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ANCHOR. INDIANA'S BROADCASTING
ASSOCIATION WILL WELCOME NEWS
10'S MARK ALLEN INTO ITS
BROADCASTING HALL OF FAME. NEWS
10 PRODUCER ERIC
STIDMAN HAS THIS SPECIAL REPORT.
"TO BE INDUCTED INTO THE HALL OF
SELECT FEW OF PEOPLE GET THIS
SPECIAL HONOR AND ITS
NOT NECESARRILY WHAT'S HE'S
DOING AS A BROADCASTER
BUT HE'S PAVED THE WAY FOR SO
MANY OF US BEING IN THE
HALL OF FAME FOR THE INDIANA
BROADCASTERS ASSOCIATION IS A
HUGE AWARD, MARK WILL PROBABLY
LAUGH BECAUSE HE'S
ALIVE TO GET THE AWARD AND A LOT
OF PEOPLE ARE ALREADY
DECEASED SO,, MARK HAS ALWAYS
BEEN A LEGEND IN THE
COMMUNITY BUT IN THE NEWSROOM
HE'S THE MOST DOWN
TO EARTH PERSON UH THAT ANY
EMPLOYEE CAN COME ACROSS,
BUT FOR SOMEBODY TO GET, SOMEONE
OF HIS STATURE TO
GET THIS, ITS DEFINITELY WORTH
WHILE HE'S A BLAST
REALLY, HE'S ALSO VERY SERIOUS,
BUT IN THE COMMERCIALS WE'RE
ALWAYS JOKING AROUND, TALKING
OUR FAMILY, THINGS LIKE THAT
PEOPLE WOULD PROBABLY BE
SURPRISED ABOUT WHAT GOES ON
BEHIND THE SCENES HE'S NOT
LIKE A NEWS ANCHOR TYPE OF
PERSON, HE'S VERY VERY DOWN
TO EARTH AND HE'S LIKE ONE OF
THE PEOPLE WHO VIEW, AND I THINK
THAT'S WHAT MAKES HIM SO LIKABLE
TO EVERYBOYD AND
WHAT HAS MADE HIM VERY SUCESSFUL
THROUGHOUT THE
LAST SEVERAL YEARS WELL MOST TV
PERSONALITIES
GET THE PERSONA OF, I'M BETTER
THAN YOU, YA KNOW IM ABOVE
YOU, MARK IS NOT LIKE THAT, HE'S
THE KINDA GUY YOU CAN SIT ON
THE FRONT PORCH WITH OR GO OUT
TO EAT WITH IT, HE'S JUST A
REGULAR, HE DOESN'T TALK DOWN TO
PEOPLE, HE MAKES MILKSHAKES FOR
PEOPLE IN THE BREAK ROOM MARK IS
JUST A
GREAT GUY TO BE AROUND, HE'S THE
GUY YOU ASK FOR ADVICE, HE'S THE
KIND PERSON YOU TRSUT, HE'S ALL
AROUND A NICE GUY FOR HIM TO
BE INDUCTED INTO THE HALL OF
FAME, IT SCREAMS VOLUMES WHAT
HE WILL TAKE AWAY IS A JUST
THAT, IT IS A LIFE TIME
ACHIEVEMENT, AND HE WOULD SAY HE
SPENT A LIFE TIME
WORKING HIS WAY UP IN THE
BROADCAST INDUSTRY HE'S A LEADER
I MEAN HE'S MARK ALLEN, HE'S A
BRAND NAME IN THE
WABASH VALLEY HE'S A VETERAN IN
THIS FIELD AND IN THIS
COMMUNITY, THERE'S NOT ANYBODY
WHO DOESN'T KNOW
WHO MARK ALLEN IS OR WHAT HE
DOES OF COURSE IM GOING TO SAY
CONGRATULATIONS, BUT HE'S NOT
ONE TO REALLY PUT HIMSELF ON A
PEDESTAL THAT'S NOT MARK WHAT
ILL SAY TO HIM SIMPLY IS
CONGRATS, WELL DESERVED I WOULD
LIKE I SAID GIVE HIM A
GREAT BIG HUG, TELL HIM CONGRATS
ITS VERY WELL
DESERVED. YA KNOW NEXT IN HIS
CAREER IS MARK DOESN'T , MARK IS
GONNA BE MARK, HE'S GOIN TO KEEP
DOING WHAT HE DOES HE'S
GONNA KEEP DOING HIS JOURNALS
AND TELLING THE STORIES YOU
WOULDN'T HEAR OTHERWISE, THE GUY
AT THE
CORNER STORE, FOR 25 YEARS, HE'S
JUST GONNA KEEP TELLIN
THOSE STORIES LIKE NOBODY ELSE
CAN BUT I WOULD ALSO SAY
HIS NEXT LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
WITH HIS FAMILY AND HIS
GRANDKIDS. AND
YOU SEE HIS LEGACY LIVE ON IN
ALL OF THE EMPLOYEES WE
BRING ON, AND THEY'VE MOVED ON
AND THEY'RE SUCCESSFUL SO
ITS REALLY GREAT AND HE'S A PART
OF THAT WHOLE PROCESS."
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE INDIANA
BROADCASTING HALL OF FAME LOOK
FOR THIS STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.
IF YOU WANT TO CONGRATULATE MARK
ALLEN, LEAVE HIM A MESSAGE ON
OUR NEWS 10 FACEBOOK PAGE.
CONGRATULATIONS TO MARK ALLEN!