{"id":14055,"date":"2017-08-08T08:36:37","date_gmt":"2017-08-08T14:36:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/?page_id=14055"},"modified":"2017-08-08T09:03:29","modified_gmt":"2017-08-08T15:03:29","slug":"2017-aba-hall-of-fame","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/2017-aba-hall-of-fame\/","title":{"rendered":"2017 ABA Hall of Fame"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Four Alabamians who have made broadcasting their life&#8217;s work will be honored during the ABA Conference Hall of Fame luncheon on Saturday, August 19.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Meet the 2017 ABA Hall of Fame Class of 2017<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-14059\" src=\"http:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Ralph-Black-thumb-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Ralph Black-thumb\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>As the \u201cVoice of the Troy State Trojans\u201d for 26 years, <strong>Ralph Black<\/strong> has called them all, making him an institution in the world of Alabama sports broadcasting &#8230; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #0000ff;\"><a style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"http:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/ralph-black-aba-hall-of-fame-class-of-2017\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-14058 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/RON-JANUARY-THUMB-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"RON-JANUARY-THUMB\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Whether it was sports, music, hosting or management <strong>Ron January<\/strong>\u00a0found a pathway to success, adding his personal style and love of the business to every accomplishment &#8230; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/ron-january-aba-hall-of-fame-class-of-2017\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-14057 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/judy-watters-THUMB-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"judy-watters-THUMB\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>Judy Watters<\/strong> didn\u2019t plan on a broadcasting career; she has a degree in music education, but at a point when teaching wasn\u2019t an option, she took a bold step that changed her life forever &#8230; <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/judy-watters-aba-hall-of-fame-class-of-2017\/\">READ MORE<\/a><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-14056 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/head-1597546_640-150x129.jpg\" alt=\"head-1597546_640\" width=\"150\" height=\"129\" \/>The fourth honoree will be named <strong>Broadcaster of the Year<\/strong> at Saturday&#8217;s luncheon and will become a member of the Hall of Fame at the same time. The identity\u00a0is a closely guarded secret until the luncheon!<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four Alabamians who have made broadcasting their life&#8217;s work will be honored during the ABA Conference Hall of Fame luncheon on Saturday, August 19. Meet the 2017 ABA Hall of Fame Class of 2017 As the \u201cVoice of the Troy State Trojans\u201d for 26 years, Ralph Black has called them all, making him an institution &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/2017-aba-hall-of-fame\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">2017 ABA Hall of Fame<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-14055","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14055"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14067,"href":"https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14055\/revisions\/14067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/al-ba.com\/wp2\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}