Four broadcasters will be inducted into the Arizona Broadcasters Hall of Fame and one print leader into the Arizona Newspapers Hall of Fame, the Arizona Media Association announced.

The honorees are Kit Atwell, Bruce Cooper, Al Macias, Terri Ouellette and Floyd Simmons.

All five will be officially inducted into the Hall of Fame at the Arizona Media Future and Awards Lunch on Jan 26. The event will be hosted at the Scottsdale JW Marriot Camelback Inn, 5402 E. Lincoln Drive.

Tickets go on sale via azmedia.org on Wednesday, Nov. 1.

The lunch will bring together the state’s local media community to launch the newly rebranded Arizona Media Association (joining the Arizona Broadcasters Association and Arizona Newspapers Association) and Arizona Local News Foundation to help ensure local news remains accessible in every Arizona community.

Here’s more about each honoree:

Kit Atwell has been a champion of Arizona newspapers for almost 50 years. Starting out as a typesetter, she’s grown to hold roles including publisher, executive vice-president, and CEO before retiring in 2021 from Prescott-based Western News&Info as the Publisher and Vice President.

Bruce Cooper is one of the most legendary sportscasters in Arizona. He worked at 12News in Phoenix for 34 years, starting in the mail room and working his way up to lead sports anchor and sports director before retiring in 2020. Affectionally known as “Coop” by colleagues, athletes and viewers, he is best known as the face of Arizona high school football, hosting “Friday Night Fever” for more than 30 years.

Al Macias is a lifelong Arizonan who has built deep roots in the local journalism industry over a nearly 50-year career. After graduating from ASU with a degree in broadcast communications, Macias first pursued a career as a TV reporter. He quickly rose to positions of leadership and became a mentor to countless journalists while working at Phoenix TV stations 3TV, 12News and ABC15.

Terri Ouellette has had a long Arizona career in both TV news and lifestyle programming. Affectionately known as Terri O, she began her career at 3TV in Phoenix helping to build one of the most successful morning news programs in the country, “Good Morning Arizona,” alongside hosting and producing “Home with Terri O” during the late 1990s and early 2000s.  She later launched a syndicated television brand and production company, hosting and producing multiple shows.

Floyd Simmons has spent 30 years working in radio and local media production across the White Mountains of Arizona. From host to manager and GM to owner, Simmons has held almost every job available in the local media world, but he is perhaps most well-known for his coverage of local sports. Floyd has called nearly 2,000 broadcasts of local games and has a deep passion for covering his local community.  He’s also the voice for the Arizona Rattlers and leads a production company that does the live video production for both the Rattlers and Tucson Sugar Skulls Indoor Football.