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IBA Broadcaster of the Year

Past Award Winners

1975   William Turner, General Mgr., KCAU-TV, Sioux City
1976   George Dorrington, WMT Radio, Cedar Rapids
1977   Robert Buckmaster, Blackhawk Broadcasting, Waterloo
1979   Lew Van Nostrand, WMT Stations, Cedar Rapids
1980   Jack Shelley, Professor of Journalism/Mass Communication, ISU
1981   Jim Duncan, Professor of Broadcasting, Drake University
1988   George Allen, General Mgr., KLGA AM/FM, Algona
1989   Guy Koenigsberger, Program Director, KCCI-TV, Des Moines
1989   Frosty Mitchell, General Manager, KGRN, Grinnell
1992   Betty Baudler, General Mgr., KASI/KCCQ, Ames
1993   Mark Osmundson, General Mgr., KDAO AM/FM/TV, Marshalltown
1994    Mary Quass, General Mgr., KHAK AM/FM, Cedar Rapids
1995    Tony Coloff, General Mgr., KIOW-FM, Forest City
1996    Glenn Olson, General Mgr., KQWC AM/FM, Webster City
1997    Sue Toma, Executive Director, Iowa Broadcasters Assn., Des Moines
1998    Paul Hedberg, President, Hedberg Broadcasting, Spirit Lake
1999    Tom Quinlan, Owner, KDLS AM/FM, Perry
2000    Rick Sellers, General Mgr., KMRY, Cedar Rapids
2001    Eliot Keller, General Mgr., KZIA, Cedar Rapids
2002    Joe Hladky, President, Cedar Rapids Television Company, KCRG AM/TV
2003    Paul Fredericksen, General Mgr., KCCI-TV, Des  Moines
2004    Rob Norton, V.P. KZIA Inc., Cedar Rapids
2005    Paul Dennison, President, KILJ AM/FM, Mt. Pleasant
2006    Bob Day, KCCI-TV, Des Moines
2007    Jim Coloff, Fife Communications, Cedar Falls
2008    Ray Cole, WOI-TV, Citadel Broadcasting
2009    Louise “Lou” Porter, KBBG-FM, Waterloo
2010    Dennis Bullock, Powell Broadcasting, Sioux City
2011    Joel McCrea, Clear Channel Des Moines/Ames
2012    Steve Martinson, KIMT-TV, Mason City
2013    Michael Elrod, KYOU-TV, Ottumwa
2014    Jim Field, KJAN, Atlantic
2015    Kevin Cooney, KCCI-TV, Des Moines
2016    Dolly Fortier, KCFI, Cedar Falls
2017    Pat Powers, KQWC/KZWC, Webster City
2018   Rhonda Wedeking, KICD-FM, Spencer
2019   Todd Steinkamp, KFJB/KXIA, Marshalltown
2020   Thom Pritz, KCRG TV-9/KYOU, Cedar Rapids
2021   Al Lauck, Riverfront Broadcasting of Iowa, LL, Algona
2022   Eric Hansen and Clare Duffy, KZIA, Cedar Rapids