Pembroke native Rich Funke, who started his broadcast career at WBTA, will receive a lifetime achievement award from St. John Fisher College.
The award is named after Jack Palvino, a member of the university's first graduating class who became well known in Rochester media.
The award ceremony is this evening.
Funke's broadcast career in Rochester and Batavia spans 40 years.
His first big assignment in broadcast news was covering the Attica prison riot for WBTA.
(via WHEC)
