QUEEN OF SAPPY LOVE SONGS
Delilah Rene fell in love with radio in Reedsport, Ore. In high school, she began reporting school news and sports at her hometown station, KDUN-AM. Her radio career evolved into an adult contemporary radio show reaching over 8 million weekly listeners through Premiere Networks on approximately 160 stations across the United States, making her show “Delilah” one of the most listened to in radio.
2017 RADIO INDUCTEE
With a unique blend of storytelling, sympathetic listening and empathy, Delilah has brought together an expansive community of people across the nation who reach out to help one another.
Delilah has received the Alliance for Women in Media’s Gracie Award and the NAB Marconi Radio Award for Network/Syndicated Personality of the Year. She was also inducted into the Museum of Broadcasting Radio Hall of Fame. In addition to being a successful radio personality, an author and songwriter, Delilah founded Point Hope, a nonprofit organization designed to give a voice to forgotten children everywhere.
Delilah with NAB President and CEO Gordon H. Smith being inducted into the NAB Radio Hall of Fame during NAB Show's Radio Luncheon at the 2017 NAB Show.
Radio personality Delilah speaks after being inducted into the NAB Radio Hall of Fame during NAB Show's Radio Luncheon at the 2017 NAB Show on April 25, 2017, in Las Vegas, Nevada.