List of Peabody Award winners (1980–1989)

The following is a list of Peabody Award winners and honorable mentions during the 1980s (1980–1989).

1980

RecipientArea of Excellence
ABCIBM Presents Baryshnikov on Broadway
Amber Waves
BBC TelevisionAll Creatures Great and Small
Canadian Broadcasting CorporationThe Wonderful World of Science
Peniel
CBS EntertainmentGideon's Trumpet
Playing for Time
CBS NewsUniverse (hosted by Walter Cronkite)
Walter CronkitePersonal Award for his career in broadcast journalism
Phil DonahuePersonal Award for his interview work on Donahue
Elaine Green (WCPO-TV/Cincinnati, OH)Personal Award for her interview with a gunman and admitted murderer who instigated a hostage crisis in the WCPO-TV studios
KCET-TV/Los Angeles, Adrian Malone, and Dr. Carl SaganCosmos
KQED-TV/San Francisco, CABroken Arrow: Can a Nuclear Weapons Accident Happen Here?
KTEH-TV/San Jose, CA, Carol Mon Pere, and Sandra NicholsThe Battle of Westlands, a profile of the conflict between agri-business giants and small farmers in California's Central Valley
KUED-TV/Salt Lake City, UT and Thirteen/WNET/New York, NY"The MX Debate," an episode of Bill Moyers' Journal
Maryland Instructional TelevisionTerra: Our World
Minnesota Public RadioA Prairie Home Companion
National Geographic Society and WQED-TV/Pittsburgh, PAThe National Geographic Specials
National Public RadioJazz Alive!
NBC RadioThe Hallelujah Caucus, an examination of the influence of conservative religion on American politics and society, on The Source
NBC and Paramount TelevisionShōgun
Mary Nissenson (WTVJ-TV/Miami, FL)Personal Award for Poland: A Changing Nation
Carroll O'ConnorPersonal Award for the "Archie Alone" episode of Archie Bunker's Place, which dealt with Archie's grief over the death of wife Edith
Public Broadcasting Service and Robert GellerThe American Short Story
San Francisco OperaThe San Francisco Opera Radio Broadcasts
Sol TaishoffPersonal Award for his reportage and critiques on events in radio and television
Studs TerkelPersonal Award for his work at WFMT/Chicago, IL
WNCN/New York, NYInstitutional Award for overall performance as exemplified by Conversations with Horowitz

1981

RecipientArea of Excellence
Bill Leonard Personal Award for Leonard's role "in developing the strong CBS News organization"
Danny Kaye Personal Award for Kaye's work on An Evening with Danny Kaye and The New York Philharmonic and Skokie
WSMV-TV/Nashville, TN Institutional Award for WSMV's documentary work, citing "Crime's Children," "Hot Cars, Cold Cash," "Split Second Justice" and "Crime's Carousel"
KATU-TV/Portland, OR Institutional Award for KATU's documentary work, citing "Ready on the Firing Line," "Out of the Ashes," and "To Begin Again"
WJR/Detroit, MI "Newsfile: A Bankrupt Court", a series of reports probing the inner workings of the U.S. District Bankruptcy Court
National Radio Theatre The Odyssey of Homer
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Carl Sandburg at Connemara
Timothy and Susan Todd (aired on NPR) The Todds' Teddy Bears Picnic
WQDR-FM/Raleigh, NC Our Forgotten Warriors: Vietnam Veterans Face the Challenges of the '80s
WLS-TV/Chicago, IL Award for WLS' Eyewitness News, citing the reports "Traffic Court: Justice or a Joke?" and "So You Need A Driver's License"
WDVM-TV/Washington, DC and John Goldsmith Now That We've Got Your Interest
NBC and MTM Enterprises Hill Street Blues
Nebraska Educational Television Network and The Great Amwell Company The Private History of a Campaign That Failed
CBS and Alan Landsburg Productions Bill
WNET/New York, NY and PBS Dance in America: Nureyev and The Joffrey Ballet/In Tribute to Nijinsky
KJRH-TV/Tulsa, OK Project: China
Home Box Office and Ms. Magazine She's Nobody's Baby: The History of American Women in the 20th Century (the first Peabody awarded to a cable program)
Societe Radio-Canada Klimbo: Le Lion et La Souris (The Lion and the Mouse)
ABC News Award for Viewpoint, Nightline, and America Held Hostage: The Secret Negotiations
ABC and T.A.T. Communications The Wave
WGBH-TV/Boston, MA and Granada TV The Red Army
Eighth Decade Consortium (KOMO-TV, Seattle, WA, KSTP-TV/St. Paul, MN, WCVB-TV/Boston, MA, WJLA-TV/Washington, DC, and WRAL-TV/Raleigh, NC) Fed Up with Fear
KTEH-TV/San Jose, CA The Day After Trinity: J. Robert Oppenheimer and the Atomic Bomb

