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
