WASHINGTON, DC -- Deborah Norville, host of the nation's top-rated syndicated newsmagazine Inside Edition, will serve as master of ceremonies for the NAB Education Foundation's tenth annual Celebration of Service to America Awards held Monday, June 9, at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. The celebration recognizes broadcasters for outstanding service to their local communities.
"Deborah was an exceptional master of ceremonies last year," said NABEF President Marcellus Alexander. "We are pleased that she has agreed to lend her talents once again to make the 10th anniversary Service to America program spectacular."
With three decades of broadcast journalism experience, including over 12 years as anchor at Inside Edition, Norville is one of the most recognizable personalities on television today. The two-time Emmy Award winner joined Inside Edition from CBS News, where she anchored America Tonight and also reported for 48 Hours, Street Stories and CBS Evening News. Before that she was co-anchor for NBC's The Today Show, having joined NBC as anchor of NBC News at Sunrise. Norville began her career in journalism as a student at the University of Georgia, starting as a reporter and later going on to anchor WAGA-TV in Atlanta.
As previously announced, this year's Celebration of Service to America Leadership Award will honor entertainment industry icon Quincy Jones.
About The Celebration of Service to America Awards
The
Celebration of Service to America Awards are sponsored and produced by
NABEF with major support from Bonneville International Corp. and the National
Association of Broadcasters. In recent years, legendary rock star Sir
Elton John, former President Bill Clinton, First Lady Laura Bush, Her
Majesty Queen Noor of Jordan, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, boxing
legend Muhammad Ali, former President Jimmy Carter and First Lady Rosalyn
Carter, and former First Lady Nancy Reagan have been presented with the
Celebration of Service to America Leadership Award at the event. Details
about the Celebration of Service to America Awards are available at www.nabef.org/ServicetoAmerica.
About
Bonneville International Corp.
Founded in 1964, Bonneville International’s heritage traces its early
roots to KSL Radio, which first went on the air in July of 1922 (originally
as KZN) in Salt Lake City and to KSL-TV, which had its on-air debut in
1949. Bonneville currently owns and operates 31 radio stations in the
Chicago, Washington, D.C., Seattle, Phoenix, St. Louis, Cincinnati, and
Salt Lake City markets, as well as KSL 5 Television (NBC affiliate) in
Salt Lake City. The company’s working motto is “Do good, do
well, make a difference, and have fun,” and it structures its innovative
and successful business model on the three principles of 1) building its
people, 2) making a difference in its communities, and 3) meeting aggressive
financial goals. Bonneville enjoys a long-standing reputation and is known
industry-wide for its values-oriented programming and its nationally recognized
and award-winning commitment to serving the communities where it broadcasts.
About
NABEF
The NAB Education
Foundation is a non-profit organization dedicated to serving the public
interest in supporting and advocating: education and training programs,
strategies to increase diversity, initiatives stressing the importance
of the First Amendment, community service, philanthropy and timely broadcasting
issues.
About
NAB
The National Association of Broadcasters is a trade association that advocates
on behalf of more than 8,300 free, local radio and television stations
and also broadcast networks before Congress, the Federal Communications
Commission and the Courts. Information about NAB can be found at www.nab.org.
