Milwaukee Brewers broadcaster Bob Uecker will be honored yet again for his work in the booth with his induction into the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) Hall of Fame during the NAB Show Radio Luncheon this afternoon in Las Vegas.
Uecker will miss the Brewers game at Miller Park to attend the ceremony.
Dave Nelson will join Joe Block in for Tuesday's game with Uecker returning to the booth on Wednesday.
Uecker, the 42-year voice of the Brewers, joins Vin Scully, Jack Buck, Harry Caray and Mel Allen in the NAB Hall of Fame.
This honor adds to a lengthening list of Hall of Fame credentials for Uecker. He is a member of the Wisconsin Sports Hall of Fame, the Radio Hall of Fame and was honored with the National Baseball Hall of Fame's Ford C. Frick Award for broadcast excellence.
He is also a member of the WWE Hall of Fame.
In addition to his baseball work, Uecker was a frequent guest on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and hosted two syndicated television shows, "Bob Uecker's Wacky World of Sports" and "Bob Uecker's War of the Stars."
He also appeared as a spokesman for Miller Lite Beer, in a major role on the ABC hit series "Mr. Belvedere," and in six feature films including "Major League" and "Major League II."
The Brewers announced last month that they will honor Uecker with a statue placed outside Miller Park. The statue will be placed near the Home Plate Plaza and will be dedicated on Aug. 31.
Jim Owczarski is an award-winning sports journalist and comes to Milwaukee by way of the Chicago Sun-Times Media Network.
A three-year Wisconsin resident who has considered Milwaukee a second home for the better part of seven years, he brings to the market experience covering nearly all major and college sports.
To this point in his career, he has been awarded six national Associated Press Sports Editors awards for investigative reporting, feature writing, breaking news and projects. He is also a four-time nominee for the prestigious Peter J. Lisagor Awards for Exemplary Journalism, presented by the Chicago Headline Club, and is a two-time winner for Best Sports Story. He has also won numerous other Illinois Press Association, Illinois Associated Press and Northern Illinois Newspaper Association awards.
Jim's career started in earnest as a North Central College (Naperville, Ill.) senior in 2002 when he received a Richter Fellowship to cover the Chicago White Sox in spring training. He was hired by the Naperville Sun in 2003 and moved on to the Aurora Beacon News in 2007 before joining OnMilwaukee.com.
In that time, he has covered the events, news and personalities that make up the PGA Tour, LPGA Tour, Major League Baseball, the National Football League, the National Hockey League, NCAA football, baseball and men's and women's basketball as well as boxing, mixed martial arts and various U.S. Olympic teams.
Golf aficionados who venture into Illinois have also read Jim in GOLF Chicago Magazine as well as the Chicago District Golfer and Illinois Golfer magazines.
