The following is a list of George Foster Peabody Award winners and honorable mentions from the decade of the 1970s (1970–1979).
1970 Recipient Area of ExcellenceABC NewsEye of the StormBBC TelevisionCivilisationCBSAward for the Dr. Seuss animated programs, including Horton Hears a Who! and The Cat in the HatThe Selling of The Pentagon‘Selling of Pentagon’ Wins Special Peabody Prize - The New York Times (Roger Mudd, correspondent)CBS News60 MinutesNBCThe Flip Wilson ShowHot DogNBC NewsMigrant: An NBC White Paper (presented by Chet Huntley)Shame Is Still The Harvest - The New York TimesNBC RadioThe Danger Within: A Study of Disunity in America, a documentary narrated by Bill Ryan with a discussion hosted by Frank McGeeRadio: N.B.C. Seeks the Roots of Disunity in U.S. - The New York TimesNBC Radio and Douglas KikerAward for Kiker's reports from JordanVoice of America and Garry MoorePersonal Award for VOA's presentation of news and public affairs programming, in particular Moore's New York, New YorkJohn E. DrewryPersonal Award to the Dean of the Henry W. Grady School of Journalism from 1940 to in 1969 for his role in the foundation and administration of the Peabody AwardsPBSEvening at PopsKCET-TV/Los Angeles, CA and PBSThe Andersonville TrialKMEX-TV/Los Angeles, CAPeace... On Our Time: KMEX-TV and the Death of Rubén Salazar, highlighting the work of station manager Danny VillanuevaWAHT/Annville-Cleona (Lebanon), PAAward for the series Medical Viewpoint and the documentary Pearl Harbor, Lest We Forget, highlighting the work of Fred WilliamsWFBE/Flint, MI Listening/4, a series designed to teach listening skills to Flint area school studentsWPBT-TV/Miami, FLPolithon '70, a statewide radio/TV broadcast featuring candidates for statewide public office (Jerome Schnur, executive producer)WWL-TV/New Orleans, LAThis New Frontier, a documentary profiling the nation of Israel (Phil Johnson, news director)
1971 Recipient Area of ExcellenceABCMake a WishABC and William BlinnBrian's SongMississippi State Educational Television AuthorityInstitutional Award for its efforts "to expand and modernize school curricula, to accelerate learning, and to equalize education in every classroom of the state."NBCThis Child is Rated X, an NBC White Paper documentary which examined "gross inequities" of juvenile facilities in the United States (Edwin Newman, correspondent)Institutional Award for the network's dramatic programming, in particular All the Way Home, Jane Eyre, The Price, and The Snow GooseNBC RadioSecond Sunday, with programs on "world attitudes toward our country" and the "problems of the aged"John RichPersonal Award for his work as Far East correspondent for NBC NewsGeorge HeinemannPersonal Award for his work on "entertaining and constructive" children's programming for NBC, such as the NBC Children's Theatre, Take a Giant Step, and Watch Your Child/The Me Too ShowVoice of AmericaInstitutional Award for VOA's "Promotion of International Understanding", with productions including USA Seventy-One and Studio One: The Biography of a MovieWWVA/Wheeling, WVJunior Town Meeting of the AirWHA/Madison, WIWisconsin on the MoveDr. Frank StantonPersonal Award to the CBS president for his protection of journalistic freedom in the face of political scrutinyCBSThe American Revolution: 1770-1783, A Conversation with Lord North, Eric Sevareid interviewed Lord North, played by Peter UstinovWCCO/Minneapolis, MNThe Heart of the Matter, University of Minnesota Dean E. W. Ziebarth's recounting of his open-heart surgeryWQED-TV/Pittsburgh, PAThe Turned On Crisis, produced by Rhea G. Sikes and Charlotte WoodsideUnited Nations TelevisionUnited Nations Day Concert with Pablo Casals (parts one and two)Arthur GodfreyPersonal Award for his "innovative programming... uniformly characterized by high quality, wholesome entertainment"
1972 Recipient Area of ExcellenceABCABC Afterschool Specials (including Last of the Curlews and Santiago's Ark)ABC SportsAward for coverage of the Games of the XX OlympiadNational Public RadioAll Things ConsideredWestinghouse Broadcasting CompanyBreakdown, a radio series investigating "the critical deterioration of various systems that are an important part in the life of every American"CBSCaptain KangarooThe WaltonsWWL-TV/New Orleans, LAChina '72: A Hole in the Bamboo Curtain, citing the work of Phil Johnson KOAC/Corvallis, ORConversations with Will Shakespeare and Certain of His FriendsBroadcasting Foundation of AmericaInstitutional Award for its "promotion of international understanding" through distribution of various radio programs and specialsVoice of AmericaInstitutional Award for its coverage of the 1972 U.S. political campaignsWHRO-TV/Hampton-Norfolk, VAInstitutional Award for the station's educational programmingNBCAward for the TV specials Jack Lemmon in 'S Wonderful, 'S Marvelous, 'S Gershwin, Liza with a Z, and The Timex All-star Swing FestivalPensions, The Broken Promise, an NBC Reports investigation that exposed failings in privately administered group pension systems (produced by David Schmerler and narrated by Edwin NewmanPensions: the broken promise|WorldCat.org)NBC