The Giants

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 the United States and the world today, and who have set the stage for the future. Take a moment to scroll down our honor roll. Videos of acceptance speeches starting in 2015 can be seen here.

Giants Award Luncheon - Library of American Broadcasting Foundation

Bill Abbott

Jack Abernethy

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

Bill Baker

Lucille Ball

Christine Baranski

Red Barber

Emily Barr

David Barrett

Maria Bartiromo

Ralph Baruch

George Beasley

Caroline Beasley

Frank A. Bennack Jr.

Bob Bennett

Jack Benny

Gertrude Berg

Edgar Bergen

Milton Berle

John P. Blair

Wolf Blitzer

Frank Boyle

Tom Brokaw

Rick Buckley

Dorothy Stimson Bullitt

Elizabeth Murphy Burns

George Burns & Gracie Allen

Ken Burns

Eduardo Caballero

Sid Caesar & Imogene Coca

Marcy Carsey & Tom Werner

Johnny Carson

The Carter Family

Dick Cavett 

CBS Sunday Morning 

Gary Chapman

Julia Child

JuJu Chang

Connie Chung 

Dick Clark

Barbara Cochran

Frank Conrad

Joan Ganz Cooney

Don Cornelius

Norman Corwin

Bill Cosby

Bob Costas

Katie Couric

James Cox

Walter Cronkite

Bing Crosby

Powel Crosley Jr.

Tony Danza

Ronald Davenport Sr.

John David

Lee de Forest

John F. Dille III

Barry Diller

Walt Disney

Sam Donaldson

Allen B. DuMont 

Peter Dunn

Jimmy Durante

Dick Ebersol

Barbara Eden

Robert Elliott & Ray Goulding

Jeff Fager

Erica Farber

Philo T. Farnsworth

Joe Field & David Field

Michael Fiorile

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

Merv Griffin

Jack Harris

Paul Harvey

Gabriel Heatter

Ragan Henry

Don Hewitt

Lester Holt

Bob Hope

Stanley E. Hubbard

Stanley S. Hubbard

Catherine L. Hughes

Chet Huntley & David Brinkley

Hal Jackson

Gene Jankowski

Lucy Jarvis

Peter Jennings

Robert L. Johnson

Steve Jones

Jim & Marian Jordan

Tom Joyner

H.V. Kaltenborn 

Mel Karmazin 

Paul Karpowicz 

David Kennedy

David E. Kelley

Paula Kerger

Roger King 

John Kluge

Bill Koenigsberg

Steve Kroft

Charles Kuralt

Brian Lamb

Norman Lea 

Jerry Lee

Richard Leibner & Carole Cooper

Shari Lewis

Alfred C. Liggins III

Art Linkletter

Dave Lougee

Susan Lucci

Robert MacNeil & Jim Lehrer

Anthony C. Malara

Guglielmo Marconi

Gracia Martore

Lowry Mays & Family

Rue McClanahan

Eugene F. McDonald Jr.

Deborah A. McDermott

Donald McGannon

Jim McKay

Ed McLaughlin

Gordon McLendon

Ed McMahon

Wendy McMahon

Sean McManus

Don McNeill

Mike McVay

S. Epatha Merkerson

Don Mischer

Andrea Mitchell

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

Norm Pattiz

Mark Pedowitz

Russell Perry

Bill Persky

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

Cokie Roberts

Robin Roberts

Fred Rogers

Chris Rohrs

Al Roker

Andy Rooney

Charlie Rose

Marion Ross

Tim Russert

Morley Safer

Lucie Salhany

David Sarnoff

Diane Sawyer

Chuck Scarborough

Bob Schieffer

Daniel Schorr

Ryan Seacrest

Eric Sevareid

Eric Shanks

Neal Shapiro

William Shatner

Dinah Shore

Fred Silverman

Gordon Smith

Kate Smith

Les Smith

Stephen A. Smith

Patricia C. (Patsy) Smullin

Jeff Smulyan

Peter Smyth

Perry Sook

Valari Dobson Staab

Lesley Stahl

Susan Stamberg

Frank Stanton

George Storer

Todd Storz

Sir Howard Stringer

Ed Sullivan

Pierre "Pepe" Sutton

Dennis Swanson

Anne Sweeney

Adam Symson

Sol Taishoff

Julie Talbott

Danny & Marlo Thomas

Lowell Thomas

The Tichenors

The Today Show

Nina Totenberg

Alex Trebek

Ted Turner

Mike Wallace

Barbara Walters

Bayard H. (Bud) Walters

Sylvester L. “Pat” Weaver

Jordan Wertlieb

Don West

Virginia Pate Wetter

Bill Whitaker

Richard E. Wiley

Brian Williams

Pete Williams

David L. Wolper

Judy Woodruff & Gwen Ifill

Robert C. Wright

Paula Zahn

Fareed Zakaria

Jeff Zucker

Vladimir Zworykin