Individual 1960

Personal Award: Ireene Wicker for Children’s Programs

WNYC Radio

Ireene Wicker brings to her weekly program, The Singing Lady, literate taste, tender understanding, wit, gaiety, and style. A benign sorceress as well as an artist of consummate skill, Miss Wicker has been a steadfast foe of violence and brutality and a true friend to children everywhere. In recognition, the Peabody Award for radio children’s programs.