Peabody Award winners and honorable mentions.
1960s
1960 Recipient Area of ExcellenceNBCAward for the White Paper series of news specials, produced by Irving Gitlin and covering such topics as the U-2 incident and the sit-in demonstrationsThe Shari Lewis ShowThe Texaco Huntley-Brinkley ReportCBSAward for coverage of the 1960 Winter and Summer Olympics, the first aired on televisionCBS Reports, for Harvest of ShameG.E. College BowlThe Fabulous Fifties, a revue produced by Leland HaywardDr. Frank Stanton (CBS)Personal Award for Dr. Stanton's actions that led to the 1960 presidential debatesBroadcasting and Film Commission of the National Council of Churches of Christ in the U.S.Institutional Award for the programs Look Up and Live (CBS-TV), Frontiers of Faith (an anthology program on NBC-TV), Pilgrimage (ABC Radio, with sermons by John Sutherland Bonnell), and Talk-back (syndicated, produced by the Methodist Church)KPFK Radio/Los Angeles, CAInstitutional Award for the station's local programming, including Arming to Parley, The Largest Question, Not Merely a Business, and its children's programmingWCCO-TV/Minneapolis, MNInstitutional Award for the station's locally produced programming, including Unwed Mothers (produced by Carl Ruble), Sister Kenny Scandal (about a fundraising scandal at Sister Kenny Institute reported by Joe Bartelme), and Arle Haeberle’s Capsule Fashion Course (a training for women at the Anoka State Hospital)WCKT-TV/Miami, FLInstitutional Award for the station's locally produced programming on the consolidation of the Cuban Revolution, including Compass Points South, Cuba On The Move, and Leave Or Stay (about the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base), all narrated by Wayne Fariss and produced by Gene StrulWOOD Radio and WOOD-TV/Grand Rapids, MIInstitutional Award for the station's locally produced programming, including Wasted World (on the condition of homeless men), Red China-Awakening Giant and MRA-The Plan To Change The WorldTexaco-Metropolitan Opera Radio NetworkInstitutional Award for the Metropolitan Opera radio broadcastsWQXR/New York, NYMusical SpectacularsIrene Wicker (WNYC/New York, NY)Personal Award for Wicker's work on the children's radio program The Singing Lady
1961 Recipient Area of ExcellenceWNYC/New York, NYThe Reader's Almanac (hosted by Warren Bower) and Teen Age Book Talk (produced by Lillian Okun)BBC TelevisionAn Age of Kings, with recognition to National Educational Television, Metropolitan Broadcasting, individual stations, Standard Oil Company of New Jersey, and Humble OilNBCDavid Brinkley's Journal, a news show hosted by David Brinkley and produced by Ted YatesThe Bob Newhart ShowVincent Van Gogh: A Self-Portrait, narrated by Martin Gabel with Lee J. Cobb as Van Gogh and produced by Lou HazamABCExpedition!Capital Cities Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)Award for coverage of the trial of Adolf Eichmann and its summary documentary Verdict for Tomorrow: The Eichmann Trial on Television (Milton Fruchtman, executive producer)CBS and Walter LippmanInstitutional Award for television contribution to international understanding, for an interview of Lippman by Howard K. Smith on CBS ReportsFred W. Friendly (CBS)Personal Award for Friendly's work in television journalismWFMT/Chicago, ILInstitutional Award for fine arts entertainment, including concerts from the Fine Arts Quartet, Boston Symphony Orchestra, and the Philadelphia Orchestra (Norman Pellegrini, program director)WRUL (Worldwide Broadcasting)/New York, NYInstitutional Award for contribution to international understanding for the station's coverage (in English and Spanish) of the United Nations' General Assembly proceedings, sponsored by American Machine and FoundryKSL-TV/Salt Lake City, UTLet Freedom Ring, featuring the Mormon Tabernacle Choir, starring Richard Boone, Laraine Day, Howard Keel, and Dan O'Herlihy, narrated by Richard L. Evans, and produced by Michel M. GrilikhesNewton N. MinowPersonal Award to the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission
