[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 125 (Thursday, September 12, 1996)]
[House]
[Page H10331]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        TRIBUTE TO RALPH GABBARD

  (Mr. ROGERS asked and was given permission to address theHouse for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ROGERS. Mr. Speaker, this morning I pay tribute to Ralph Gabbard, 
a friend and a servant to Kentucky. Ralph passed away Tuesday night at 
the young age of 50.
  Ralph was a radio and TV broadcaster all of his life.
  And from his teenage days as a radio disc jockey in the 1960's, Ralph 
grew to serve our State, and unintentionally made a name for himself, 
like no other media person of our time.
  Unassumingly, yet with tenacity, he went about the task of being the 
best broadcaster he could be, and succeeded. He redefined what we call 
the broadcaster's public service obligation.
  His commitment to news, his commitment to community, his commitment 
to industry excellence, was unsurpassed inside or outside of the TV 
stations and boardrooms where his legacies will live.

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