The Basketball Hall of Fame's media award is named in honor of Curt Gowdy, who served as president of the Hall of Fame for seven consecutive one-year terms. It was established by the Board of Trustees to single out members of the electronic and print media for outstanding contributions to basketball.
| 1990 | Curt Gowdy, electronic Dick Herbert, print (Raleigh News & Observer) |
| 1991 | Marty Glickman, electronic Dave Dorr, print (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) |
| 1992 | *Chick Hearn, electronic Sam Goldaper, print (New York Times) |
| 1993 | Johnny Most, electronic Leonard Lewin, print (New York Post) |
| 1994 | Cawood Ledford, electronic Leonard Koppett, print (NY Times and NY Post) |
| 1995 | Dick Enberg, electronic Bob Hammel, print (Bloomington Herald Times) |
| 1996 | Billy Packer, electronic Bob Hentzen, print (Topeka Capital-Journal) |
| 1997 | Marv Albert, electronic Bob Ryan, print (Boston Globe) |
| 1998 | Dick Vitale, electronic Larry Donald, print (Basketball Times) Dick Weiss, print (New York Daily News) |
| 1999 | Bob Costas, electronic Smith Barrier, print (Greensboro Daily News And Record) |
| 2000 | Hubie Brown, electronic Dave Kindred, print (The Sporting News) |
| 2001 | Dick Stockton, electronic Curry Kirkpatrick, print |
| 2002 | Jim Nantz, electronic Jim O'Connell, print |
| 2003 | Rod Hundley, electronic Sid Hartman, print |
| 2004 | Max Falkenstien, electronic Phil Jasner, print |
| 2005 | Bill Campbell, electronic Jack McCallum, print |
| 2006 | Bill Raftery, electronic Mark Heisler, print |
| 2007 | Al McCoy, electronic Malcom Moran, print (USA Today & New York Times) |
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