McGorry took his place in the honor roll of the Fifth Estate.
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