Meet the Press
Co-produced by Martha Rountree and Lawrence E. Spivak, the television version of Meet the Press is an adaptation of a radio program begun in 1945 and awarded a Peabody Citation…
Institutional Award: WFPL-FM Radio for Public Service by a Local Station
(Honorable Mention) A citation for outstanding public service by a local station goes to WFPL-FM, operated by the Louisville, Kentucky Free Public Library, which since it first went on the…
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Through The Greatest Story Ever Told, a very large audience has been provided the teachings of the New Testament in a form and manner which are not only dramatic and…
Meet the Press
(Honorable Mention) A citation to the Mutual Broadcasting System for the initiative and edification of its program, Meet The Press, in which an individual who has been making news is…
Wake Up Kentucky
(Honorable Mention) Radio station WHAS, in conjunction with the Committee for Kentucky, has added radio’s testimony to the validity of the biblical injunction, “Ye shall know the truth and the…
“America’s Town Meeting of the Air” for Outstanding Educational Program
The edification, the fearlessness and the fair, firm moderation which have characterized George V. Denny’s selection and conduct of America’s Town Meeting of the Air were never more urgently needed…
The International Shortwave Broadcasters of the United States Institutional Award for Outstanding Public Service by Stations
It was the Committee’s opinion that the most worthwhile innovation of 1941 is to be found in the international short-wave broadcasts which have gone from America into the free air…
“University of Chicago Round Table of the Air” for Outstanding Educational Program
Outstanding Educational Program: Many programs were considered in the field of education. The 1941 award goes unanimously to the University of Chicago Round Table of the Air, a program which,…
Judy Woodruff
With an award-winning career that spans more than five decades, Judy Woodruff, the anchor and managing editor of the PBS NewsHour, represents the best of television news and is one…
Radiotopia Presents: S***hole Country
Radiotopia’s eight-part series features a young Bay Area woman, Afia Kaakyire, as she grapples with an intriguing dilemma: Should she move to her parents’ homeland of Ghana, where they’ll put…