Don Polec reported for WKBW-TV from 1977-1982, when Irv Weinstein smiled wryly and growled… “And finally... “ at an Eyewitness Newscast, it was Don Polec's time to shine; bringing the offbeat and, well, goofy, to the airwaves.

Tuesday night, Channel 7 Chief Meterologist - and the reporter who replaced Don Polec at WKBW - Mike Randall, introduced Polec and helped induct him into the Buffalo Broadcasters Hall Of Fame.

A native of Buffalo's Riverside section, Polec tried radio at WKBW, but found it wasn’t quite for him. After two years of managing a handful of different Burger King restaurants around the Western New York, Polec looked for work as a videographer. He sent Irv a resume that listed experience as an “urban sheep herder" and "professional vagrant." He was on the air, with that same sort of silliness, almost immediately thereafter.

Polec left Buffalo in 1982 for Philadelphia, where Action News featured antics his Western New York fans would recognize in "Don Polec's World" reports until earlier this year. Polec's Buffalo brands of zany-yet-artful reports were also featured on the national stage when he was a
Good Morning America correspondent in the late 80s and early 90s.

Other inductees tonight include reporter Marie Rice; announcer Pat Feldballe; radio legend Fred Klestine; radio mogul Randy Michaels; along with a Tim Russert Medal Of Merit presentation to Cassandra Eldred; and 50th Anniversary honors to WBFO FM88.7, 97 Rock, and WNED-TV.