1982

RecipientArea of Excellence
Alistair CookePersonal Award "for his contributions to broadcasting, both in the United States and in Great Britain"
Texaco, Inc., The Texaco Foundation, and Metropolitan Opera AssociationInstitutional Award for opera presentations on radio and TV
National Public RadioThe Sunday Show
Taylor Made Piano: A Jazz History
Canadian Broadcasting CorporationMorningside, for "1905"
WMAL/Washington, DC"They Served With Honor," recollections of those who served in the Vietnam War
NBC Radio NewsBanks on the Brink, a Second Sunday report on the international banking crisis
Mutual Broadcasting SystemLarry King Show
Radio FoundationThe Bob and Ray Public Radio Show
KOCO-TV/Oklahoma City, OK"Oklahoma Shame," an investigation into abuses and deaths in homes for mentally retarded residents run by the state's Department of Health Services
WCVB-TV/Boston, MAGround Zero: Victory Road
KYW-TV/Philadelphia, PASweet Nothing, a documentary exploring "our society's excessive consumption of sugar"
BBC Television, Paramount Television, and Operation Prime TimeSmiley's People
WWL-TV/New Orleans, LAThe Search for Alexander
Warner-Amex Satellite EntertainmentAward for Nickelodeon and the network's programming for children
NBC, Margie-Lee Enterprises, and The Blue Marble Company, in association with ITC Productions, Inc.Skeezer
NBC and Highgate PicturesThe Electric Grandmother
NBC NewsThe Man Who Shot the Pope: A Study in Terrorism
ABC NewsABC News Closeup: Vietnam Requiem
CBS NewsJuilliard and Beyond: A Life in Music
CBS Entertainment and Cinetex InternationalThe Wall
WQED-TV/Pittsburgh, PAFirebird
KQED-TV/San Francisco, CACurrent Affairs: The Case of Dashiell Hammett
KGMB-TV/Honolulu, HI and Lee Productions Inc.Beyond the Great Wall: Journey to the End of China
WAGA-TV/Atlanta, GAParadise Saved? a documentary examining the effect of tourists on Cumberland Island National Seashore
WBBM-TV/Chicago, IL"Killing Crime: A Police Cop-out," an investigation into the erasure of Chicago crime reports in order to create a decrease in crime statistics
WTSP/St Petersburg, FL"Prisoners of the Harvest," an investigation into the kidnapping, enslavement, and abuse of migrant farm workers by a farm labor contractor
Daniel Wilson Productions and Taurus FilmsBlood and Honor: Youth Under Hitler
Television Corporation of America784 Days That Changed America: From Watergate to Resignation[1]

