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Peabody Award winners and honorable mentions.
1950
| Recipient |
Area of Excellence |
| Metropolitan Opera, ABC Radio[1] |
Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts |
| ABC Radio, Elmer Davis |
Reporting and Interpretation of News |
| ABC Television |
Saturday at the Zoo |
| Jimmy Durante, NBC Television |
a Personal Award |
| NBC Radio |
Halls of Ivy |
| NBC Radio |
The Quick and the Dead |
| NBC Television |
Zoo Parade |
| Radio Free Europe |
Contribution to International Understanding |
| WBBM Radio, Chicago, Illinois |
The Quiet Answer, Public Service by a Regional Station |
| 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 |
| CBS Radio |
Hear It Now |
| Mutual Broadcasting System and United Nations Radio |
Contribution to International Understanding, Pursuit of Peace |
| 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) |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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 and Our World Today, Meritorious Regional Public Service by Radio and Television. |
1952
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". |
| Edward R. Murrow, CBS |
a Personal Award. |
| NBC Television |
NBC Television Opera Theatre. |
| NBC Television |
Television Playhouse. |
| NBC Television |
Mr. Wizard. |
| WBAW Radio, 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 |
| 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 broadcasts[2] |
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. |
| 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. |
| KIRO Radio, Seattle, Washington |
Democracy is You, Radio Local Public Service. |
| NBC Radio |
Biographies in Sound. |
| NBC Television |
Producers' Showcase. |
| Sylvester L. Weaver, NBC Radio and Television |
a Personal Award for Pioneering Program Concepts. |
| Honorable Mentions |
| CBS Television |
Omnibus. |
| KFYO Radio, Lubbock, Texas |
Local Public Service. |
| KQED-TV, San Francisco, California |
Television Local Public Service. |
| NBC Television |
Assignment: India. |
| WMT-TV, Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
Television Local Public Service. |
1956
1957
| Recipient |
Area of Excellence |
| ABC Television, John Charles Daly |
Prologue '58. |
| CBS Radio and Television |
Radio and Television News Including Face the Nation, See It Now, The Twentieth Century, and This is New York. |
| CBS Television |
Captain Kangaroo. |
| CBS Television |
The Last Word. |
| Bob Hope, NBC Television |
a Personal Award. |
| KING-TV, Seattle, Washington |
Wunda. |
| KLZ-TV, Denver, Colorado |
Panorama |
| KPFA-FM, Berkeley, California |
Local Radio Public Service. |
| Louis M. Lyons, WGBH Radio and Television, Boston, Massachusetts |
a Personal Award. |
| NBC Radio and Television |
NBC Educational TV Project, Know Your Schools. |
| 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. |
| WQED-TV, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
The Heritage Series. |
1958
1959
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