List of Peabody Award winners (1950–1959)

Peabody Award winners and honorable mentions.

1950

RecipientArea of Excellence
Metropolitan Opera, ABC Radio[1]Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts
ABC Radio, Elmer DavisReporting and Interpretation of News
ABC TelevisionSaturday at the Zoo
Jimmy Durante, NBC Televisiona Personal Award
NBC RadioHalls of Ivy
NBC RadioThe Quick and the Dead, a documentary produced by Fred Friendly
NBC TelevisionZoo Parade
Radio Free EuropeContribution to International Understanding
WBBM Radio, Chicago, IllinoisThe Quiet Answer, Public Service by a Regional Station
Honorable Mentions
ABC, Its President, Robert E. Kintner, and his associates, Robert Saudek and Joseph McDonaldfor Their Courageous Stand in Resisting Organized Pressures and Their Reaffirmation of Basic American Principles
CBS RadioHear It Now
Mutual Broadcasting System and United Nations RadioContribution 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, MarylandThe Johns Hopkins Science Review
WABF-FM, Ira Hirschmann, New York, New YorkEntertainment (Music)
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 TelevisionCelanese Theatre
BBC, London, UK, and Alistair CookeLetter from America
CBS RadioThe Nation's Nightmare
CBS Television, Edward R. MurrowSee It Now
KPOJ Radio, Portland, OregonCareers Unlimited and Civic Theatre on the Air, Meritorious Local Public Service by Radio
NBC RadioBob and Ray
NBC Television, Gian Carlo MenottiAmahl and the Night Visitors
WCAU-TV, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaWhat in the World
WQXR Radio, New York, New YorkNew York Times Youth Forum
WSB Radio and Television, Atlanta, GeorgiaThe Pastor's Study and Our World Today, Meritorious Regional Public Service by Radio and Television

1952

RecipientArea of Excellence
ABC Radio, Martin AgronskyNews
CBS RadioThe New York City Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra
NBC RadioThe Standard Symphony
NBC TelevisionMeet the Press
NBC TelevisionMister Peepers
NBC TelevisionYour Hit Parade
NBC TelevisionDing Dong School
NBC TelevisionVictory at Sea
WAAM-TV (DuMont Network), Baltimore, MarylandThe 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 Televisiona Personal Award
Gerald W. Johnson, WAAM-TV, Baltimore, Marylanda Personal Award
KABC Radio, Los Angeles, CaliforniaChet Huntley for Radio News
KNXT-TV, Los Angeles, California"Cavalcade of Books"
Edward R. Murrow, CBSa Personal Award
NBC TelevisionNBC Television Opera Theatre
NBC TelevisionTelevision Playhouse
NBC TelevisionMr. Wizard
WBAW Radio, Barnwell, South CarolinaChurch of Your Choice, Public Service by a Local Station
WCBS-TV, New York, New YorkCamera 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 TelevisionDisneyland
CBS RadioMan's Right to Knowledge
CBS TelevisionAdventure
CBS TelevisionOmnibus
CBS TelevisionThe Search
John Daly, ABC TelevisionPersonal Award, Radio-Television News
Pauline Frederick, NBC Radioa Personal Award for Pauline Frederick at the U.N.
George Gobel, NBC Televisiona Personal Award
KGAK Radio, Gallup, New MexicoThe Navajo Hour
National Association of ManufacturersIndustry on Parade
NBC RadioConversation
WJAR-TV, Providence, Rhode IslandHurricane Carol
Boris Goldovsky, ABC, Metropolitan OperaPersonal Award for Radio Music, on the Metropolitan Opera radio broadcasts[2]

