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THE SILVER CIRCLE
Honoring individuals who have made a significant contribution to Northern California television for at least a major part of their twenty-five (or more) year career.

The Class Of 2009

CLASS OF '09: 146 people gathered on Saturday, October 24th, at The Hilton San Francisco Financial District for the induction of the "Class of 2009" into the San Francisco/Northern California Chapter's "Silver Circle." From left to right: TAD DUNBAR, Anchor, KRNV 4, Former KOLO 8, Reno; DR. DEAN EDELL, Former Medical Reporter KGO ABC7; MICHAEL CLARK, Videographer/Editor, KGO ABC 7; EMERALD YEH, Freelance Talent/Producer, Former Achor, KRON 4; DON KNAPP, Reporter, KPIX CBS 5; (insert) STEFANI BOOROOJIAN, Anchor, KSEE 24, Fresno.

NOMINATION PROCESS: Silver Circle nomination applications are available from the Academy office or on-line. You do not need to be a member of the Academy to qualfy for induction. The Silver Circle Committee selects nominations from the applications received. Voting is done by the members of the Silver Circle, with the cut-off for induction being determined by the Silver Circle Committee. silvercircle@emmysf.tv
DEADLINE: April 15, 2010.

APPLICATION:A link to the Silver Circle application is included on this web page. Adobe Acrobat Reader is required to download and print the application. If you don't have it, click on the Adobe website's graphic link for a free download.

Silver Circle members are listed in alphabetical order below. The word VIDEO in pink means that video is available on that page.

For more information about streaming video on the website, click below the camera icon at the left side of this page.

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DAN ADAMS, Reporter, KXTV 10, 2005

MITCH AGRUSS, Captain Mitch, 1989

BOB ANDERSON, Producer/Writer, KRON/KGO, 1993

DON ANDERSON*, Assistant Chief Engineer, KRON, 1989

JACK A. ARMSTRONG, TV Guide, 1988 (Chapter Administrator, 1973-88) (Chapter President, 1977-80) Governors' Award, 1981)

ED ARNOW, Reporter, KRON, KPIX, KGO, NBC, 2001 VIDEO

STAN ATKINSON, Anchor, KCRA/KOVR, 1986

LES AVERY, Engineer, KQED, 1988

JOEL BARTLETT, Meteorologist, KGO, 2003 VIDEO

LOU BELL, Director of Engineering, KNTV, 1986

NANCY (MISS NANCY) BESST, Romper Room, KGO/KTVU, 1988 (Founding member of Chapter) (Governors� Citation, 1995) (Governors' Award 1998)

WALT BJERKE*, Engineer, KQED, 1990

SHIRLEY TEMPLE BLACK, Actress, 1996 (Governors' Award, 1992)

LUCILLE BLISS, Voice Talent, Crusader Rabbit, Smurfs, 1989 (Gold Circle 2002) VIDEO

RICHARD BLOCK, Consultant, TriStar TV, 1999

CAL BOLLWINKEL, Program/Operations Manager, KTXL, 1989

DOMINIC BONAVOLONTA, Director/Instructor, KTVU2/Ohlone College, 2005

STEFANI BOOROOJIAN, Anchor, KSEE 24, 2009

MIKE BOYD*, Anchor/Reporter, KCRA, 1990

JIM BRANSON, Managing Editor, KTVU 2, 2005

TOM BREEN*, Program Director, KTVU, 1986

AL BULLOCK, Photojournalist, KGO, 2003

STANLEY G. BURFORD, Trafficman, KGO-TV/AM 2000 (Chapter President, 1981-1986)

DICK CABLE, Anchor, KXTV, 1991

DAVE CALDWELL*, Producer/Director, KPIX, NBC, 1998

ALMA CARROLL, Writer/Publicist 1991

JOHN CATCHINGS, Producer, KPIX, 2002

DAN CERVELLI, Assistant Chief Engineer, KTVU, 1990

RIGO CHACON, South Bay Bureau Chief, KGO, 1997 (Governors' Award 2003)

ROSY CHU, Public Affairs, KTVU, 2002 VIDEO

MICHAEL CLARK, Videographer/Editor, KGO ABC 7

DARRYL R. COMPTON, SF State, Associate News Director, KRON, 1995 (Chapter President, 1996) (Chapter Administrator, 1996- )

ALDO (AL) H. CONSTANT*, Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, KRON, 1988

ED COSCI, Engineering Manager of Operations, KTVU, 1998

RUSS COUGHLAN*, Vice President/General Manager, Anchor, KGO, 1986 (Chapter President 1966-67) (Governors' Award, 1990)

DON CURRAN, Vice President/General Manager, KGO/KBHK, 1988

BELVA DAVIS, Anchor/Reporter, KPIX/KQED/KRON, 1989 (Governors' Award, 1995) VIDEO

RICK DAVIS, Correspondent, NBC News, 1998

DOVEL (CURLEY) DEVON, Engineer, KQED, 1993

DOREETA (DEE) DOMKE, Operations Manager, KRCR, 1986
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FRANKLIN DOWD*, Engineer, KSBW, 1986

TAD DUNBAR, Anchor, KRNV 4, Former Anchor, KOLO 8, Reno, 2009

YSABEL DURON, Anchor/Reporter, KTVU/KICU/KRON, 1997 (Governors' Citation 2000)

LUIS ECHEGOYEN, Anchor, KDTV, 1994 (Governors' Award 2000) (Gold Circle 2008) VIDEO

DR. DEAN EDELL, Former Medical Reporter, KGO ABC 7, 2009

AARON EDWARDS, Anchor/Reporter, KGO, 1996

SAM EWING III*, Gill Cable, 2000

FAITH FANCHER*, KTVU, 2001 (Governors' Citation 2000) VIDEO

SHELDON (SHELLY) FAY*, Producer/Photographer, KPIX, 1988

DICK FERNANDEZ*, Engineer, KGO, 1986

DENNIS FITCH, Promotions, KGO/KRON, 2000

LILLIAN FORTIER*, Community Affairs, KRON, 1990

BOB FOSTER*, TV Critic, San Mateo Times, 1988

FLORENCE FOWLER*, Producer, Vista Productions, 1986 (Chapter President, 1957-58) (Founding member of Chapter)

JOHN FOWLER, Reporter, KTVU, 2006

CRAIG FRANKLIN, Producer/Photographer, KPIX CBS 5, 2008

WAYNE FREEDMAN, Reporter, KGO ABC 7, 2002

HARRY FULLER, KGO, KPIX, ZDTV, CNBC, 2001 VIDEO

JAMES GABBERT, President/General Manager, KOFY, 1990

LINDA GIANNECCHINI, Producer/Director, 1997 (Chapter President, 1992-96) (National Secretary, 1996-2000) (National Vice President 2001) (National Vice-Chairman 2002-Present)