The Kansas Association of Broadcasters will induct two new members into the Kansas Broadcasting Hall of Fame during the annual convention Oct. 19 in Wichita.

Jerry Hinrikus, Salina, will receive the Distinguished Service Award which automatically places him in the Hall of Fame. He has been a broadcaster in the Midwest for 47 years beginning in Falls City, Neb., as an announcer. During that time, he has managed and co-owned several stations in Kansas and surrounding states, and is currently general manager of Eagle Radio in Salina.

Hinrikus served on the board of KAB and as President in 1993. He also was elected in 2002 to the National Association of Broadcasters board representing Kansas and Missouri. Hinrikus has been very active in his community serving on many boards and committees including the Salina Chamber, United Way, Boy Scouts and Kansas Wesleyan.

Mike “Kennedy” Law of Kansas City will be inducted into the Hall of Fame. He started his career 37 years ago at KVOE Radio in Emporia while attending school. He was an announcer and later did the play by play of Emporia State football and basketball. In 1988, Law moved to Kansas City and joined the on air team at one of the nation’s first Rock 40 stations. Since 1991 he has been at KBEQ in Kansas City and currently is program director and a mainstay on country radio in the mornings. Law was the first to play bands like Rascal Flatts, Lady Antebellum, Big and Rich, Kenny Chesney, Toby Keith, and Eli Young Band, and has been nationally recognized several times by Billboard Magazine as Program Director of the Year.

For more information on other awards and the annual convention, visit kab.net.