Monday, May. 05, 1952
Winners
The winners of the twelfth Annual Peabody Awards, announced in Manhattan this week:
RADIO
Education: The Nation's Nightmare (CBS), "a shattering and fearless" documentary series on syndicated crime in the U.S.
Youth: New York Times Youth Forum (WQXR, Manhattan), unrehearsed discussion of current topics by teenagers.
International Understanding: The Manchester Guardian's U.S. Correspondent Alistair Cooke, whose Letter from America broadcasts to BBC have made him a "one-man intercultural movement."
Non-Musical Entertainment: Satirists Bob Elliott & Ray Goulding (NBC).
Regional Public Service: WSB & WSB-TV, for "promoting the best interests of Atlanta, Ga. and the Southeast" in WSB's The Pastor's Study and WSB-TV's Our World Today.
Local Public Service: KPOJ, Portland, Ore., for helping teen-agers through Careers Unlimited, and community interest through Civic Theater on the Air.
TELEVISION
Education: What in the World (WCAU, Philadelphia), for the "stimulating manner in which it brings noted scholars to the screen for a delightfully entertaining and informal display of their learning."
News & Interpretation: Ed Murrow and See It Now (CBS), for its "simple, lucid, intelligent analysis of top news."
Musical Entertainment: Gian-Carlo Menotti and NBC, for the "tender and moving one-act opera Amahl and the Night Visitors"
Entertainment: Celanese Theater (ABC), for productions of American plays which are done with "fidelity, intelligence, and scrupulous regard for the intentions of the playwright."
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