1983

RecipientArea of excellence
Don McGannonPersonal Award for his work at Westinghouse Broadcasting Corp.
CNNInstitutional Award for the network's "significant news and information programming"
The Grand Ole Opry and WSM/Nashville, TNInstitutional Award for the Opry's "important mark on both music and [through WSM] broadcasting in this country"
WCCO Radio/Minneapolis, MN"Debbie Pielow: Waiting for a Heart That Never Came," a series of reports on a Minnesota woman's efforts to receive a heart transplant
WCCO-TV/Minneapolis, MN"I-TEAM: Ambulances," a report documenting less‑than‑satisfactory performances by some Twin Cities ambulance services
South Carolina Educational Radio NetworkMarian McPartland's Piano Jazz
WMAL/Washington, DCThe Jeffersonian World of Dumas Malone
KMOX/St. Louis, MOTimes Beach: Born 1925, Died 1983, a series examining of the effects of dioxin on the Missouri town.
Thomas LookerNew England Almanac: Portraits in Sound of New England Life and Landscape
WRAL-FM/Raleigh, NCVictims
WNBC-TV/New York, NYAsylum in the Streets, which examined the effects of de-institutionalization on mentally ill homeless
CBS NewsThe Plane That Fell From the Sky, a documentary recounting the near-crash of a TWA jet in April 1979
60 Minutes, for the report "'Lenell Geter's in Jail," which examined a Texas man's conviction for armed robbery
CBS Entertainment and Smith-Hemion ProductionsRomeo and Juliet on Ice
CBS Entertainment and Mendelson-Melendez ProductionsWhat Have We Learned, Charlie Brown?[2]
Chrysalis-Yellen Productions and NBCPrisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number
NBC and Motown ProductionsMotown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever
NBC and Edgar J. Scherick AssociatesHe Makes Me Feel Like Dancin'
WTTW-TV/Chicago, ILThe Merry Widow, an ballet adaptation of the operetta choreographed by Ruth Page
WTTW-TV/Chicago, IL and BBCThe Making of a Continent
WTBS-TV/Atlanta, GAPortrait of America
WGBH-TV/Boston, MANova: The Miracle of Life
WGBH-TV/Boston, MA, Central Independent Television, and Antenne 2Vietnam: A Television History
Sunbow ProductionsThe Great Space Coaster
ABC and Dick Clark ProductionsThe Woman Who Willed a Miracle
WBBM-TV/Chicago, ILStudebaker: Less Than They Promised, a documentary profiling the automobile manufacturer and the effects of its business, decline, and closure
WBRZ-TV/Baton Rouge, LAGive Me That Bigtime Religion, a profile of Jimmy Swaggart
KRON-TV/San Francisco, CAClimate of Death
KCTS/Seattle, WADiagnosis: AIDS

1984

RecipientArea of Excellence
ABC Heartsounds
ABC News ABC News Closeup: To Save Our Schools, To Save Our Children
Roone Arledge Personal Award for Arledge's leadership at ABC News and Sports and for his contributions to and influence on TV in general
Ted Koppel Personal Award for Koppel's work on ABC News' Nightline
KNX/Los Angeles Award for KNX's reports on "The Immigration Problem"
WAFX/Fort Wayne, IN D-Day: 40 Years Later
Brigham Young University Bradbury 13
WNYC/New York, NY Small Things Considered
Protestant Radio and Television Center The Protestant Hour
KDFW-TV/Dallas, TX "A Call for Help," a series of reports revealing deficiencies in the handling of EMS emergency calls
WMAQ-TV/Chicago, IL "Political Parasites," which revealed "deadwood" Illinois State Legislature committees and commissions, their purposes and costs
WDVM-TV/Washington, DC Award for the station's investigation into malpractice and unsafe abortions at a clinic run by Dr. Milan Vuitch
WCAX-TV/Burlington, VT "Patterns of Practice," an investigation into varied efficiency levels of Vermont hospitals in regards to surgical procedures and patient stays
KGW-TV/Portland, OR Award for reports on followers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh and how their settlement affected life in Central Oregon
WNET/New York, NY Heritage: Civilization and the Jews
The Brain
MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour, WNET/New York, NY, WETA-TV/Washington, DC, and Gannett Productions Award for NewsHour essays by Roger Rosenblatt
Corporation for Entertainment and Learning Inc., WNET/New York, NY, and KQED/San Francisco, CA A Walk Through the 20th Century With Bill Moyers, hosted by Bill Moyers
WCCO-TV/Minneapolis, MN The Hollow Victory: Vietnam Under Communism, a documentary that examined life in the South Asian nation, hosted by Dave Moore
WGBH-TV/Boston, MA Award to Frontline "for its total contribution to the world of exceptional television"
CBS Entertainment and The David Gerber Company George Washington
NBC and MTM Enterprises St. Elsewhere
Central Independent Television Seeds of Despair, a documentary revealing the drought and famine in Ethiopia
Turner Broadcasting System Cousteau/Amazon
Granada Television The Jewel in the Crown
KFGO/Fargo, ND Award for the station's "extraordinary emergency coverage" of a February 4, 1984 blizzard
Showtime Faerie Tale Theatre
WCVB-TV/Boston, MA Somerville High
WFMT/Chicago, IL and Raymond Nordstrand Institutional Award for WFMT's fine arts programming

