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 — the creators, innovators, journalists, business 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