Peabody Award winners and honorable mentions.

1950 Recipient Area of Excellence Metropolitan Opera, ABC RadioPeabody 1950 Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts, including the shows Auditions of the Air and the Opera Album and also highlighting the ABC Television broadcast of Margaret Webster's production of Don Carlo ABC Radio, Elmer Davis Reporting and Interpretation of News ABC Television Saturday at the Zoo, a program by the Bronx Zoo hosted by William Bridges Jimmy Durante, NBC Television a Personal Award NBC Radio Halls of Ivy NBC Radio The Quick and the Dead, a show on the nuclear age produced by Fred Friendly and starring Bob Hope and William L. Laurence NBC Television Zoo Parade Radio Free Europe Contribution to International Understanding WBBM Radio, Chicago, Illinois The Quiet Answer, Public Service by a Regional Station, for a documentary series on race relations Honorable Mentions ABC, Its President, Robert E. Kintner, and his associates, Robert Saudek and Joseph McDonald for Their Courageous Stand in Resisting Organized Pressures and Their Reaffirmation of Basic American Principles. Kintner continued to employ Gypsy Rose Lee as the host of the game show What Makes You Tick? after Lee's appearance in Red Channels. CBS Radio Hear It Now Mutual Broadcasting System and United Nations Radio Contribution to International Understanding, Pursuit of Peace, produced by Norman Corwin, particularly the premiere program, "Document A/777" Providence Journal, Its Editor and Publisher, Sevellon Brown, and Ben Bagdikian, Reporter for the Series of Articles Analyzing the Broadcasts of Top Commentators WAAM-TV, Baltimore, Maryland The Johns Hopkins Science Review WABF-FM, Ira Hirschmann, New York, New York Entertainment (Music), for presentations of classical music WFPL-FM, Louisville, Kentucky Public Service by a Local Station WNYC Radio, New York, New York Contribution to International Understanding for United Nations Coverage

1951 Recipient Area of Excellence ABC Television Celanese Theatre BBC, London, UK, and Alistair Cooke Letter from America CBS Radio The Nation's Nightmare, a documentary on organized crime produced by Irving Gitlin CBS Television, Edward R. Murrow See It Now KPOJ Radio, Portland, Oregon Careers Unlimited and Civic Theatre on the Air, Meritorious Local Public Service by Radio. Careers Unlimited, a partnership with Portland Public Schools, the Exchange Club, and the Oregon State Employment Service, provided resources on employment for youth. Civic Theatre on the Air worked with a local Community theatre NBC Radio Bob and Ray NBC Television, Gian Carlo Menotti Amahl and the Night Visitors WCAU-TV, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania What in the World? WQXR Radio, New York, New York New York Times Youth Forum WSB Radio and Television, Atlanta, Georgia The Pastor's Study (radio) and Our World Today (television), Meritorious Regional Public Service by Radio and Television. Arthur Vann Gibson of Morningside Presbyterian Church hosted The Pastor's Study.

1952 Recipient Area of Excellence ABC Radio, Martin Agronsky a Personal Award for News CBS Radio The New York City Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra NBC Radio The Standard Symphony NBC Television Meet the Press NBC Television Mister Peepers NBC Television Your Hit Parade NBC Television Ding Dong School NBC Television Victory at Sea WAAM-TV (DuMont Network), Baltimore, Maryland The Johns Hopkins Science Review WEWS-TV, Cleveland, Ohio Television Local Public Service WIS Radio, Columbia, South Carolina Regional Public Service, Including Promotion of International Understanding

1953 Recipient Area of Excellence BBC Television, London, UK Promotion of International Understanding Through Television, Coverage of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II Imogene Coca, NBC Television a Personal Award Gerald W. Johnson, WAAM-TV, Baltimore, Maryland a Personal Award KABC Radio, Los Angeles, California Chet Huntley for Radio News KNXT-TV, Los Angeles, California Cavalcade of Books, hosted by Georgiana Hardy and Turnley Walker Edward R. Murrow, CBS a Personal Award NBC Television NBC Television Opera Theatre NBC Television Television Playhouse NBC Television Mr. Wizard WBAW, Barnwell, South Carolina Church of Your Choice, Public Service by a Local Station WCBS-TV, New York, New York Camera Three WSB Radio and Television, Atlanta, Georgia Removing the Rust From Radio and You and Your Health, Public Service by a Regional Radio-Television Station

1954 Recipient Area of Excellence ABC Television Disneyland CBS Radio Man's Right to Knowledge CBS Television Adventure CBS Television Omnibus CBS Television The Search, a program on discoveries in science, produced by Irving Gitlin and narrated by Charles Romine John Daly, ABC Television Personal Award, Radio-Television News Pauline Frederick, NBC Radio a Personal Award for Pauline Frederick at the U.N. George Gobel, NBC Television a Personal Award KGAK Radio, Gallup, New Mexico The Navajo Hour National Association of Manufacturers Industry on Parade NBC Radio Conversation WJAR-TV, Providence, Rhode Island Hurricane Carol Boris Goldovsky, ABC, Metropolitan Opera Personal Award for Radio Music, on the Metropolitan Opera radio broadcastsGoldovsky 1954