1985

RecipientArea of Excellence
Bob Geldof and Live AidPersonal Award for Geldof's efforts to aid famine victims in Ethiopia through the concert event
Johnny CarsonPersonal Award for Carson's work on The Tonight Show
WBZ-TV/Boston, MATender Places
KDKA-TV/Pittsburgh, PASecond Chance, a documentary and follow-up public service campaign promoting organ donations and transplants
Lawrence FraibergPersonal Award to the head of Westinghouse Broadcasting's stations division for his "mandate to serve the public interest"
WBUR-FM/Boston, MALiberation Remembered
WGBH-FM/Boston, MAInstitutional Award for WGBH's "overall programming and its leadership in state-of-the-art broadcasting"
WGBH-TV/Boston, MA and The Blackwell CorporationFrontline, for "Crisis in Central America"
WHAS/Louisville, KYDown and Outside: On the Streets of Louisville
CBS NewsThe Number Man — Bach at Three Hundred
Whose America Is It?
CBS Entertainment and Dave Bell ProductionsDo You Remember Love
Marjorie Van HalterenBreakdown and Back, a Van Halteren-produced radio series on mental illness
WCCO-TV/Minneapolis, MN"I-Team" investigation into abuses and shortcomings in the home health care industry
MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour"Apartheid's People," a series examining daily life in South Africa
NBCAn Early Frost
NBC NewsVietnam Ten Years After
KGO-TV/San Francisco, CAThe American West: Steinbeck Country
KDTV-TV/San Francisco, CACoverage of the Mexico City earthquake
Spinning Reels and HBOBraingames
WSMV-TV/Nashville, TNA Higher Standard, a documentary focusing on the relationship between a Congressman and an influential defense contractor
TV OntarioThe Final Chapter?
Harvey Milk Project, Inc. and WNET/New York, NYThe Times of Harvey Milk
Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, WQED-TV/Pittsburgh, PA, WNET/New York, NY, Bonneville Broadcast Group, and PBSSeminars on Media and Society
WBBM-TV/Chicago, IL"Armed and Dangerous," an investigation exposing armed, unlicensed, and unqualified security guards working in the Chicago area
Central Independent Television and WETA-TV/Washington, DCThe Skin Horse
Lincoln Center for the Performing ArtsLive from Lincoln Center

1986

RecipientArea of Excellence
Jim Henson and The MuppetsPersonal Award for "thirty years of good, clean fun and outstanding entertainment"
Dorothy Stimson BullittPersonal Award to the founder of King Broadcasting Company
The Fine Arts Society of IndianapolisInstitutional Award for the Society's funding and production of arts programming on WICR/Indianapolis, IN
NBCThe Cosby Show
NBC NewsAward for on-the-scene radio reports by Fred Kennedy and Philip Till on the U.S. bombing raid of Tripoli, Libya
Canadian Broadcasting CorporationParis: From Oscar Wilde to Jim Morrison
Connecticut Public RadioOne On One (hosted by Faith Middleton)
CBS NewsNEWSMARK: Where in the World Are We?
Sunday Morning, for its presentation of Vladimir Horowitz's concert in Moscow
CBS Reports: The Vanishing Family - Crisis in Black America
CBS Entertainment and Garner-Duchow ProductionsPromise
WTMJ-TV/Milwaukee, WI"Who's Behind the Wheel?" a report that revealed poor safety records among Milwaukee school bus drivers
WHAS/Louisville, KYA Disaster Called Schizophrenia
WFAA/Dallas, TXAward for reports uncovering the Southern Methodist University football scandal
KPIX-TV/San Francisco, CAAward for KPIX's "AIDS Lifeline" project
MacNeil/Lehrer Productions and BBCThe Story of English
WQED-TV/Pittsburgh, PAAnne of Green Gables
WQED-TV/Pittsburgh, PA and National Geographic SocietyNational Geographic Specials
Churchill Films and ABC Television EntertainmentThe Mouse and the Motorcycle
ABC NewsThis Week with David Brinkley
Thames Television International and D.L. Taffner, Ltd.Unknown Chaplin (presented on American Masters)
John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing ArtsThe 1986 Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts
Thames Television and WGBH-TV/Boston, MAParadise Postponed (presented on Masterpiece Theatre)
WSB-TV/Atlanta, GAThe Boy King
WCCO-TV and WCCO Radio/Minneapolis, MNProject Lifesaver, an initiative to promote safe driving
WCVB-TV/Boston, MAA World of Difference, an initiative to combat prejudice of all kinds

