At its annual Country Radio Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on August 3, Country Radio Broadcasters welcomed on-air inductees Chris Carr, Michael J., and Rick Jackson, along with radio leaders Marci Braun, Phil Hunt, Bruce Logan, and John Marks, into its Hall of Fame. The evening also honored longtime Country Countdown USA host and Country Aircheck founder Lon Helton with the CRB President’s Award. Rick Jackson spent more than five decades in Country Radio, most notably as KYGO’s Denver morning host, Music Director, and Program Director, and still hosts his syndicated Rick Jackson’s Country Classics, launched in 1986. Phil Hunt shaped Country Radio across every market size in a 50-year career that included serving as Clear Channel Executive Vice President and Country Brand Manager and founding Hunt Media. John Marks most recently served as Global Head of Country Programming for Spotify, after leading Country programming across SiriusXM’s more than 20 channels.