1962 Recipient Area of ExcellenceCBSA Tour of the White House with Mrs. John F. KennedyCarol Burnett (CBS)Personal Award for Burnett's comedic performancesWalter Cronkite (CBS News)Personal Award for Cronkite's work on the nightly news, The Twentieth Century, CBS Reports, and specials such as Our Next Man In SpaceABCAdlai Stevenson ReportsWJR/Detroit, MIAdventures in Good MusicOfficial Films Inc.BiographyWNDT/New York, NYBooks for Our Time, hosted by August Heckscher IIWMAQ/Chicago, ILCarnival of Books, hosted by Ruth HarshawNBCThe DuPont Show of the WeekExploringWalt Disney's Wonderful World of ColorNBC Radio NetworkThe Eternal LightWilliam R. McAndrew (NBC News)Personal Award for McAndrew's "vision and leadership" as NBC News' Executive VPWGBH-TV/Boston, MAElliot Norton Reviews, hosted by Elliot Norton Television Information Office and National Association of BroadcastersInstitutional Award for the organizations' study of locally produced children's programming which resulted in the book For the Young Viewer: Television Programming for Children… at the Local LevelWQXR/New York, NYInstitutional Award for the station's news presentations in the midst of the New York City newspaper strikeKPIX-TV/San Francisco, CASan Francisco Pageant, a series of historical documentaries profiling the city of San FranciscoKNX/Los Angeles, CAScience Editor, narrated by Hale Sparks and produced by the University of California Extension
1963 Recipient Area of ExcellenceBroadcasting industry of the United StatesAward for coverage of the John F. Kennedy assassination and related eventsWLW/Cincinnati, OHGovernment Under LawKSTP/St Paul, MNOpen Line, for its promotion of public discussion on important issues, in particular claims of subversives at the University of Minnesota (produced by Lee Vogel)NBCAmerican Revolution '63Mr. NovakNBC RadioThe Sunday Night MonitorWNBC-TV/New York, NY and NBC RadioThe Dorothy Gordon ForumCBSCBS Reports, for the 3-part report "Storm Over the Supreme Court", narrated by Eric SevareidThe Danny Kaye ShowCBS and Dr. Frank StantonTown Meeting of the WorldEric Sevareid (CBS News)Personal Award for Sevareid's editorial commentariesVoice of America and Edward R. MurrowInstitutional Award to VOA and Murrow, its former director, for its contributions "to deepened international understanding"ABCSaga of Western ManWGN-TV/Chicago, ILTreetop House, a children's show hosted by Anita Klever
1964 Recipient Area of ExcellenceNetworks and the broadcasting industryAward for "inescapably confronting the American public with the realities of racial discontent"CBSCBS Reports, highlighting an interview with Walter LippmannIntertel (Council of the International Television Federation)Institutional Award for a group consisting of Australian Broadcasting Corporation, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Rediffusion TV, the Westinghouse Broadcasting Company and National Educational Television for documentaries that provided a contribution to international understandingWBKB-TV/Chicago, ILOff the Cuff, a talk show hosted by Norman RossBurr TillstromPersonal Award for Tillstrom's "hand ballet" interpretation of the Berlin Wall's human impact for That Was The Week That Was"Burr Tillstrom's 'Berlin Wall'" on YouTube (accessed 2/16/2015)Julia Child (WGBH-TV/Boston, MA)Personal Award for Child's work on The French ChefJulia Child - National Book FoundationWilliam H. Lawrence (ABC)Personal Award for Lawrence's reporting, analysis, and commentary workNBCThe Louvre, produced by Lucy Jarvis and narrated by Charles BoyerNBC and Robert SaudekProfile in CourageJoyce Hall (NBC)Personal Award for Hall's work as "an enlightened patron of the television arts" through Hallmark Hall of FameWRVR-FM/New York, NYRiverside Radio
