WASHINGTON, D.C. - Deborah Norville, host of the nation's longest-running syndicated newsmagazine Inside Edition, will serve as master of ceremonies for the NAB Education Foundation's ninth annual Service to America Gala June 11 at the National Building Museum in Washington, DC. The celebration recognizes outstanding community service by local broadcasters and other leading citizens.
As one of the most recognizable personalities on television today, Norville is a two-time Emmy Award winner. The veteran newswoman joined Inside Edition from CBS News, where she anchored America Tonight and also reported for 48 Hours, Street Stories and CBS Evening News. Before that she was co-anchor for NBC's The Today Show, having joined NBC as anchor of NBC News at Sunrise. Norville began her career in journalism as a student at the University of Georgia, starting as a reporter and later going on to anchor WAGA-TV in Atlanta.
About
the Service to America Awards
The Service to America Awards are presented by NABEF with
major support
from Bonneville International Corporation and the National
Association
of Broadcasters. This year's Leadership Award winner is
legendary
rock superstar Sir
Elton John, for his extraordinary humanitarian efforts
in the
global fight against HIV/AIDS. Awards will also be
presented
to local radio and television broadcasters across the nation
for outstanding
service to their communities. In recent years, NABEF has
recognized
former President Bill Clinton, Her Majesty Queen Noor of
Jordan, First
Lady Laura Bush, former President Jimmy Carter and First
Lady Rosalyn
Carter, former First Lady Nancy Reagan, boxing legend
Muhammad Ali
and former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani. Details about the
Service
to America Awards are available at www.nabef.org.
About
Bonneville International Corp.
Founded in 1964, Bonneville International Corporation owns
and operates
32 radio stations in the Chicago, Washington, D.C., Seattle,
Phoenix,
St. Louis, Cincinnati, and Salt Lake City markets, as well
as KSL-TV
(NBC affiliate) in Salt Lake City. Bonneville's motto is
"Do
good, do well, make a difference, and have fun." In
addition
to competing aggressively in major-market broadcasting by
structuring
its business model on the three principles of building its
people,
making a difference in the community, and meeting aggressive
financial
goals, Bonneville has a tradition of award-winning
commitment to the
communities it serves.
About
NABEF
The NAB Education Foundation is a non-profit organization
dedicated
to serving the public interest in supporting and advocating:
education
and training programs, strategies to increase diversity,
initiatives
stressing the importance of the First Amendment, community
service,
philanthropy and timely broadcasting issues.
About
NAB
The National Association of Broadcasters is a trade
association that
advocates on behalf of more than 8,300 free, local radio and
television
stations and also broadcast networks before Congress, the
Federal
Communications Commission and the Courts. Information about
NAB can
be found at www.nab.org.
