The night served as a celebration for six men inducted into the revered Country Radio Hall of Fame, including radio category honorees Mac Daniels, Jeff Garrison, Gregg Lindahl and Bobby Denton, who was awarded posthumously, and air personalities Charlie Monk and Kyle Cantrell.
. “Thank you so much for treating artists with such respect and for being a personal champion for me in this business,” Swift said. Parton ended the video with a verse of “I Will Always Love You,” which she dedicated to Monk.
After some brief words from his wife, Monk took the podium for a short and comical speech. “I’ve waited so long for this, I’m not gonna thank a damn soul,” he joked. “This is such a great honor and frankly, about 75 or 80-percent of the people in this room thought I was already in this Hall of Fame. I am so honored that you guys did this for me because I have worked a long, long time. I am truly honored just to be up here. Thank you so very, very much.
Many of the newly inducted Hall of Famers thanked country radio for what it has given them. Radio category honoree Lindahl said he never pursued radio, it pursued him. “I receive and continue to receive more from country radio and country music than I ever gave. I am truly blessed,” he said. Air personality honoree Cantrell echoed Lindahl’s sentiments. “[Country radio] has given me way more than I could give it,” he said. “I could have never dreamed back in 1980 that I’d someday be honored like this. In fact, if this is a dream and I’m about to wake up and find out it was all a joke and I’m still sacking groceries, at least I can say that this is a dream that I have greatly enjoyed.”
Meanwhile, radio category honoree Daniels’ acceptance speech combined his gratitude to have worked over four decades in the genre as well as his love of country radio. “It’s unbelievable that I’m joining the ranks. It’s been said love what you do, and you’ll never work a day in your life. Well, I’ve got to agree with that,” he said. "It’s the love that sustains. The love for radio. The love of country music, [what] I consider to be the best damn music made.
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