Editing Focus on the Family (section)

==Recognition and awards==
In 2008, Dobson's ''Focus on the Family'' program was nominated for induction into the [[National Radio Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Williams|first=Devon|url=http://www.citizenlink.org/CLtopstories/A000007319.cfm|title=Dr. Dobson's Broadcast Nominated to Radio Hall of Fame|date=May 1, 2008|publisher=Citizenlink.org|access-date=July 25, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080503062441/http://www.citizenlink.org/CLtopstories/A000007319.cfm|archive-date=May 3, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> Nominations were made by the 157 members of the Hall of Fame and voting on inductees was handed over to the public using online voting.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gazette.com/articles/radio_38491___article.html/dobson_fame.html|title=Dobson garners hall of fame honor|date=July 21, 2008|last=Barna|first=Mark|work=[[The Gazette (Colorado Springs)|The Gazette]]|access-date=July 25, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080727000847/http://www.gazette.com/articles/radio_38491___article.html/dobson_fame.html|archive-date=July 27, 2008}}</ref> The nomination drew the ire of gay rights activists, who launched efforts to have the program removed from the nominee list and to vote for other nominees to prevent ''Focus'' from winning.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.citizenlink.org/content/A000007803.cfm|title=Dr. Dobson Blasted by Gay Activist|date=July 11, 2008|publisher=Citizenlink.org|access-date=July 25, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080817125658/http://www.citizenlink.org/content/A000007803.cfm|archive-date=August 17, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/two-launches-drive-keep-james/story.aspx?guid=%7B689964E1-58B4-447C-8035-A4E5A019854E%7D&dist=hppr|title=TWO Launches Drive to Keep James Dobson Out of the Radio Hall of Fame|date=July 9, 2008|last=Besen|first=Wayne|publisher=[[PR Newswire]]|access-date=July 25, 2008}}</ref> However, on July 18, 2008, it was announced that the program had won and would be inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in a ceremony on November 8, 2008.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=774479|title=FCC commissioner wants more concessions in satellite merger|first=Tim|last=Cuprisin|date=July 20, 2008|newspaper=[[Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]]|access-date=July 25, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080725025201/http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=774479|archive-date=July 25, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Truth Wins Out]], a gay rights group, protested against the ceremony with over 300 protesters.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5gVVkhOROBhtmO0erIagBCwlYOFpAD924RBS00 |title=Religion News in Brief |date=July 25, 2008 |agency=Associated Press |access-date=July 25, 2008}}{{dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>