1955

RecipientArea of Excellence
ABC Radio and TelevisionThe Voice of Firestone
Dr. Frank Baxter, KNXT-TV, Los Angeles, Californiaa Personal Award, Television Education
CBS TelevisionLassie
Perry Como, NBC Televisiona Personal Award, Television Entertainment
Douglas Edwards, CBS Televisiona Personal Award, Television News
Jackie Gleason, CBS Televisiona Personal Award, Television Entertainment
Quincy Howe, ABC Radio and Televisiona Personal Award
KIRO Radio, Seattle, WashingtonDemocracy is You, Radio Local Public Service
NBC RadioBiographies in Sound
NBC TelevisionProducers' Showcase
Sylvester L. Weaver, NBC Radio and Televisiona Personal Award for Pioneering Program Concepts
Honorable Mentions
CBS TelevisionOmnibus
KFYO Radio, Lubbock, TexasLocal Public Service
KQED-TV, San Francisco, CaliforniaTelevision Local Public Service
NBC TelevisionAssignment: India
WMT-TV, Cedar Rapids, IowaTelevision Local Public Service

1956

RecipientArea of Excellence
ABC RadioEdward P. Morgan and the News
ABC Television, John Charles DalyTelevision News for Coverage of the National Political Conventions
CBS TelevisionThe Ed Sullivan Show
CBS TelevisionYou Are There
CBS TelevisionWorld in Crisis
Jack GouldPersonal 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 TelevisionYouth Wants to Know
Rod Serlinga Personal Award for Requiem for a Heavyweight
UNICEFThe Secret Life of Danny Kaye (an episode of See It Now[3])
United Nations Radio and TelevisionPromotion of International Understanding
WNYC Radio, New York, New YorkBooks in Profile
WNYC Radio, New York, New YorkLittle Orchestra Society Concerts
WOW Radio and Television, Omaha, NebraskaRegimented Raindrops

1957

RecipientArea of Excellence
ABC Television, John Charles DalyPrologue '58
CBS Radio and TelevisionRadio and Television News Including Face the Nation, See It Now, The Twentieth Century, and This is New York
CBS TelevisionCaptain Kangaroo
CBS TelevisionThe Last Word
Bob Hope, NBC Televisiona Personal Award
KING-TV, Seattle, WashingtonWunda
KLZ-TV, Denver, ColoradoPanorama
KPFA-FM, Berkeley, CaliforniaLocal Radio Public Service
Louis M. Lyons, WGBH Radio and Television, Boston, Massachusettsa Personal Award
NBC Radio and TelevisionNBC Educational TV Project, Know Your Schools
NBC TelevisionThe Dinah Shore Chevy Show
NBC TelevisionHallmark Hall of Fame
Westinghouse Broadcasting Company, Inc.Boston Conference on Programming and the High Quality of Its Public Service Broadcasting
WKAR Radio, East Lansing, MichiganYou Are the Jury
WQED-TV, Pittsburgh, PennsylvaniaThe Heritage Series

1958

RecipientArea of Excellence
ABC Radio and UNESCOEasy as ABC
ABC TelevisionCollege News Conference
CBS RadioThe Hidden Revolution
CBS TelevisionPlayhouse 90
CBS TelevisionTelevision Public Service with Special Recognition Given to Dr. Frank Stanton
CBS TelevisionLincoln Presents Leonard Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic
NBC NewsThe Huntley-Brinkley Report
NBC TelevisionThe Steve Allen Show
NBC TelevisionContinental Classroom
NBC TelevisionM.D. International
NBC TelevisionAn Evening with Fred Astaire
NBC Television, Orson WellesThe Fountain of Youth (The Colgate Palmolive Theatre)
NBC Television, James CostiganLittle Moon of Alban (Hallmark Hall of Fame)
Standard Oil Company of CaliforniaThe Standard School Broadcast
WGN-TV, Chicago, IllinoisThe Blue Fairy
WNEW Radio, New York, New YorkRadio News

1959

RecipientArea of Excellence
WGBH-TV/Boston, MA and The World Affairs Council of Boston Decisions
NBC Radio Family Living '59
NBC The Bell Telephone Hour
David Susskind (NBC) Personal Award for Susskind's production of The Moon and Sixpence
WGN-TV/Chicago, IL Great Music from Chicago
WCCO Radio/Minneapolis, MN Separate awards for local public service
WDSU-TV/New Orleans, LA
ABC Khrushchev Abroad
CBS The Ed Sullivan Show
The Population Explosion
Small World
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

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