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T a B D I S T I N G U I S H E D S E R V I C E a W a R D the DSA Is The T A B D i s t i n g u i s h e d S e r v i c e A w a r d The DSA is the highest honor that the TAB bestows. It was established in 1974 to recognize men and women who have made outstanding contributions to their professions and communities. Listed below are the names of these distinguished people. Tommy King 1975 Harold Krelstein 1976 Irving Waugh 1977 Luke Medley 1978 Chick Brown 1979 C.M. Brakefield 1980 Bob McKay, Jr. 1981 Dean Osmundson 1982 Reggie Honey 1983 Wayne Hudson 1984 Jim Hoppers 1985 Fred Webb 1986 Jack Mayer 1987 Dave Thomas 1988 Mike Kettenring 1989 Jim Dick 1990 Anne Holt 1991 Don Newberg 1992 Tom Griscom 1993 Bill Barry 1994 Stacey Mott 1995 Jack DeWitt 1996 George DeVault 1997 Ken Maness 1998 Jerry Lingerfelt 1999 Tom Cassetty 2000 Paul Tinkle 2001 Bart Walker 2002 Luther Masingill 2003 Chris Clark 2004 Tom Tolar 2005 Bud Walters 2006 Herb Howard 2007 Cal Young 2008 Watt Hairston 2009 Jill Green 2010 Johnny Shaw 2011 T A B L I f e t i m e M e m b e r s Hal Ashford Herb Howard Perry Sheftall WCRK U.T. Knoxville WIZM John Bailey Wayne Hudson Ray Shirley WJZM Plough Bdcst. U.T. Knoxville Bill Barry Tommy King H.S. Slavick WAMB/WKDA WSM TV-TAB WMC AM/FM/TV Charles Brakefield Hanes Lancaster Drue Smith WREG TV WJHL TV Capitol Hill Press Franklin “Chick” Brown Jerry Lingerfelt F.C. Sowell WBMC AM/FM WTVC TV WLAC AM/FM Tom Cassetty Jack Mayer Ken Sparnon WDXN/WCVQ WDXN BMI Porter Clark Bob McKay, Jr. Billy Speck WEKR WKRM/WKOM WEEN/WLCT Jack DeWitt Judge Luke Medley Dave Thomas WSM AM/FM/TV WHUB AM/FM Clear Channel Louis Draughon Don Meyers Tollye Tittsworth WSIX AM/FM/TV WMC AM/FM WSDQ Bill Hall Jim Mikels Arthur Wilkerson WSMV TV WATE TV WLIL AM/FM John P. Hart Stacey Mott Earl Winger WBIR AM/FM/TV WHUB AM/FM WDOD AM/FM Len Hensel Dean Osmundson Hoyt B. Wooten WSM AM/FM – BMI WMC AM/FM WREC AM/FM/TV I.V Hillis Reeve Owen WSMT AM/FM WTVC TV Reggie Honey Carter Parham WRKM AM/FM WDEF AM/FM/TV .
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