Bob Morrison, News Director

Bob Morrison brings nearly 40 years of local and network radio experience to the position of News and Sports Director of the USA Radio Network. His resume includes both the ABC and RKO Radio Networks in New York and call letters that include KHJ in Los Angeles and, as News Director, at CBS News-Talk station KRLD, KVIL, KLTY and KCBI all in Dallas-Fort Worth. His work has won numerous awards and has been recognized over the years by the Associated Press, United Press International and the Press Club of Dallas -- including the prestigious Katie Award for Best Major Market Newscast 11-16-2001, two months after 9-11. USA also won the Best Major Market Newscast Katie at the recent 2004 ceremony for the June 11, 2003 edition of NewsWrapUSA, with Bob as Executive Producer. He also won the Katie for "Observations at Ground Zero -- 2003" -- an updated version of a series he originally did after 9-11. Bob's a member of both the Press Club (for which he also served two terms on the Board of Directors and was recently elected to a third term) and the Radio-TV News Director's Association. Bob also served on the Board of Directors of the Texas AP Broadcasters Association. Bob comments on winning awards: "As Psalm 115 suggests, these little statues mean nothing compared to our sovereign God almighty -- Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ (Yeshua the Messiah) -- to whom we give all the praise and glory for any success we enjoy -- but it's good to assure our affiliates and listeners that there are no finer quality newscasts being done than right here at USA Radio Network!"

Morrison is a current member of the Board of Directors of the Press Club of Dallas and is a past member and officer of the Texas Associated Press Broadcasters Board of Directors.

Judy Hydock, Assistant News Director

Judy is USA's Assistant News Director, a position she has held for the last 4 years. During close to a decade in radio, Judy has spent most of that time at USA, working her way up from part-timer on the weekend News Desk, to Producer and then Senior News Producer before attaining her current position. Judy is also one of the executive producers of the USA Radio Network news program NewsWrap USA which was awarded the prestigious Katie award from the Dallas Press Club for "Best Major Market Newscast". When USA won the Best Major Market Newscast Katie in two of the last three years, handed out at the recent 2004 ceremony it was for the June 11, 2003 edition of NewsWrapUSA, with Judy joining News Director Bob Morrison as co-Executive Producer.

John Scott, Anchor

John anchors morning drive newscasts on USA. He brings to the microphone nearly 25 years of experience as both a radio and TV news anchor -- and one of the world's finest voices in richness, depth and smooth delivery -- to his position here. His resume ranges from local to network newsrooms: from Sherman, Texas to major market stations WBAP and KPLX in Dallas-Ft. Worth; the Texas State Network; The Kansas Information Network; and he anchored the 6 and 10pm newscasts at KOSA-TV in Midland/Odessa – and he joined us here as part of the USA family 5 years ago.

Allen Stone, Anchor

Another award-winning broadcast journalist, Allen anchors mid-day newscasts and afternoon sportscasts on USA. In a career that spans three decades -- just beginning his fourth -- Allen Stone has done it all in radio/TV -- and that includes winning the broadcast journalism equivalent of the Pulitzer prize: The duPont-Columbia University Award. His resume includes strong news credentials, working for the CBS owned all-news powerhouse in Dallas, KRLD and, at the time, NBC News affiliate WRR-AM. He's been in media management at America One Television, Business Talk Radio Network, Talk Productions and Prime Sports Radio Network. People all over Dallas-Ft.Worth still recognize Allen after his years as sports anchor for Channel 4/KDFW-TV (which, at the time, was a CBS affiliate). For several years, Allen also served as Director of Broadcasting for the Dallas Mavericks NBA team, airing programs on KXAS-TV, WFAA-TV, KTVT-TV and Home Sports Entertainment (cable). He's done extensive voice work and still works with SMU basketball from time to time. Allen was part of the team winning a duPont award -- announced Thursday 2 December 2004 -- for a special broadcast on the 40th anniversary of the Nov. 22, 1963, Kennedy assassination. Very few broadcast journalist ever win the duPont. In 2004, there were only 13 winners from entries submitted by broadcast journalists around the United States.

Charlie Butts, Religion Editor

Charlie has, likewise, been a radio newsman for some 40 years, the past 10 here at USA. From his humble beginnings at KWHP in Edmund, Oklahoma -- where the studio was in the station owner's garage and the transmitter was in the bedroom -- Charlie's career has ranged from local to network news. He was News Director at the award-winning and legendary station, KFJZ AM in Fort Worth. He also anchored newscasts at The Texas State Network before joining USA. Charlie is currently our Religion Editor. Charlie's unit makes sure we have excellent coverage of the latest Christian Interest News.

Jason Walker, Anchor

Jason is our “beacon in the night.” And, would you believe he LOVES anchoring the “graveyard shift” (which, actually, shows up as drive-time in other parts of the world served by the USA Radio Network via U.S. Armed Forces Network radio). Jason began his broadcasting career as a 17 year old U-S Marine with Armed Forces Radio & TV on Okinawa in the late 60's. Over the years, he has worked at a number of locales, including Dallas powerhouse stations KLUV, KLIF, KBOX and WBAP during a career spanning the decades from 1969-2001.

Connie Lawn, Washington Correspondent

Connie is our White House Correspondent. In fact, after the infamous Helen Thomas -- who does not do daily reporting -- Connie is the Senior White House correspondent. In a career that has included authoring a book (“You Wake Me Each Morning”), she has excellently and faithfully reported on what are now four U.S. Presidential administrations for the USA Radio Network.

Ray Canevari, Sports Anchor

Ray anchors morning drive sportscasts on USA. He's been here for the last 7 of his 16-year broadcasting career. Also for 7 years, he's been the voice -- and face -- of SMU football and basketball play-by-play on both radio and TV. Ray's lively delivery brings USA audiences an unparalleled knowledge of sports -- presenting network radio's only 24 hour a day, 7 day a week sportscast schedule.