1955 Recipient Area of Excellence ABC Radio and Television The Voice of Firestone Dr. Frank Baxter, KNXT-TV, Los Angeles, California a Personal Award, Television Education, for Shakespeare on TV CBS Television Lassie Perry Como, NBC Television a Personal Award, Television Entertainment Douglas Edwards, CBS Television a Personal Award, Television News Jackie Gleason, CBS Television a Personal Award, Television Entertainment Quincy Howe, ABC Radio and Television a Personal Award for his radio commentaries and Outside U. S. A. television show on international affairs KIRO Radio, Seattle, Washington Democracy is You, Radio Local Public Service, for showcasing the work of the Bureau of Community Development, University of Washington NBC Radio Biographies in Sound NBC Television Producers' Showcase, "with a special bow to Peter Pan" Sylvester L. Weaver, NBC Radio and Television a Personal Award for Pioneering Program Concepts Honorable Mentions CBS Television Omnibus, for a series on the Adams political family KFYO Radio, Lubbock, Texas Local Public Service, for Footnotes on the Fine Arts with Jack Sheridan KQED-TV, San Francisco, California Television Local Public Service NBC Television Assignment: India, narrated by Chester B. Bowles WMT-TV, Cedar Rapids, Iowa Television Local Public Service, for The Secret Of Flight with Alexander Lippisch

1956 Recipient Area of ExcellenceABC Radio Edward P. Morgan and the NewsABC Television, John Charles Daly Television News for Coverage of the National Political ConventionsCBS Television The Ed Sullivan ShowCBS Television You Are ThereCBS Television World in CrisisJack Gould Personal Award for His Outstanding Contribution to Radio and Television Through His New York Times WritingsMutual Broadcasting System and NBC Radio The Bob and Ray ShowNBC Television Youth Wants To KnowRod Serling a Personal Award for Requiem for a HeavyweightUNICEF The Secret Life of Danny Kaye (an episode of See It Now)United Nations Radio and Television Promotion of International UnderstandingWNYC Radio, New York, New York Books in ProfileWNYC Radio, New York, New York Little Orchestra Society ConcertsWOW Radio and Television, Omaha, Nebraska Regimented Raindrops

1957 Recipient Area of Excellence ABC Television, John Charles Daly Prologue '58, a news program on the news of 1957 and a forecast for 1958 CBS Radio and Television Radio and Television News Including Face the Nation (highlighting its interview with Nikita Khrushchev), See It Now, The Twentieth Century, and This is New York (an interview show on WCBS Radio hosted by Bill Leonard). The citation also mentioned Algeria Aflame, a documentary on the Algerian War anchored by Eric Sevareid with work from Frank Kearns, Youseff Masraff, and David Schoenbrun. CBS Television Captain Kangaroo CBS Television The Last Word Bob Hope, NBC Television a Personal Award KING-TV, Seattle, Washington Wunda Wunda KLZ-TV, Denver, Colorado Panorama, a news show hosted by Gene Amole KPFA-FM, Berkeley, California Local Radio Public Service Louis M. Lyons, WGBH Radio and Television, Boston, Massachusetts a Personal Award NBC Radio and Television the NBC Educational TV Project, working with the Educational Television and Radio Center which provided programming to educational television stations, and for Know Your Schools, working with the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and local stations WRCA (AM and TV), WRCV (AM and TV), WRC (AM and TV), WNBC and WKNB, WBUG Buffalo, WMAQ and WNBQ, KRCA, and KNBC NBC Television The Dinah Shore Chevy Show NBC Television Hallmark Hall of Fame Westinghouse Broadcasting Company, Inc. Boston Conference on Programming and the High Quality of Its Public Service Broadcasting WKAR Radio, East Lansing, Michigan You Are the Jury, a traffic safety program WQED-TV, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania The Heritage Series, programs on culture

1958 Recipient Area of Excellence ABC Radio and UNESCO Easy as ABC, a series discussing UNESCO projects and areas of concern ABC Television College News Conference, a program where college students asked questions of public figures CBS Radio The Hidden Revolution, a public affairs program about the problems humans face in modern society CBS Television Playhouse 90 CBS Television Television Public Service with Special Recognition Given to Dr. Frank Stanton, for specials such as The Ruble War (moderated by Howard K. Smith), Where We Stand, Arab Ride-Prologue To The Summit, Face Of Red China and a series on the Middle East CBS Television Lincoln Presents Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic NBC News The Huntley-Brinkley Report NBC Television The Steve Allen Show NBC Television Continental Classroom NBC Television M.D. International, a documentary on American doctors working abroad, presented on March of Medicine NBC Television An Evening with Fred Astaire NBC Television, Orson Welles The Fountain of Youth (The Colgate Palmolive Theatre) NBC Television, James Costigan Little Moon of Alban (Hallmark Hall of Fame) Standard Oil Company of California The Standard School Broadcast WGN-TV, Chicago, Illinois The Blue Fairy WNEW Radio, New York, New York Radio News, highlighting news director Martin Weldon

1959 Recipient Area of ExcellenceWGBH-TV/Boston, MA and The World Affairs Council of BostonDecisions, moderated by Christian A. Herter Jr.NBC RadioFamily Living '59, moderated by Arlene FrancisNBCThe Bell Telephone HourDavid Susskind (NBC)Personal Award for Susskind's production of The Moon and SixpenceWGN-TV/Chicago, ILGreat Music from Chicago, featuring the Chicago Symphony OrchestraWCCO Radio/Minneapolis, MNSeparate awards for local public serviceWDSU-TV/New Orleans, LAABCKhrushchev AbroadCBSThe Ed Sullivan ShowThe Population Explosion, an episode of CBS Reports hosted by Howard K. SmithSmall World, hosted by Edward R. MurrowCBS, Fred Friendly, and Edward R. MurrowThe Lost Class of '59CBS Radio NetworkThe World TonightDr. Frank Stanton (CBS)Personal Award for Stanton's "courage, insight, and energy in fighting for the freedom of journalism on the air"WNTA-TV/New York, NY (as flagship station of the NTA Film Network)The Play of the Week

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