The Giants Honor Roll
Over the years, at its annual Giants of Broadcasting & the Electronic Arts luncheon in New York, the LABF has honored 262 distinguished individuals who have for the past century been the creators, innovators, journalists, leaders, performers, and producers that have brought broadcasting and the electronic arts to the prominence they occupy in our culture today. Take a moment to scroll down our roll.
Videos of all acceptance speeches starting in 2015 can be seen on YouTube. Clicking on [v] following a name will take you directly to the acceptance speech of that individual.
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Bill Abbott [v]
Jack Abernethy [v]
Pablo Raúl Alarcón Sr. and Raúl Alarcón Jr.
Fred Allen
Mel Allen
Christiane Amanpour
Roone Arledge
Edwin H. Armstrong
James Arness
Bea Arthur
Ed Asner [v]
B
Bill Baker
Lucille Ball
Christine Baranski [v]
Red Barber
Emily Barr [v]
David Barrett
Maria Bartiromo [v]
Ralph Baruch
Lynn Beall
George Beasley
Caroline Beasley [v]
Frank A. Bennack Jr.
Bob Bennett
Jack Benny
Gertrude Berg
Edgar Bergen
Milton Berle
John P. Blair
Wolf Blitzer [v]
Frank Boyle [v]
Tom Brokaw [v]
Rick Buckley
Dorothy Stimson Bullitt
Elizabeth Murphy Burns [v]
George Burns & Gracie Allen
Ken Burns
C
Eduardo Caballero
Sid Caesar & Imogene Coca
Marcy Carsey & Tom Werner
Johnny Carson
The Carter Family [v]
Dick Cavett
CBS Sunday Morning
Gary Chapman [v]
Julia Child
JuJu Chang [v]
Connie Chung [v]
Dick Clark
Barbara Cochran
Frank Conrad
Joan Ganz Cooney
Don Cornelius
Norman Corwin
Bill Cosby
Bob Costas [v]
Katie Couric
James Cox
Walter Cronkite
Bing Crosby
Powel Crosley Jr.
D
Tony Danza [v]
Ronald Davenport Sr.
John David [v]
Rick Dees
Lee de Forest
John F. Dille III
Barry Diller
Walt Disney
Sam Donaldson
Allen B. DuMont
Peter Dunn [v]
Jimmy Durante
E
Dick Ebersol [v]
Barbara Eden [v]
Robert Elliott & Ray Goulding
F
Jeff Fager [v]
Erica Farber
Philo T. Farnsworth
John Feore, Jr.
Dick Ferguson
Joe Field & David Field [v]
Michael Fiorile [v]
Dennis FitzSimons
Joseph A. Flaherty Jr.
Pauline Frederick
Fred Friendly
Eddie Fritts
Dorothy Fuldheim
G
The Gamblings
Jackie Gleason
Arthur Godfrey
Leonard Goldenson
Freeman Gosden & Charles Correll
Kelsey Grammer
Herb Granath [v]
Merv Griffin
H
Jack Harris
Paul Harvey
Gabriel Heatter
Ragan Henry
Don Hewitt
Lester Holt [v]
Bob Hope
Stanley E. Hubbard
Stanley S. Hubbard
Catherine L. Hughes
Chet Huntley & David Brinkley
J
Hal Jackson
Gene Jankowski [v]
Lucy Jarvis
Peter Jennings
Robert L. Johnson
Steve Jones [v]
Jim & Marian Jordan
Tom Joyner [v]
K
H.V. Kaltenborn
Mel Karmazin [v]
Paul Karpowicz [v]
David Kennedy [v]
David E. Kelley
Paula Kerger [v]
Roger King
John Kluge
Bill Koenigsberg [v]
Steve Kroft [v]
Charles Kuralt
L
Brian Lamb
Norman Lea
Jerry Lee
Richard Leibner & Carole Cooper
Shari Lewis
Alfred C. Liggins III [v]
Art Linkletter
Dave Lougee [v]
Susan Lucci [v]
M
Robert MacNeil & Jim Lehrer
Anthony C. Malara
Guglielmo Marconi
Gracia Martore [v]
Lowry Mays & Family
Rue McClanahan
Eugene F. McDonald Jr. [v]
Deborah A. McDermott
Donald McGannon
Jim McKay
Ed McLaughlin
Gordon McLendon
Ed McMahon
Wendy McMahon [v]
Sean McManus
Don McNeill
Mike McVay [v]
S. Epatha Merkerson
Don Mischer [v]
Andrea Mitchell [v]
Jarl Mohn
Rand Morrison
David Muir
Tom Murphy
Edward R. Murrow
N
Dawson B. "Tack" Nail
Agnes Nixon
Robert “Shad” Northshield
O
Charles Osgood
P
Jack Paar
Dr. Woo Paik
William S. Paley
Larry Patrick [v]
Norm Pattiz
Mark Pedowitz [v]
Russell Perry [v]
Bill Persky [v]
Regis Philbin
Irna Phillips
Frederick S. Pierce
Bob Pittman
Frances Preston
Q
Ward Quaal
James H. Quello
R
Tony Randall
Dan Rather
Ronald Reagan
J. Leonard Reinsch
Mark Richer [v]
Cokie Roberts
Robin Roberts [v]
Fred Rogers
Chris Rohrs
Al Roker [v]
Andy Rooney
Charlie Rose
Marion Ross [v]
Tim Russert
S
Morley Safer
Lucie Salhany
Gary Sandy
David Sarnoff
Diane Sawyer
Chuck Scarborough
Bob Schieffer
Daniel Schorr
Ryan Seacrest [v]
Eric Sevareid
Eric Shanks [v]
Neal Shapiro [v]
William Shatner
Dinah Shore
Fred Silverman
Gordon Smith [v]
Kate Smith
Les Smith
Stephen A. Smith [v]
Patricia C. (Patsy) Smullin [v]
Jeff Smulyan
Peter Smyth
Perry Sook [v]
Valari Dobson Staab [v]
Lesley Stahl
Susan Stamberg [v]
Frank Stanton
George Storer
Todd Storz
Sir Howard Stringer
Ed Sullivan
Pierre "Pepe" Sutton
Dennis Swanson
Anne Sweeney
Adam Symson
T
Sol Taishoff
Julie Talbott [v]
Danny & Marlo Thomas
Lowell Thomas
The Tichenors
The Today Show
Nina Totenberg [v]
Alex Trebek
Ted Turner
V
Lesley Visser
W
Mike Wallace
Barbara Walters
Bayard H. (Bud) Walters
Sylvester L. “Pat” Weaver
Jordan Wertlieb [v]
Don West [v]
Virginia Pate Wetter
Bill Whitaker [v]
Richard E. Wiley
Brian Williams
Pete Williams
David L. Wolper
Judy Woodruff & Gwen Ifill
Robert C. Wright
Z
Paula Zahn [v]
Fareed Zakaria
Jeff Zucker [v]
Vladimir Zworykin