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On Tuesday evening at the NAB Show in Las Vegas, TVNewsCheck saluted the accomplishments of its annual Women in Technology honorees — Leadership award winner Michelle Munson, CEO of Aspera (second from left), and TVNewsCheck Women to Watch honoree Jennifer Leung, director of product at the National Football League (second from right). They are flanked by Harry Jessell, TVNewsCheck editor, and Kathy Haley, TVNewsCheck Publisher. (Photo by John Staley)

The awards recognize the best electronic journalism produced by radio, television and online news organizations around the world. RTDNA awarded 654 regional Edward R. Murrow Awards in 14 categories, including Overall Excellence, Breaking News, Investigative Reporting and Website. In the large market television category, KING Seattle led the way with nine Murrows, while WISC Madison, Wis., took home eight Murrows, the most in the small market television category.

WTAE Pittsburgh, WXIA Atlanta and WMAQ Chicago are the station winners included in the first batch of 10 winners from its inaugural Peabody 30 winners for 2016.

Key & Peele star Keegan-Michael Key will host the 2016 Peabody Awards ceremony gala. The 75th Peabody Awards will be held on the evening of Saturday, May 21, at Cipriani Wall Street in New York, and this year’s ceremony will usher in a number of changes for the event. For the first time, the jurors will select 60 finalists, which will be announced on April 12. From those 60, a group of 30 winners — The Peabody 30 — will be chosen and revealed in a succession of announcements by category, beginning on April 19.

Film, television and stage actress Keke Palmer will receive the NAB Television Chairman’s Award during the NAB Show Television Luncheon. The luncheon will be held Monday, April 18, at the […]

Television honorees to be feted in Washington on June 21 include KWTX Waco, Texas; WBIQ Birmingham, Ala.; KOLO Reno, Nev.

This year’s annual fundraiser for the Broadcasters Foundation of America’s charitable work honored Bob Pittman, chairman-CEO of iHeartMedia. Shown at the Feb. 29 event in New York are (l-r): Mo Rocca (humorist and CBS Sunday Morning correspondent), John Sykes (president of iHeartMedia Entertainment Enterprises), Cam (country recording artist), Pittman, Jim Thompson (president of the Broadcasters Foundation), Jarl Mohn (president of NPR) and Phil Lombardo (chairman of the Broadcasters Foundation). Photo: Wendy Moger-Bross

Former NAB President Eddie Fritts will be presented with the Broadcasters Foundation of America’s Lowry Mays Excellence In Broadcasting Award at the group’s annual breakfast on April 20 during the NAB Show in Las Vegas.

The annual leadership awards will be presented during the broadcasters foundation annual breakfast on April 20 during the NAB Show in Las Vegas

The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) today announced that Verne Lundquist, CBS Sports’ lead play-by- play announcer for college football and broadcaster of more than 20 different […]

NEW YORK (AP) — Four journalists from The Associated Press are among the winners of the 67th annual George Polk Awards in Journalism for a series of articles documenting the […]

On the TV side, AMC’s Mad Men took the drama series trophy and HBO’s Veep got the comedy series nod. USA Network’s Mr. Robot won the best new series statuette. Here’s the complete list of honorees.

The veteran newsman will be presented with the Dick Clark Lifetime Achievement Award at the Broadcasters Foundation of America’s Golden Mike Award Dinner on Feb. 29.

The broadcast networks were nearly shut out at Saturday night’s Screen Actors Guild Awards ceremony and forced to hear their competition lauded in ways that broadcasters rarely are these days. “Thank you to Amazon for their guts and support,” said Jeffrey Tambor, honored as best drama series actor for his transgender role in Transparent.

Litton Entertainment and its partners have been honored by the Parents’ Choice Foundation, the nation’s oldest nonprofit consumer organization dedicated to quality children’s media, with 16 awards. Litton’s awarded programs […]

Producers announced Monday that Tina Fey and Amy Poehler will present the guild’s Life Achievement Award to Carol Burnett at Saturday’s ceremony in Los Angeles. The prize is given annually to an actor who embodies the “finest ideals of the profession,” including professional and humanitarian achievements.

The 21st Annual Critics’ Choice Awards were held on Sunday night (simulcast on A&E, Lifetime and LMN), and FX’s Fargo was among TV’s big winners, grabbing the prize in four categories, including for Kirsten Dunst.

George Vogel, sports director of Hearst-owned NBC affiliate WLWT Cincinnati (DMA 36), has been selected by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association as the Ohio Sportscaster of the Year. It […]

The Golden Globe awards rewarded shows outside the norms of television-success formulas, giving the nod to offbeat, even dark productions.

The MTV, AOL, Time Warner and radio veteran will be honored by the Broadcasters Foundation of America at its annual gala in New York on Feb. 29.