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A crowd of more than 385 sports-business professionals gathered at the New York Hilton on Tuesday night to celebrate the second annual class inducted into the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame. Hosted by CBS Sports lead play-by-play announcer Jim Nantz, the emotional evening honored the accomplishments of nine innovators in sports broadcasting. As before, Bexel Broadcast Services was there, both to honor the heroes of the industry that it serves and to provide its special brand of behind-the scenes wizardry as SVG's premier A/V supplier.

The inductees, representing the complete spectrum of sports-broadcasting-industry professionals, were once again selected by a blue-ribbon panel of 80 sports-TV leaders and executives assembled by the Sports Video Group.The nine inductees:

• Marvin Bader, ABC Sports
• Chet Forte, ABC Sports
• Curt Gowdy, ABC, CBS, NBC broadcaster
• Ted Nathanson, NBC Sports director
• Don Ohlmeyer, producer/director
• Val Pinchbeck, NFL senior executive
• Vin Scully, L.A. Dodgers broadcaster
• Bob Seiderman, CBS and Fox audio mixer
• Charlie Steinberg, Sony and Ampex executive

Howard Katz, NFL SVP of broadcasting and media operations, kicked off the evening by introducing longtime friend and legendary producer/director Don Ohlmeyer. One of the first producers of Monday Night Football, Ohlmeyer also worked on three Olympic Games and ABC's Wide World of Sports, owned his own production company, and ran NBC's West Coast division, teaching the importance of storytelling at every stop along the way.

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