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.

Giants Award Luncheon - Library of American Broadcasting Foundation

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]

Bill Baker

Lucille Ball

Christine Baranski [v]

Red Barber

Emily Barr [v]

David Barrett

Maria Bartiromo [v]

Ralph Baruch

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

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.

Tony Danza [v]

Ronald Davenport Sr.

John David [v]

Lee de Forest

John F. Dille III

Barry Diller

Walt Disney

Sam Donaldson

Allen B. DuMont 

Peter Dunn [v]

Jimmy Durante

Dick Ebersol [v]

Barbara Eden [v]

Robert Elliott & Ray Goulding

Jeff Fager [v]

Erica Farber

Philo T. Farnsworth

Joe Field & David Field [v]

Michael Fiorile [v]

Dennis FitzSimons

Joseph A. Flaherty Jr.

Pauline Frederick

Fred Friendly

Eddie Fritts

Dorothy Fuldheim

The Gamblings

Jackie Gleason 

Arthur Godfrey

Leonard Goldenson

Freeman Gosden & Charles Correll

Herb Granath [v]

Merv Griffin

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

Hal Jackson

Gene Jankowski [v]

Lucy Jarvis

Peter Jennings

Robert L. Johnson

Steve Jones [v]

Jim & Marian Jordan

Tom Joyner [v]

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

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]

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

Tom Murphy

Edward R. Murrow

Dawson B. "Tack" Nail

Agnes Nixon

Robert “Shad” Northshield

Charles Osgood

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

Ward Quaal

James H. Quello

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

Morley Safer

Lucie Salhany

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

Sol Taishoff

Julie Talbott [v]

Danny & Marlo Thomas

Lowell Thomas

The Tichenors

The Today Show

Nina Totenberg [v]

Alex Trebek

Ted Turner

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

Paula Zahn [v]

Fareed Zakaria

Jeff Zucker [v]

Vladimir Zworykin