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

Steve Hammond – WBOC, Broadcast Journalist

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.

Hotel

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Visitation Hotel Frederick for a discount. Please book your rooms here. The deadline for reservations is September 11th. Please let us know if you run into any issues booking hotel rooms.

Tickets

Tickets are available through the store in Emmy Express. If you do not have an Emmy Express account, you can create a free account. Under the yellow SIGN IN button click on SIGN UP. Under the ACCOUNT TYPE drop down box change the type to GUEST ACCOUNT.

Ticket sales close Friday, October 2nd.

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