1987

RecipientArea of Excellence
WSMV/Nashville, TN4 the Family, a series of family-themed specials and PSAs
CKVU-TV/Vancouver, BCAIDS and You
HBOAmerica Undercover: Drunk and Deadly
Center for New American MediaAmerican Tongues
CNNCoverage of the 1987 stock market crash
Mutual Broadcasting SystemCharities That Give and Take
KQED-TV/San Francisco, CA in Association with El Teatro CampesinoCorridos! Tales of Passion and Revolution
WRC-TV/Washington, DC"Deadly Mistakes," a report exposing inaccurate lab results of cancer patients
WCPO-TV/Cincinnati, OHInvestigation into questionable deaths at Drake Hospital
ABC Radio NewsEarnest Will: Americans in the Gulf
Blackside, Inc.Eyes on the Prize: America's Civil Rights Years
Hallmark Hall of Fame and CBSInstitutional Award for Hall of Fame, specifically citing Pack of Lies and Foxfire
WCVB-TV/Boston, MA"Inside Bridgewater," an investigation into occurrences at a state hospital for the criminally insane
MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHourAward for a series of reports on Japan's economy
Karl HaasPersonal Award for his work as a pianist and conductor and for work on Adventures in Good Music
Kevin Brownlow, and David GillPersonal Awards for their work in the preservation of silent films
KPAL Radio/Little Rock, AROrganizational Award for its overall programming for children
NBCL.A. Law
NBC and Louis Rudolph FilmsLBJ: The Early Years
HBOMandela
WNET/New York CityNature, for the episode "A Season in the Sun"
Shoah
WGBH-TV/Boston, MA and KCET-TV/Los AngelesNOVA, for the episode "Spy Machines"
WSM/Nashville, TNOf Violence and Victims, an investigation into the increase in Nashville's crime rate
National Public RadioA Weekend Edition profile of Ryan Martin, a 13-year-old boy adapting to his paralysis, the result of a shooting incident
WXXI-TV/Rochester, NYSafe Haven
Long Bow Group Inc., New York, New YorkSmall Happiness: Women of a Chinese Village
KNBC/Los AngelesSome Place Like Home, a profile of Providence House, an AIDS hospice in the Los Angeles area
Paramount Pictures CorporationStar Trek: The Next Generation, for the episode "The Big Goodbye"