1965 Recipient Area of ExcellenceCBSA Charlie Brown ChristmasDecember 9, 1965 - Charles M. Schulz MuseumCBS Reports, for the report "KKK - The Invisible Empire", produced by David LoweHistory of the Ku Klux Klan|C-SPAN ClassroomThe Mystery of Stonehenge (produced by Harry Morgan)National Drivers TestCBS RadioMusic 'Til DawnCBS and NBCJoint Institutional Award for the specials My Name Is Barbra (CBS), The Julie Andrews Show (NBC), and Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music (NBC)ABCA Visit to Washington with Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, On Behalf of a More Beautiful America (produced by John H. Secondari and Helen Rogers and directed by Harry Rasky and John Hughes)KTLA/Los Angeles, CAInstitutional Award for the station's coverage of the Watts riotsNational Educational TelevisionInstitutional Award for the network's "distinguished performance in educational broadcasting," specifically citing History of the Negro People (produced by Arthur W. Rabin), American Crises, and Changing World: South African Essay (directed by Terence Macartney-Filgate)WCCO Radio/Minneapolis, MNInstitutional Award for the station's public service coverage during natural disastersXerox CorporationInstitutional Award for its promoting of "international understanding" through presentations of "The Making of the President - 1964 (directed by Mel Stuart), Let My People Go, The Louvre (produced by Lucy Jarvis), and the illuminating series on the United Nations"Elmo Ellis (WSB Radio/Atlanta, GA)Personal Award for Ellis' editorials, book reviews, and other features for WSBFrank McGee (NBC)Personal Award for McGee's special event news coverage, such as spaceflights and the visit by Pope Paul VI to the United StatesMorley Safer (CBS News)Personal Award for Safer's reports from the Vietnam War
1966 Recipient Area of ExcellenceABCA Christmas MemoryThe Wide World of SportsWTMJ-TV/Milwaukee, WIA Polish Millennium Concert, celebrating 1000 years of Christianity in PolandNBCAmerican White Paper: Organized Crime in the United States, produced by Fred Freed The Bell Telephone HourSiberia: A Day in Irkutsk, produced by George A. Vicas and hosted by Kenneth BernsteinThe World of Stuart LittlePeabody Awards (1967) - IMDbWNBC-TV/New York, NY and NBC RadioThe Dorothy Gordon Youth Forum, for "Youth and Narcotics - Who Has the Answer?"WBKB-TV/Chicago, ILKup's Show, for its presentation on the dangers of narcoticsWGN-TV/Chicago, ILArtists' Showcase, a local classical music show hosted by Louis Sudler and with a band led by Robert TrendlerKRON-TV/San Francisco, CAAssignment Four, a local documentary seriesCBSNational Geographic Specials, including Hidden World (directed by Jack Haley Jr.), Americans on Everest, Dr. Leakey and the Dawn of Man (about Louis Leakey and directed by Guy Blanchard), The World of Jacques-Yves Cousteau (directed by Philippe Cousteau), The Voyage of the Brigantine Yankee (directed by Ray Jewell), and Miss Goodall and the Wild Chimpanzees (about Jane Goodall and directed by Marshall Flaum)Tom H. John (CBS)Personal Award for John's art and set design on the CBS specials Color Me Barbra, Death of a Salesman, and The Strollin' TwentiesCBS NewsCBS Reports, for "The Poisoned Air" (narrated by Daniel Schorr and produced by Jack Beck)Harry Reasoner (CBS News)Personal Award for Reasoner's reportage and essay presentations, with producer Andrew RooneyWLIB/New York, NYCommunity Opinion, a program that provided platforms for and information to residents of New York's Harlem neighborhood (produced by Sam Chase)National Educational TelevisionInstitutional Award for excellence in educational television programming, citing NET Playhouse, NET Journal, and U.S.A.: The ArtsEdwin Newman (NBC Radio Network)Personal Award for Newman's commentary work
1967