LI media favorite Bill Evans to enter Broadcasters Hall of Fame
Bill Evans, a long-time Long Island media personality, is being inducted into the New York State Broadcasters Hall of Fame.
Evans, who is the owner, program director, chief meteorologist, and morning show co-host for WLNG 92.1 FM in Sag Harbor and WFRM 94.5 FM in Sagaponack, has had a long and successful career in New York media.
For 30 years, Evans was the senior meteorologist for WABC-TV Channel 7 Eyewitness News, WPLJ Radio 95.5 FM with “Scott & Todd in the Morning,” and 77 WABC AM Radio with “Imus in the Morning.” He is also a 20-time Emmy Award winner, New York Times best-selling author, and recipient of the Ellis Island Medal of Honor for Distinguished Public Service.
“This is an extraordinary honor, but I am compelled to share it with the individuals I have had the privilege of working with over the decades,” Evans said. “From those who mentored me at an early age, to those who continue to provide me with the means to offer a wonderfully diverse audience the programming that engages, informs, and entertains, I offer my recognition and gratitude.”
Over the course of his career, Evans was heard on the ABC Radio Network and ESPN Radio. He has appeared on ABC’s “Good Morning America”; “ABC News” with Peter Jennings, and then with David Muir; “LIVE! with Regis and Kathie,” then “Regis and Kelly”; then “Kelly And Ryan”; “ESPN’s SportsCenter”; The Discovery Channel’s “How Stuff Works”; “The View”; “The Good Wife”; and “The Unexplained” with William Shatner.
Evans has also appeared on the New York stage, playing himself in “The Radio City Christmas Spectacular” at Radio City Music Hall. He has appeared on Broadway as The Candlestick “Lumiere” in Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast.” He has performed stand-up comedy on “The Punch Line Circuit,” “Comedy Nation,” and “Dangerfield’s.”
Evans received an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters from Dowling College in Oakdale, and an Honorary Doctorate of Science from Centenary College in Hackettstown, N.J., and was awarded Beneath The Seas Diver of the Year.
A member of the Friars Club, The American Meteorological Society, and the New York State Broadcasters Association, Evans now joins the association’s Hall of Fame class of 2025.
