The 2012 class of the Country Radio Hall of Fame was inducted Tuesday night at a sold-out ceremony and dinner held inside the Nashville Convention Center, and the honorees kept things lively with their acceptance speeches.

Beverlee Brannigan, Ron Rogers and Rusty Walker were inducted in the radio category, while Moby, Eddie Stubbs and Bill Whyte were the three on-air category inductees. (For background on the inductees, click here.) Other awards presented during the ceremony were the CRS Career Achievement Award, given to Glen Campbell (who was not in attendance) and the CRS President’s Award, presented to "Country Top 40" host Bob Kingsley.

In his acceptance speech, Kingsley said it was "an honor to get an award for something I love… Our seminar [CRS] may be about business, but our business is dreams packed into three minute songs."

Artist manager T.K. Kimbrell accepted on behalf of Campbell, who is on his farewell tour after disclosing last year that he's suffering from Alzheimer's Disease. Kimbrell said the award was bestowed at a perfect time because Campbell "can still understand what an honor this is… Glen is very grateful for what country radio has meant to him."

Keith Urban paid tribute to Campbell via a videotaped message, which included his own take on "Wichita Lineman."

Brannigan noted in her speech that in the early part of her career, "I was the only woman in the room for most of the '80s and '90s."

WQDR Raleigh, N.C., station manager/PD Lisa McKay inducted Walker, and shared some of the radio consultant's "Rusty-isms," including "Plan calmly, but execute with emotion," and "It's better to be right than to be rich." She noted that Walker has worked with some 750 stations in the last 39 years, but said, "He makes us feel like his only client."

Walker joked that the ceremony was being PPM encoded, and said as a result, "I decided I’d do a quick ID and slam a cold-roll segue into the next inductee.” He also thanked those in radio "who have borrowed or stolen from us, because we've borrowed and stolen too."

CRS executive director Bill Mayne inducted Rogers with a heartfelt tribute, explaining how Rogers earned the nickname "Coach" for being "one of the best teachers I've ever known in my life."

Rogers, who is now retired, shared a funny story about radio mind games he's played in his career, including once painting one side of a station vehicle with the words “Mobile News Unit No. 6” and the other with “Mobile News Unit No. 3.” He explained, “If you catch them coming and going, people think, ‘My God, they’re everywhere! They have six mobile news units!”

He also shared a tale of once having a gun pulled on him in the station lobby by a crazy listener demanding to know why they didn't take requests.

Singer Linda Davis and her husband, Lang Scott, inducted Whyte, who started his speech by saying, "I’m a morning guy by trade, so I’m going to drop three songs and go long." With the exception of the songs, he did just that.

Marty Stuart inducted Stubbs with a colorful introduction, but he wasn't the only country legend there to cheer the WSM-AM Nashville personality on. Also at Stubbs' table were Connie Smith and the 92-year-old Kitty Wells, who got a standing ovation when she was introduced by Stubbs.

Stubbs said he'd be celebrating his 17th anniversary at WSM next month, and noted that he's one of just three air personalities left doing a live evening show in the Nashville market. He added, "I never take for granted the opportunity that's been given to me… I've been allowed to live a dream." He also said he hoped to have many more years in the business.

Attorney Joel Katz inducted Moby, who amused the crowd by sharing his own colorful background in radio, including his time as a rock jock in Nashville and in Texas.

Pictured above, from left, are Moby, Brannigan, Rogers, Walker and Stubbs. (Whyte is not pictured.)