The voters are 250 sportswriters and sportscasters. The National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association inducted Barber into its Hall of Fame in 1973. Schenkel was inducted in 1981 in the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame. He was inducted by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame in 1997. He was inducted in the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame in 2002. He was inducted into the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association Hall of Fame in 2004. The voters consist of 1,000 sportswriters and sportscasters representing the 50 states. The award is given out by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association. An online petition was launched in support of the anchors, reporters, meteorologists, and sportscasters. Thirteen other sportscasters were previously inducted into the Hall of Fame. In 1991, Harwell was inducted into the American Sportscasters Association Hall of Fame. That same year, he was inducted into the American Sportscasters Association Hall of Fame. He was inducted into the American Sportscasters Association Hall of Fame in 1999. In 1994, Jackson was inducted into the American Sportscasters Association Hall of Fame. In 1999, he was inducted into the American Sportscasters Association Hall of Fame.