Halls of Fame

William A. Hopkins – 2007

​William A. Hopkins came to KXOK in 1965. During his six-year run at the station his afternoon drive show, in which he counted down the market’s top hits, drew a larger audience than 50,000 watt competitor KMOX.

While in St. Louis, he was active in the Webster Groves Theater Guild.

For his work at KXOK, Bill was named Best Major Market Air Personality by “Billboard” Magazine and DJ of the Week by “Teen Life” Magazine. He left St. Louis for a job at WNBC in New York City.

Andre Fuller – 2013

Andre Fuller started out in 1978 as an intern from Lewis and Clark College reading morning news at WESL Radio. “The Son of Mr. and Mrs. Fuller” was the first African American to attend the radio broadcasting program at Lewis and Clark College in 1975.  While at WESL he coined the station slogan: “the Greatest Station in the Nation.” The Spyderman was the first jock in the market to expose to his audience to the sounds of the founding fathers of Hip-Hop.  Andre Spyderman Fuller was appointed Program Director WESL in the mid 80″s.  He left WESL when an offer was made to him and fellow DJ Dr. Jockenstein to join the new Black-owned station Z-100 FM, where he also became Program Director. Andre also worked the 6 pm-10 pm shift at Majic 108.

Anne Keefe – 2007

​Anne Keefe’s first work in broadcasting was performing bit parts in soap operas. She rose through the ranks to become a television news anchor in Rochester, NY.

In 1976, she was hired as a talk show host at KMOX where she stayed until her retirement in 1993. Her work there soon earned her the honorary title of “dean of women radio reporters” in the region. She was honored for that work by the Missouri Press Women and Missouri Bar Association. She was also the recipient of a Peabody Award and two Armstrong Awards.

Robert Coe – 2013

At the age of 15, Robert Coe began operating an amateur radio station in suburban Clayton, an act that led him to become one of the co-founding engineers of KSD in its earliest construction phase in 1921. He was 19. By the time he turned 22, the station’s owner had promoted him to the position of assistant manager and chief engineer and later, executive of radio engineering. After a brief job with competitor KMOX, Coe was back at KSD, where he later helped develop the station’s “radio newspaper” transmitted via facsimile to home receivers.

In service during World War II, Robert Coe built the military communications network for the Asian-Pacific theatre. He returned to a new challenge: television, which he embraced, building KSD-TV locally before moving on to ABC-TV in New York.

Columbus Gregory – 2011

What began as a part-time job in 1959 turned into a lifetime career for Columbus Gregory. He began working as a remote engineer at KATZ while attending Hubbard Business School. His duties soon expanded to include work in the station’s promotions and marketing departments. Four years later he was hired as an announcer at KXLW, where he stayed for 19 years. Shortly after he moved to WGNU-FM, the station was sold to a national chain, and Gregory moved to KIRL in 1979. That station was sold in 2005, and Gregory was soon working for KXEN/WGNU as an announcer and senior account executive. He appeared as the announcer in the movie “Say Amen Somebody” and was named one of America’s Top 25 Disc Jockeys by Dollars and Sense magazine in 1986.

Rich Dalton – 2010

While “Radio” Rich Dalton worked in several different formats during his on-air career in St. Louis, he was most frequently associated with the musical format that showcased his seemingly endless knowledge of the artists and their songs.

While working at KSHE from 1983-1991, Dalton hosted the Sunday morning “KSHE Classics” program that spotlighted vintage classic rock, blending his conversation with the music that put KSHE on the map.

He started working at St. Louis University’s student station KBIL in 1969 and spent some time in Los Angeles and Kansas City before putting down roots in St. Louis.

After returning to the Emmis cluster, Dalton was called upon to create and program one of the company’s local digital stations.