Bob Pittman, Catherine Hughes Among Honorees At Ad Hall Of Fame Event

Big Night

Radio was front and center at last night’s ADVERTISING HALL OF FAME induction ceremony, with both iHEARTMEDIA Chairman/CEO BOB PITTMAN and RADIO ONE Founder CATHERINE HUGHES being honored for their contributions to advertising. Others inducted last night were legends CHUCK PORTER of CRISPIN PORTER BOGUSKY; LEE CLOW of TBWA; JOHN ADAMS of THE MARTIN AGENCY; SPIKE LEE of SPIKE DDB (as well as actor and director); LINDA KAPLAN THALER of PUBLICIS KAPLAN THALER; and the actor, author and philanthropist MICHAEL J. FOX.

Advertising’s all-stars turned out as well, including MIKE ROTH, CEO of IPG; ANDREW ROBERTSON, CEO of BBDO; BILL KOENIGSBERG of HORIZON MEDIA, COLIN KINSELLA of MINDSHARE, BRAD JAKEMAN and FRANK COOPER of PEPSICO, MARTINE REARDON, CMO of MACY’S; DOUG MORRIS, CEO of SONY MUSIC; CHRIS PENROSE, EVP and Internet of Things for AT&T, VALERIE VARGAS and CHRIS PENROSE, also of AT&T; and many more in a crowd of over 1,000 people who turned out to honor this group.

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