WASHINGTON–Pre-game show FOX NFL SUNDAY will be inducted into the National Association of Broadcasters Broadcasting Hall of Fame at the 2019 NAB Show, the association said today. The induction will occur during the Achievement in Broadcasting Dinner on Monday, April 8 at the Encore in Las Vegas.

FOX NFL SUNDAY has ranked as America’s most-watched NFL pre-game show for the past 25 seasons. Since its inception in 1994, the program has served as the signature studio show for FOX Sports. Additionally, the program includes an audio simulcast on FOX Sports Radio. In total, FOX NFL SUNDAY has received 16 Emmy Awards with its on-air personalities garnering an additional seven trophies.

The program features co-hosts Terry Bradshaw and Curt Menefee with analysts Howie Long, Michael Strahan and Jimmy Johnson, with reports from NFL insider Jay Glazer.

“Every week, millions of viewers across the country tune in to FOX NFL SUNDAY not just for the latest information about ‘America’s Game,’ but also for the analysis and antics of the show’s larger-than-life personalities. The show resonates with football diehards and casual fans alike, and we look forward to enshrining it in our Hall of Fame,” said NAB President and CEO Gordon Smith.

NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame television inductees include “Wheel of Fortune,” “JEOPARDY,” María Elena Salinas, Chuck Lorre, Shonda Rhimes, “Everybody Loves Raymond,” “American Idol,” Betty White, Garry Marshall, “Meet The Press” and Bob Newhart, among others. 

WASHINGTON—The National Association of Broadcasters is adding a new addition to its Broadcasting Hall of Fame, announcing that journalist and co-anchor for “Noticiero Univision” Maria Elena Salinas will be the latest honoree. The induction ceremony will take place during the 2017 NAB Show Television Luncheon.

Salinas began her career in 1981, working as a reporter, anchor and public affairs host at Univision’s KMEX-34 in Los Angeles. She would go on to serve as co-anchor for the national Spanish language news program “Noticiero Univision” in 1987. Salinas has also served as a spokeswoman for the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials, which assists immigrants with the American citizenship process.

In her career she has received a Peabody Award, a Walter Cronkite Award, an Emmy and Gracie for a 2015 documentary special “Entre el abandon y el rechazo;” a Mickey Leland Humanitarian Award in 2016; and a Lifetime Achievement Emmy from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in 2012.

Salinas joins past inductees that include people like Shonda Rhimes, Bob Newhart, Gary Marshall and last year’s inductee Chuck Lorre, and programs like “Meet the Press,” “60 Minutes,” “Saturday Night Live” and others.

The 2017 NAB Show Television Luncheon will take place on April 24.