Full Text of HR0573 95th General Assembly
HR0573 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are pleased to congratulate Elroy C. Smith on | 4 |
| his 15 years of service to the Chicago radio industry; and
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| WHEREAS, Elroy C. Smith was born and raised on the island | 6 |
| of Bermuda; he is the youngest of 6 children born to Ismay and | 7 |
| Littenfeld Smith; and
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| WHEREAS, Elroy C. Smith's fascination with radio led him to | 9 |
| ZFB in Bermuda, where he was told by the program director that | 10 |
| he would never make it because of his inability to read; | 11 |
| determined to succeed, he went to New York to attend | 12 |
| Announcer's Training School; when he returned home, program | 13 |
| director Sergio Dean offered him a part-time job at ZFB as an | 14 |
| on-air personality; shortly after, he was admitted to Graham | 15 |
| Junior College in Boston, Massachusetts; still illiterate, he | 16 |
| taught himself to read by reading an encyclopedia every night; | 17 |
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| WHEREAS, After finishing the two-year program at Graham | 19 |
| Junior College, Elroy C. Smith enrolled at Emerson College, | 20 |
| where he sought a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications; and
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| WHEREAS, Elroy C. Smith joined WGCI-FM in 1992; since his |
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| arrival at WGCI-FM, the station has consistently been a ratings | 2 |
| leader in a number of demographics; he made history in 1993 by | 3 |
| carrying WGCI-FM to the number one slot in the metropolitan | 4 |
| area for three consecutive ratings periods; he has maintained | 5 |
| WGCI-FM as one of the biggest radio stations in Chicago from | 6 |
| February 1992 to March 2007; on July 5, 2004, he signed on with | 7 |
| Bermuda's HOTT 1075 radio station; in August 2006 he was chosen | 8 |
| to be Operations Manager of WVON; and
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| WHEREAS, In November 2000, Elroy C. Smith became program | 10 |
| director of the Urban Adult Contemporary station WVAZ-FM;
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| 2003, WVAZ-FM received the prestigious Marconi Award for Urban | 12 |
| Station of the Year from the National Association of | 13 |
| Broadcasters; and | 14 |
| WHEREAS, Elroy C. Smith has earned many honors and awards | 15 |
| during his career; he was named the Billboard Monitor Program | 16 |
| Director of the Year and was honored by the Living Legends | 17 |
| Foundation; he was a recipient of the Midwest Radio Music | 18 |
| Association Icon Award and the Salute to Excellence Award; he | 19 |
| was awarded the State of the District Media Award by the United | 20 |
| States Congress in 2006; in 2003 he was named the Program | 21 |
| Director of the Year at the Radio Music Awards in Las Vegas, | 22 |
| Nevada; and
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| WHEREAS, Elroy C. Smith is a faithful member of the Chicago |
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| WHEREAS, Elroy C. Smith and his wife, Vonda, are the proud | 3 |
| parents of Colin Spencer and Carson Vaughn Smith; therefore, be | 4 |
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 6 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 7 |
| congratulate Elroy C. Smith on his 15 years of service to the | 8 |
| Chicago radio industry and wish him continued success and | 9 |
| happiness in the future; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 |
| presented to Elroy C. Smith as a symbol of our esteem and | 12 |
| respect.
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