Press club board member and philanthropist Phil Beuth will be honored with the first-ever Service to the Community Award by the Broadcasting+Cable Hall of Fame at a gala in New York City in September.
Phil was the first person hired by CapCities founder Tom Murphy in 1955 and spent his entire 42-year career with CapCities. During the 70s and 80s, Phil demonstrated strong audience leadership and personal community involvement, while managing stations affiliated with all three networks, including service on each network’s board of governors. When Capital Cities purchased ABC in 1985, Phil was named president of morning and late-night entertainment, and headed Good Morning America.
Throughout his career, Phil remained guided by the principle of “doing well by doing good” and was known throughout the industry for giving generously and working tirelessly for charitable causes. Among his many achievements, Phil is recognized as an early leader to raise awareness and funding to fight AIDS, both through charitable outreach and through the development of multiple specials that aired on the ABC network. Phil retired as president of ABC TV Morning/Late Entertainment.
Former Good Morning America weatherman Spencer Christian will be on hand at the ceremony to accept the honor on behalf of Phil.
The annual Broadcasting+Cable Hall of Fame is the premier industry event of the year, paying tribute to the pioneers, innovators and stars of broadcast, cable, broadband and streaming television. Receiving the coveted Hall of Fame honor is more than the acknowledgement of a successful career – it’s entry into an exclusive community of honorees that have truly changed the paradigm of the industry.
Previous honorees have included greats like Oprah Winfrey, Dr. Phil McGraw, Michael Powell, the cast of The View, Robert A. Iger, Dr. John Malone, and more.
All of us at the Press Club of Southwest Florida offer our sincerest congratulations to Phil for this prestigious – and well-deserved – award. Phil, we are so proud of you and grateful for your decades-long service and philanthropy on behalf of the press club and its journalism scholarship program.
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