KWQC Wins Big At Iowa Broadcast News Awards
KWWL Awards Show Abundance Of Quality
Anthony Bourdain, Ina Garten and Martha Stewart remain the names to beat in food broadcasting. For a second year running, the three dominated the top tier of television awards from […]
Among the winners Sunday were Jeopardy, best game show; Steve Harvey, host of an informative talk show; The Ellen DeGeneres Show, entertainment talk show; Entertainment Tonight, entertainment news program; Hunter King, younger actress in a drama series, The Young and the Restless; and Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan, entertainment talk show hosts, for Live with Kelly & Michael.
WCVB Honored With National Headliner Awards
RTDNA has announced the 2015 regional winners of the Edward R. Murrow Awards. The awards recognize the best electronic journalism produced by radio, television and online news organizations around the world. This year, RTDNA awarded 673 regional awards in 14 categories, including Overall Excellence, Breaking News, Investigative Reporting and Website.
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An out-of-sight biography of James Brown and an out-of-this-world tour of the heavens were among the diverse documentary, education and public service winners of the 74th annual Peabody Awards announced Thursday by the Peabody program at the University of Georgia. Winners in other categories will be announced prior to the awards being presented in New York on Sunday, May 31, in the awards’ first nighttime, red-carpet ceremony. Pivot TV will use the ceremony as the backbone of a 90-minute Peabody special that it will premiere June 21. See the list of winners announced so far here.
Sidney Hillman Foundation has named the Scripps Nashville CBS affiliate the winner of the 2015 Hillman Prize for Broadcast Journalism for its four-year Policing for Profit investigation.
Gannett ABC affiliate KVUE Austin, Texas, has won a George Foster Peabody Award for its examination of cuts in Texas mental health care programs as part of the News and Radio winners announced today. Also feted today was the Scripps Washington Bureau for an investigation of sex offenders in the military. Winners in other categories will be announced prior to the awards being presented in New York on Sunday, May 31, in the awards’ first nighttime, red-carpet ceremony. Pivot TV will use the ceremony as the backbone of a 90-minute Peabody special that it will premiere June 21. See the list of winners announced so far here.
From an honorable woman entangled in Israeli-Palestine conflicts to a virginal Jane, from a faux-American spy to an irrepressible North Dakota cop, strong, multi-dimensional women stand out in the 74th Peabody Awards’ entertainment winners, affirming the continuing expansion of significant roles for women on television. Other winners will be announced prior to the awards being presented in New York on Sunday, May 31, in the awards’ first nighttime, red-carpet ceremony. Pivot TV will use the ceremony as the backbone of a 90-minute Peabody special that it will premiere June 21. See the list of winners announced so far here.
The 81st National Headliner Award winners were announced this week honoring the best journalism in newspapers, photography, radio, television and online. The awards were founded in 1934 by the Press Club of Atlantic City. The annual contest is one of the oldest and largest in the country that recognizes journalistic merit in the communications industry. Click here for the complete list of this year’s winners.
The showrunner of ABC’s entire Thursday primetime programming block received accolades from the National Association of Broadcasters on Monday, at a luncheon that honored diversity by moving the conversation forward from honoring diversity. “Everyone makes a big deal about how I broke all these barriers in terms of diversity, so I know that I have to talk about it,” Rhimes said in accepting her induction into the NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame. So Rhimes took a few minutes to address — and dismiss — the conversation that has become an increasingly frustrating part of her media presence.
The Peabody Awards at the University of Georgia announced individual and institutional award winners today, the first on a diverse list of 2014 honorees that will be revealed over the […]
The annual IRE Awards recognize outstanding investigative work and help identify the techniques and resources used to complete each story. This year’s winners included WVUE New Orleans and KHOU Houston. Other TV winners included Telemundo, The Weather Channel and PBS Frontline.
Actress Sharon Stone and Entertainer Wayne Newton to Present the tribute to Lowell “Bud” Paxson, the late creator and co-founder of Home Shopping Network and family-friendly television network PAX TV.
The venerable, 73-year-old Peabody Awards announced today they have “reimagined” the awards ceremony for 2015 — moving the venue to Cipriani Wall Street, and taking the midday luncheon and transforming it to an evening gala complete with red carpet. The Peabody Awards have also drafted Saturday Night Live veteran and Portlandia star Fred Armisen as host
NAB To Honor Jerry Lewis With DSA
The entertainer and philanthropist will be presented with the group’s Distinguished Service Award on April 13 during the opening session of the NAB Show in Las Vegas.
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. (AP) — Actress Kerry Washington, director Roland Emmerich, the film “The Imitation Game” and television shows “Transparent” and “How to Get Away With Murder” have received stamps […]
WLS Investigative Reporter Knowles To Be Honored
At its annual gala in New York, the Broadcasters Foundation of America presented Gordon Smith, NAB president-CEO, with this year’s Golden Mike Award and honored the late Dick Clark with the group’s first Lifetime Achievement Award. Above, l-r: BFA President Jim Thompson, BFA Chairman Phil Lombardo, NAB CEO Gordon Smith and CBS’s Major Garrett, host for the evening.
WAFF Finds Gold In North Alabama
The CEO of Lincoln Financial Media to receive the Media Financial Management Association’s highest honor at Media Finance Focus 2015, May 18-20 in Phoenix.
KUSA Denver, KXAN Austin, WDSU New Orleans, KPBS San Diego and WITI Milwaukee will receive the Walter Cronkite Award for Excellence in Television Political Journalism. Also to be recognized are Hearst TV and investigative journalists at Univision and CNBC.com. Winners were announced today by the Norman Lear Center at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.
Women Journos Honored At NBC Owned Stations
WDSU Named Louisiana ‘Station of the Year’
Hearst-owned NBC affiliate WDSU New Orleans (DMA 51) has been presented with the Louisiana Association of Broadcasters “Station of the Year” award for large market television at the association’s 2015 […]
The star of ABC’s Black-ish will receive the Television Chairman’s Award honoring individuals for significant breakthrough in television.
Jim Serra Named La. Broadcaster Of The Year
Jim Serra, VP-GM of Raycom Media’s NBC affiliate KPLC Lake Charles, La. (DMA 174), was named 2015 Broadcaster of the Year by the Louisiana Association of Broadcasters. Serra accepted the […]
Pop, formerly the TV Guide Network, will air this year’s Daytime Emmy ceremony live on Sunday, April 26.
The award will be presented at The Broadcasters Foundation’s annual breakfast in las Vegas during the NAB Show in April.
There are four network daytime dramas left. In a year, or two, or five, it’s conceivable there could be fewer; it’s unlikely there’ll be more. The Daytime Emmy Awards depend heavily on the daytime dramas, both for the glamour of the actors on the red carpet and for the fervent loyalty of their fans. Without soaps, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences might still give out awards, but it would have a hard time attracting an audience.
The journalism group will celebrate the longtime CBS correspondent with its Lifetime Achievement Award at its annual awards ceremony in Washington on March 11.
