Tony Award star Melba Moore performs her signature hit Lean on Me at the 2009 Golden Mike Award in honor of Peter Smyth and the Bordes Family.
Countrry Music Star Martina McBride performs at the 2009 Broadcasters Foundation of America Golden Mike Award , February 23, at The Waldorf=Astoria
Greater Media Chair & CEO Peter Smyth and Peter Bordes, Jr. the son of Greater Media Founder Peter Bordes accept the 2009 Broadcasters Foundation of America Golden Mike Award.
The Broadcasters Foundation of America Golden Mike Award was presented to Peter Smyth and the Bordes family on Monday evening, February 23 at The Waldorf=Astoria in New York City. During the ceremony it was announced that The Norman Knight Family Foundation was establishing a Golden Mike Honoree Fund in honor of Peter Smyth with an innaugural gift of $50,000. The benefaction was presented to Broadcasters Foundation of America Chair Phil Lombardo by N. Scott Knight on behalf of his father Norman Knight and the Knight family.
The Golden Mike dinner featured performances by Martina McBride and Melba Moore.
The Broadcasters Foundation Board of Directors has approved the dates and locations for the 2009 fund raising events.
- The 2009 Golden Mike will be held on February 23 at The Waldorf Astoria in New York City.
- The 2009 NAB Charity Golf Tournament will be held on Sunday, April 19 at The Bali Hai Golf Club in Las Vegas, Nevada.
- The 2009 Ward L. Quaal Pioneer Awards and Breakfast will be held on Wednesday, April 22 at The Bellagio in Las Vegas.
- The 2009 Offshore family weekend will be held Friday May 1 through Sunday May 3 at The Ritz Carlton in Key Biscayne, Florida.
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