List of Peabody Award winners (1950–1959)

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Peabody Award winners and honorable mentions.

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1950

RecipientArea of Excellence
Metropolitan Opera, ABC Radio [1] 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 [2] [3]
Jimmy Durante, NBC Televisiona Personal Award
NBC Radio Halls of Ivy
NBC RadioThe 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, IllinoisThe 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 . [4]
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, Reporterfor 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 YorkEntertainment (Music), for presentations of classical music [5]
WFPL-FM, Louisville, KentuckyPublic Service by a Local Station
WNYC Radio, New York, New YorkContribution to International Understanding for United Nations Coverage

1951

RecipientArea 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, OregonCareers 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, GeorgiaThe 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. [6]

1952

RecipientArea 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, OhioTelevision Local Public Service
WIS Radio, Columbia, South CarolinaRegional Public Service, Including Promotion of International Understanding

1953

RecipientArea of Excellence
BBC Television, London, UKPromotion 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, Marylanda 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 [7]
Edward R. Murrow, CBS a Personal Award
NBC Television NBC Television Opera Theatre
NBC Television Television Playhouse
NBC Television Mr. Wizard
WBAW, Barnwell, South CarolinaChurch of Your Choice, Public Service by a Local Station
WCBS-TV, New York, New York Camera Three
WSB Radio and Television, Atlanta, GeorgiaRemoving the Rust From Radio and You and Your Health, Public Service by a Regional Radio-Television Station

1954

RecipientArea of Excellence
ABC Television Disneyland
CBS Radio Man's Right to Knowledge
CBS Television Adventure
CBS Television Omnibus
CBS TelevisionThe 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 broadcasts [8]

1955

RecipientArea of Excellence
ABC Radio and Television The Voice of Firestone
Dr. Frank Baxter, KNXT-TV, Los Angeles, Californiaa 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 Televisiona Personal Award, Television Entertainment
Quincy Howe, ABC Radio and Televisiona Personal Award for his radio commentaries and Outside U. S. A. television show on international affairs
KIRO Radio, Seattle, WashingtonDemocracy is You, Radio Local Public Service, for showcasing the work of the Bureau of Community Development, University of Washington [9]
NBC Radio Biographies in Sound
NBC Television Producers' Showcase , "with a special bow to Peter Pan "
Sylvester L. Weaver, NBC Radio and Televisiona Personal Award for Pioneering Program Concepts
Honorable Mentions
CBS Television Omnibus , for a series on the Adams political family
KFYO Radio, Lubbock, TexasLocal Public Service, for Footnotes on the Fine Arts with Jack Sheridan
KQED-TV, San Francisco, CaliforniaTelevision Local Public Service
NBC Television Assignment: India, narrated by Chester B. Bowles
WMT-TV, Cedar Rapids, IowaTelevision Local Public Service, for The Secret Of Flight with Alexander Lippisch

1956

RecipientArea of Excellence
ABC Radio Edward P. Morgan and the News
ABC Television, John Charles Daly Television News for Coverage of the National Political Conventions
CBS Television The Ed Sullivan Show
CBS Television You Are There
CBS TelevisionWorld in Crisis
Jack Gould Personal Award for His Outstanding Contribution to Radio and Television Through His New York Times Writings
Mutual Broadcasting System and NBC RadioThe Bob and Ray Show
NBC Television Youth Wants To Know
Rod Serling a Personal Award for Requiem for a Heavyweight
UNICEF The Secret Life of Danny Kaye (an episode of See It Now [10] )
United Nations Radio and Television Promotion of International Understanding
WNYC Radio, New York, New YorkBooks in Profile
WNYC Radio, New York, New York Little Orchestra Society Concerts
WOW Radio and Television, Omaha, NebraskaRegimented Raindrops

1957

RecipientArea 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 [11] ). 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. [12]
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, ColoradoPanorama, a news show hosted by Gene Amole [13]
KPFA-FM, Berkeley, CaliforniaLocal Radio Public Service
Louis M. Lyons, WGBH Radio and Television, Boston, Massachusettsa 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 [14]
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, PennsylvaniaThe Heritage Series, programs on culture

1958

RecipientArea 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 TelevisionTelevision Public Service with Special Recognition Given to Dr. Frank Stanton, for specials such as The Ruble War (moderated by Howard K. Smith [15] ), 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 TelevisionM.D. International, a documentary on American doctors working abroad, presented on March of Medicine
NBC TelevisionAn 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 YorkRadio News, highlighting news director Martin Weldon

1959

RecipientArea of Excellence
WGBH-TV/Boston, MA and The World Affairs Council of Boston Decisions, moderated by Christian A. Herter Jr.
NBC Radio Family Living '59, moderated by Arlene Francis
NBC The Bell Telephone Hour
David Susskind (NBC)Personal Award for Susskind's production of The Moon and Sixpence
WGN-TV/Chicago, ILGreat Music from Chicago, featuring the Chicago Symphony Orchestra
WCCO Radio/Minneapolis, MNSeparate awards for local public service
WDSU-TV/New Orleans, LA
ABC Khrushchev Abroad
CBS The Ed Sullivan Show
The Population Explosion, an episode of CBS Reports hosted by Howard K. Smith [16]
Small World, hosted by Edward R. Murrow
CBS, Fred Friendly, and Edward R. Murrow The Lost Class of '59
CBS Radio Network The World Tonight
Dr. 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

Notes

  1. Peabody 1950 Archived 2010-06-11 at the Wayback Machine
  2. https://archive.org/details/wildlife-conservation_may-june-1951_54_3/mode/2up
  3. https://archive.org/details/saturdaymorningt0000gros/page/306/mode/2up
  4. "Radio: The Accused". Time. 1950-09-25. ISSN   0040-781X . Retrieved 2023-11-17.
  5. Fowler, Glenn (1989-10-10). "Ira Hirschmann Is Dead at 88; Executive and Leading Nazi Foe". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  6. "Historical Highlights of Morningside Presbyterian Church 1925 - Present Atlanta, Georgia" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2023-10-29.
  7. https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1989-02-08-mn-2030-story.html
  8. Goldovsky 1954 Archived 2010-06-11 at the Wayback Machine
  9. https://washingtondigitalnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=EATONDISP19560202.2.13&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------
  10. "SEE IT NOW: THE SECRET LIFE OF DANNY KAYE (TV)" . Retrieved 2020-12-28.
  11. https://www.nytimes.com/1957/02/14/archives/inquiry-proposed-on-courtroom-tv-ernst-and-miller-lawyers-debate.html
  12. https://www.nytimes.com/1957/10/03/archives/algerian-report-slated-by-cbs-filmed-story-of-nationalist-rising-to.html
  13. https://www.coloradohistoricnewspapers.org/?a=d&d=CVR19570328-01.2.83&e=-------en-20--1--img-txIN%7CtxCO%7CtxTA--------0------
  14. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED616696.pdf
  15. https://www.nytimes.com/1958/07/22/archives/tv-the-ruble-war-c-b-s-news-division-examines-russias-economic.html
  16. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2023-04-09.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)