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[email protected] Website: www.vab.org The VAB CHEEK A FORD FRICK FINALIST The late Tom Cheek, who will be Voice inducted posthumously into the VAB Hall of Fame on December 1, has again been named one of ten finalists for the Baseball Hall November, 2012 of Fame’s Ford C. Frick award. VT BROADCASTERS WERE MORE THAN READY FOR “SANDY” When Vermonters needed the latest information about “Superstorm Sandy,” the important information was as close as their radio or TV sets. This time, the storm went fairly easy on Cheek, the longtime radio voice Vermont, although more than a tenth of of the Toronto Blue Jays, was the top vote-getter in the online bal- Vermont homes lost power at the height loting by baseball fans. However, of the turbulence, and thousands re- the award committee has never mained without power at our deadline. before bestowed the honor on the FM radios on hand. It also highlights on-line fan poll winner. And, like the response to Irene last year, the need for mandatory FM chips in all radio and TV stations used all available Cheek, who was a sportscaster mobile phones. resources to help citizens prepare for and salesman at WDOT, WJOY Radio Ink reported, "FCC Chairman Jul- and WVMT, broadcast an amaz- and weather the storm. ius Genachowski said 25% of wireless ing 4306 straight games for the Unlike last year’s storm, viewers and cell towers and a quarter of cable ser- Blue Jays.