1988

RecipientArea of Excellence
WTTW-TV/Chicago in association with Chloe Productions, Inc....and the Pursuit of Happiness
Children's Television Workshop3-2-1 Contact Extra: I Have AIDS, A Teenager's Story
CBS News48 Hours, for the reports "Abortion Battle" and "On Runaway Street"
60 Minutes, for the report "Mr. Snow Goes to Washington," which highlighted a campaign on the dangers of lawn darts
WHAS/LouisvilleA Matter of Time: The Crisis in Kentucky Corrections
Public Affairs Television Inc.Bill Moyers' World of Ideas
WPLG-TV/Miami, FL"Caution: Precious Cargo," a report that highlighted low levels of school bus safety, including bus lines that operated unlicensed
South Carolina Educational Television and The Mosaic Group, Inc.Children's Express NEWSMAGAZINE: Campaign '88
National Public RadioCowboys on Everest
HBODear America: Letters Home from Vietnam[3]
Don HewittPersonal Award for his work at CBS News
The MacNeil/Lehrer NewsHour (WNET/New York & WETA-TV/Washington)Coverage of the 1988 election campaign
Frontline and Time Inc.Frontline: The Choice
KMOX/St. LouisHate Crimes: America's Cancer
Christian Science Monitor ReportsIslam in Turmoil
Jim McKayPersonal Award for his work at ABC Sports
KCBS-TV/Los Angeles"MCA and the Mob," a series of reports revealing organized crime connections to the media conglomerate
BBC World Service for AfricaNothing Political/Mandela at 70
WBUR-FM/Boston, MASpeaking for Everyman: Ian McKellen Celebrates Shakespeare's Birthday
HBO and Pro Image Productions/Sydney, AustraliaSuzi's Story
CBS Entertainment and Telecom Entertainment, in association with Yorkshire TelevisionThe Attic: The Hiding of Anne Frank
WBRZ-TV/Baton Rouge, LA"The Best Insurance Commissioner Money Can Buy," an investigation of alleged improprieties on the part of the Insurance Commissioner of the State of Louisiana
KTAR/PhoenixCoverage of the impeachment of Arizona governor Evan Mecham
TNTThe Making of a Legend: Gone with the Wind
NBCThe Murder of Mary Phagan
WJLA-TV/Washington, D.C."The Radon Watch Campaign," a series of reports and PSAs
BBC and WNET/New YorkThe Singing Detective
ABC and The Bedford Falls Company in association with MGM/UA Televisionthirtysomething
Ambassador Walter AnnenbergPersonal Award for his work in public broadcasting

1989

RecipientArea of Excellence
David BrinkleyPersonal Award for Brinkley's "lifetime of service to the American people" at NBC News and ABC News
J. Leonard ReinschPersonal Award for Reinsch's work at COX Communications and in political communication
KCBS/San Francisco, CASeparate awards for the stations' coverage of the Loma Prieta earthquake and its aftermath
KGO-TV/San Francisco, CA
KRON-TV/San Francisco, CAI Want to Go Home, an account of the plight of homeless children in the San Francisco area
D. RobertsAward to the independent producer for "Mei Mei: A Daughter's Song," which aired on American Public Radio's Soundprint and told of the personal and cultural boundaries between a Taiwanese mother and her American daughter
WCSC-TV/Charleston, SCAward for the station's coverage of the aftermath of Hurricane Hugo
MTV NetworksDecade
KING-TV/Seattle, WAProject Home Team, a series of reports and programs spotlighting the plight of the working poor
CBS and Motown-Pangaea Productions in association with Quintex EntertainmentLonesome Dove
KCNC-TV/Denver, COYellowstone: Four Seasons After Fire
TexacoMetropolitan Opera radio broadcasts
ABC and Black/Marlens Company in association with New World TelevisionThe Wonder Years
ABC and Sacret Inc. in association with Warner Bros. TelevisionChina Beach, for the episode "Vets"
ABC, Lou Rudolph Films, Motown Productions, Allarcom Ltd., and Fries EntertainmentSmall Sacrifices
Alvin H. Perlmutter, Inc. and Public Affairs Television, Inc.The Public Mind
CBS Radio NewsSeparate awards for the networks' coverage of the protests in Beijing's Tiananmen Square and related background and perspective reportage
CNN
NBC NewsTo Be an American
Central Independent TelevisionCambodia Year Ten
Beyond International GroupThe Great Wall of Iron
HBOCommon Threads: Stories from the Quilt[4]
Children's Television WorkshopSesame Street
Film News Now and WTVS/Detroit, MI in association with P.O.V.Who Killed Vincent Chin?[5]
National Public RadioAward for Scott Simon's essays on Weekend Edition
Canadian Broadcasting CorporationLost Innocence: The Children of World War II
WLOX-TV/Biloxi, MS"Did They Die in Vain?" which explored the lingering effects of the 1964 murders of Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner in Neshoba County, Mississippi 25 years after the tragedy

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