Most people know these legendary names from watching television or listening to the radio.

Sawyer was a former Louisville meteorologist before she became the host of ABC's "20/20."

Hammond, a UK graduate, has been covering the Olympics and the NBA for NBC.

Ledford was the radio voice of the Wildcats.

What do they all have in common? They've all been inducted into the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame.

The time has come for people to make nominations for the annual induction of outstanding journalists into the Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame. The hall recognizes those people who have made significant contributions to journalism, and members have to be Kentucky natives or must have spent a substantial part of their journalism careers in Kentucky.

The hall was established in 1980, and since then, 96 journalists have been inducted. In the Grehan Journalism Building's conference room, affectionately called the "Maggie Room," hang plaques honoring the members.

The inductions will not be made until April 6, 1998, but the deadline for nominations is Jan. 16, 1998. The announcement of the inductees will be in mid-February.

The Kentucky Press Association will hold its annual selection committee meeting during the third week of January.

Every year, between one and six members are inducted at a reception, followed by the Creason Lecture. Last year Michael Gartner, last year's Pulitzer Prize winner, gave the Creason Lecture. His lecture consisted of denouncing public/civic journalism.

"We really get lucky with our speakers," said Jack Guthrie, president of UK Alumni Association, who sponsors the lecture, and member of the board of trustees. "We bring prominent journalists to campus to reflect on issues in the news."

The Creason Lecture is funded by the Courier-Journal every year. The paper gave $50,000 to get it started.

The Hall of Fame and Creason Lecture are sponsored by the School of Journalism and Telecommunications.

This year's Creason lecturer will be Hodding Carter III. He was the state department's spokesperson during the Iran Hostage Crisis, and a professor of journalism at Maryland. It will be the 21st annual Creason Lecture.

"I think each year the Creason tries to bring individuals to discuss journalism issues and make students think about their careers," Guthrie said. "It also challenges the community as a whole. The person giving the speech we always want to be news maker."