The Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia

Broadcast Pioneers President Ed Papazian
Broadcast Pioneers Banquet, Bala Golf Club, Philadelphia
Wednesday, November 14, 2001

On Wednesday evening, November 14, 2001, the Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia inducted five people into its Hall of Fame. They were: Pat Delsi, Gene Hart, Dr. Neil Harvey, Sid Mark and Paul Norton. Our Persons of the Year were: W. Carter & Patricia Merbreier (Captain & Mrs. Noah).

The event was held at the Bala Golf Club in the Wynnefield section of Philadelphia. Broadcast Pioneers member Bob Kravitz opened the night by singing our National Anthem.

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During dinner, Broadcast Pioneers member Bucky Clark played the piano to set the mood. Here's a classical music selection that he performed. Watch Bucky Clark!

Next we inducted new members to our Hall of Fame. These videos were shot with very low light. They had to be technically lightened by many stops. While now you can see the inductees, the lightening technique has made it looked like it was recorded with a night scope. However, at least now, there is something to view.

Watch Mrs. Gene Hart
Watch Pat Delsi
Watch Neil Harvey
Watch Sid Mark
Watch Paul Norton

The banquet, which was a fundraiser for our scholarship fund, ended with the honoring of our Persons of the Year, Captain & Mrs. Noah (W. Carter & Patricia Merbreier) who were also inducted into our Hall of Fame.

Broadcast Pioneers members W. Carter & Patricia Merbreier
Broadcast Pioneers Banquet, Bala Golf Club, Philadelphia
Wednesday, November 14, 2001

In July of 2013, we re-encoded the video of Captain and Mrs. Noah (Carter & Pat Merbreier). Since this was the last speech of the evening, the house lights were brought up about 5 seconds into the video. So, the first five minutes will be in black. But because of the house lights being up, the video is brighter and clearer than other ones from that evening. It was shot on high speed VHS tape using a Panasonic top of the line home camera. Originally, the Noahs were not centered in the frame, we cropped it to make it look better. However, that also added slightly to the fuzzy appearance of the video file. As of the present time, this is the best we can do. In our opinion, the Real Video file is sharper and clearer.

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The e-mail address of the Broadcast Pioneers of Philadelphia is pioneers@broadcastpioneers.com