RadioMonitorNBC and its owned and operated stationsAward for the radio documentaries No Fault Insurance - Right or Wrong? and Second Sunday: A Seven-part Series on the CitiesNBC, BBC, and Time-Life FilmsThe Search for the NileWNET/New York, NY and BBCThe Restless Earth, a film on plate tectonics scripted by Nigel Calder and narrated by David S. ProwittKGW Radio/Portland, OROpen Door, a program produced by high school studentsAlistair CookePersonal Award for his work in America: A Personal View by Alistair CookeBill MonroePersonal Award for Monroe's interview work at NBC NewsDistrict of Columbia Schools Radio ProjectThe Noise ShowsWABC-TV/New York, NYWillowbrook: The Last Great Disgrace, an investigative report by Geraldo Rivera examining successes and failures of care for residents with mental disabilities at Willowbrook State SchoolWillowbrook Collection An inventory of the collection at Syracuse University
1973 Recipient Area of ExcellenceABC, CBS, and NBCJointly awarded to the TV networks for their "outstanding contributions to entertainment through an exceptional year of televised drama": ABC Theater: The Glass Menagerie and Pueblo, CBS Playhouse 90's Catholics (ITV Sunday Night Theatre) and NBC's The Red PonyNBCThe Energy Crisis: An American White Paper, reported by Frank McGee and produced by Fred FreedInstitutional Award for Hallmark Hall of Fame: The Borrowers and NBC Children's Theatre: Street of the Flower BoxesNBC RadioProject 1 Experiment, for its Live in Concert presentations of The Carpenters and Helen ReddySecond Sunday, for the reports "Communism in the 70s" and "A Right to Death"ABC NewsClose-Up, under the leadership of Av Westin, citing in particular the episodes "Fire!" and "West Virginia: Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Coal"The First and Essential Freedom, narrated by Frank Reynolds and Sam DonaldsonWFMT/Chicago, ILAward for the series Music in Chicago and its broadcasts from the Lyric Opera of ChicagoWIND/Chicago, ILFrom 18th Street: Destination PekingWRC-TV/Washington, DCAward for WRC's "Home Rule" editorial campaign, which promoted self-government in the District of ColumbiaKNXT/Los Angeles, CAInstitutional Award for the children's educational programs Learning Can Be Fun and Dusty's TreehouseKNOW/Austin, TXMarijuana and the Law, a series of documentaries and editorials "to separate facts about marijuana from fiction," produced by Wendell Wise Mayes Jr.WTIU/Bloomington, INMyshkinWCAU-TV/Philadelphia, PAOverture to Friendship: The Philadelphia Orchestra in ChinaJoe GaragiolaPersonal Award for his work on NBC's The Baseball World of Joe GaragiolaLowell ThomasPersonal Award "in recognition of his incredible 43 years of continuous daily broadcasts on CBS"Pamela IlottPersonal Award to the Director of Religious & Cultural Broadcasting at CBS News for her work on Lamp Unto My Feet and Look Up and LivePeter LisagorPersonal Award to the Chicago Daily News Washington Bureau chief for his analysis/commentary work on radio and TVKANU/Lawrence, KS and the University of KansasThe American Past
1974 Recipient Area of ExcellenceWMAL/Washington, DCBattles Just Begun, a look at problems facing returning Vietnam War veteransCBSBenjamin FranklinCBS RadioCBS Radio Mystery TheaterThe Johnson FoundationConversations from Wingspread, a radio seriesABCFree to Be... You and MeSadat: Action Biography, produced by Av Westin and highlighting the interviews by Peter JenningsWCCO-TV/Minneapolis, MNFrom Belfast with Love, a documentary profiling the strife in Northern IrelandNBCGoTornado! 4:40PM, Xenia, OhioInstitutional Award for the network's presentations of The Execution of Private Slovik, The Law, and IBM Presents Clarence DarrowNBC RadioSecond SundayKING-TV/Seattle, WAHow Come?National Public Affairs Center for TelevisionInstitutional Award for NPACT's "outstanding overall effort to bring meaningful public affairs programming to the nation"WCKT-TV/Miami, FLInstitutional Award for "a superb series of investigative reports which brought considerable response and change" led by news director Gene StrulWSB/Atlanta, GAInstitutional Award for Suffer the Little Children, Atlanta: A Portrait in Black and White, and Henry Aaron: A Man with a MissionWGBH-TV/Boston, MANOVACarl SternSeparate Personal Awards to the legal correspondents (Stern with NBC News, Graham with CBS News)Fred P. GrahamJulian GoodmanPersonal Award to the CEO of NBC "for his long years of dedicated service to the broadcasting industry"Marilyn BakerPersonal Award to the KQED-TV/San Francisco, CA reporter for her investigative work in areas such as "Chinatown youth gangs, police corruption, phony charity promotions [and] SLA-Patricia Hearst WNBC/New York, NYPledge a Job, a 5-day campaign "to blunt the impact of an unemployment crisis" in the New York City areaKTW/Seattle, WAThe Hit and Run Players, a series of satirical comedy vignettesKPRC-TV/Houston, TXThe Right Man, a documentary profiling Dr. Robert Hayes' efforts to save Wiley CollegeWNET-TV/Washington, DC and PBSTheatre in AmericaKFAC/Los Angeles, CAThrough the Looking Glass, a youth and arts radio show hosted by Leonora Schildkraut
1975