2026 Gold & Silver Circle Honorees and Ceremony Information

2026 Gold & Silver Circle Honorees

Printable Press Release.

Gold Circle Honoree

Pat O'Donnell – SAG-AFTRA, Washington-Mid Atlantic Local, Executive Director

Silver Circle Honorees

Joe Beninati – Monumental Sports Network, NHL Play-by-Play Announcer

Martin A Carr – WETA, Audio Engineer

Wayne Covil – WTVR, Sr. Reporter/MMJ

Mac Finney – WBAL-TV, Photojournalist

Kym Grinnage – WWBT, Regional VP and General Manager

Jim Handly – WRC, Anchor

Craig Laughlin – Monumental Sports Network, NHL Color Analyst

Blaine Stewart – WTKR, Anchor

Noreen Turyn – WSET, News Anchor and Chief Managing Editor

Gold & Silver Circle Ceremony: Saturday, October 10, 2026

Visitation Hotel Frederick 

211 E Church Street Frederick, MD, 21701

5:00pm Reception | 6:00pm Dinner | 6:30pm Ceremony

Black Tie Optional

If you would like to be a Circle Patron and/or include a congratulatory ad in the printed program for any of our inductees, please return the online form by September 18th.

Tickets

There are limited tickets available. Please email adixon@capitalemmys.org if you would like to purchase tickets.

Ticket sales close Friday, October 2nd.

There are no physical tickets for the event. Guests will check-in at Registration to receive table assignments.