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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  March 3, 2025 

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2025 PAB AWARDS FOR EXCELLENCE IN BROADCASTING 

 

Chuck Seese and Marty Radovanic to receive Broadcaster of the Year honors; David Johnson and Jack Bogut will be inducted into PAB Hall of Fame; more than 90 awards to be distributed to stations throughout the commonwealth 

 

HARRISBURG, PA – On Friday, April 11, The Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters will present its 2025 Awards for Excellence in Broadcasting at the Harrisburg Hilton in downtown Harrisburg. More than 90 award winners will be recognized and receive their physical award statue. PAB will present Broadcaster of the Year honors to Chuck Seese (93.5 WSBG-FM) and Marty Radovanic (WJAC-TV). The 2025 Hall of Fame inductees include David Johnson (WPXI-TV) and Jack Bogut (KDKA-FM). 

 “Another year, another outstanding slate of honorees and award recipients,” said Joe Conti, President of the PAB. “This event offers us the opportunity to recognize the exceptional work of our members’ station staff, along with four longstanding radio and television personalities from across the commonwealth. It is an honor and pleasure to play host once again.” 

 The annual event recognizes and celebrates Pennsylvania broadcasters’ hard work. PAB Awards are presented in various categories for broadcast radio and television stations. This year, 491 entries were received across 20 different categories, and they were judged by the Connecticut and Colorado Association of Broadcasters. The PAB will present 91 awards at the annual luncheon.  

 PAB will induct David Johnson into the TV Hall of Fame and Jack Bogut into the Radio Hall of Fame. The Radio Broadcaster of the Year is Chuck Seese and the Television Broadcaster of the Year is Marty Radovanic.  

 The awards presentations also include the Broadcast Now program, which awards teams from local high schools for producing informative videos about careers in the broadcast industry. 

 

Broadcaster of the Year Bios: 

Marty Radovanic began his television broadcasting career in 1974, at WJAC-TV in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. He worked primarily for the news department as the main anchor, executive producer, and chief political reporter. He was responsible for editorial content while he mentored and coached dozens of first-time reporters.  Marty was responsible for the execution of six live “Town Halls,” and led the news team in an Emmy nominated news special that provided an in-depth and personal look at heroin addiction in the Greater Johnstown area. 

 Marty retired from WJAC-TV in 2017. But because his love for television news remained strong, he returned to broadcasting as the main evening anchor at WTAJ-TV in Altoona in March of 2023, where he remains today. He was inducted into the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences – Mid Atlantic Chapter – Silver Circle Society in 2022. In 2024, he received the Douglas A. Anderson Communications Contributor Award from the Bellisario College of Communications at Penn State University. 

 

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Born and raised in Philadelphia, Chuck Seese attended St. Joe’s Preparatory School before matriculating to East Stroudsburg University, where his love for the Poconos was solidified. In 1988, he began his full-time career with 93.5 WSBG-FM, which continued for more than 40 years. Seese won his first Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters award for commercial production in 1989. In 1991 he was named the play-by-play announcer for ESU Warriors Football games on 840-WVPO-AM, and in 2009 was named the George Heaslip Award winner for his excellence in covering ESU Football. With the advent of digital broadcasting at East Stroudsburg University, Chuck has now added basketball, soccer, baseball and softball to his sports broadcasting resume.

Chuck has also been involved with numerous charitable organizations in the Poconos. He was Board Chairman for the American Red Cross chapter here in Stroudsburg. Currently, Chuck serves as Chairman of the Board for the Pocono Family YMCA as they undergo a multimillion-dollar renovation.  

 

 Hall of Fame Bios: 

 

David Johnson was born in Jacksonville, Florida, and grew up near Daytona Beach. He graduated from the University of Florida with a degree in Broadcast Journalism. He started his TV news career while in college and has worked at stations in Jacksonville, Chattanooga, Orlando and Atlanta. He joined WPXI-TV in Pittsburgh in January of 1985 as noon anchor and evening reporter. He was promoted to evening news anchor in 1989, and the following year he began a 31-year partnership with co-anchor Peggy Finnegan, becoming the longest running anchor team in Pittsburgh history.  

 They were named the PAB’s Broadcasters of the Year in 2016, the first anchor team to be so honored.  David has won three Mid Atlantic Emmys and numerous Press Club of Western Pennsylvania Golden Quill Awards.  He retired just four months ago after a 40-year career at WPXI. Upon his retirement, the station named the main news studio in his honor.  

 

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For more than 60 years, Jack Bogut has been a fixture in the Pittsburgh radio market. He began his career at KDKA-AM, where he hosted the “Bogut in the Morning Show” for more than 15 years.  During his long and storied career, Jack also served as morning host on WTAE-AM, WSHH-FM, and WJAS-AM. Additionally, he hosted his own namesake television show on WTAE-TV and a business-based talk radio segment on WPTT-AM. 

 Among his many other accolades, Jack was inducted into the Broadcasters Hall of Fame, received a Pittsburgh Radio and Television Club Lifetime Achievement Award and was presented with a March of Dimes A.I.R. (Achievement in Radio) Lifetime Achievement Award. Jack Bogut will forever be remembered for the unparalleled way he harnessed the power of radio and channeled it for philanthropic good. 

 

About the PAB: 

The Pennsylvania Association of Broadcasters endeavors to promote collaboration between radio and television broadcast station owners, managers and staff across the Commonwealth. We assist our member stations in serving their communities, audiences and advertisers through FCC licensed free, over-the-air broadcast program operations.