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Monday, August 11, 2025

Texas Radio Hall of Fame induction Class 2025



(Houston, TX) August 11, 2025: The voting members of the Texas Radio Hall of Fame (TRHOF) have selected twenty (20) radio professionals for induction in the Class of 2025. Those broadcasters are presented here in alphabetical order. 


John Breland

Bill Coates

Steve Coffman

Chuck Conrad

Kevin Dorsey

Bruce Gilbert

Henrietta Hernandez

Jay Howard

Joe Izbrand

Chris Kelley

Bob Lewis aka “Tumbleweed Smith”

Harold Mann

Brian Purdy

Jerry “The Car Pro” Reynolds

Ken Rush

Rod Ryan

Ray Schilens

William “Chilly Bill” Smith

Rudy Trevino

Tom Tynan


These twenty individuals will be honored on Saturday, November 1st at the TRHOF’s Annual Induction Ceremony at the Texas Broadcast Museum in Kilgore, TX. 

In an announcement made prior to the final voting, TRHOF Executive Director 

Doug Harris also identified five heritage broadcasters who will be posthumously inducted as Lone Star Legacies this year. In alphabetical order, those broadcasters are:


Alberto Alegre Calvo

Randy Lemmon

Gary Mason (Aycock)

Susan O’Donnell

Tom Perryman


The TRHOF Radio Reunion and Induction Weekend is open to the public. Schedule, hotel, and ticket information

 are now posted at www.trhof.net. 

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