This year’s New Jersey Hall of Fame induction ceremony will take place in the form of a special on MY9TV, Facebook.com/NewJerseyHallofFame and YouTube.com/c/NewJerseyHallofFame, Nov. 12, with a later showing on NJPBS television. Inductees will include E Street Band drummer Max Weinberg; comedian, writer and talk show host Chelsea Handler; former Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Ron Jaworski; the late Richard J. Hughes (who served as New Jersey’s governor from 1962 to 1970); photographer Margaret Bourke-White; and three-time Olympic soccer medalist Heather O’Reilly.
Weinberg is the third E Street Band member — joining Bruce Springsteen and Steven Van Zandt — to be inducted on his own.
For the complete list of inductees, visit njhalloffame.org.
Presenters will include Jon Bon Jovi, Gov. Phil Murphy and First Lady Tammy Murphy, Danny DeVito and Melba Moore.
The ceremony will air:
Nov. 12 at 6 p.m. on MY9TV, Facebook and YouTube.
Nov. 13 at 4 p.m. and Nov. 20 at 11 p.m. on MY9TV
Nov. 16 at 8 p.m. on NJPBS television
In other news, the hall reports “progress by leaps and bounds” at the 10,000-square-foot New Jersey Hall of Fame Entertainment and Learning Center that is being built at American Dream in East Rutherford. The ELC will feature exhibits and immersive experiences, and is expected to open in the spring.
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