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The George Foster Peabody Awards, better known as simply the Peabody Awards, are annual, international awards for excellence in radio
Radio

Radio is the transmission of signals, by modulation of electromagnetic radiation with frequency below those of visible light.Electromagnetic radiation radio propagation by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space....
 and television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 broadcasting. First awarded in 1941 for programs from the previous year, they are considered one of the oldest honors in electronic media. The awards are administered by the Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication
Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication

The Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication is a college within the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, Georgia , United States....
 at the University of Georgia
University of Georgia

The University of Georgia is a public university research university located in Athens, Georgia, Georgia , the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning....
 (UGA). The awards are named after the businessman and philanthropist George Foster Peabody
George Foster Peabody

George Foster Peabody was banker born in Columbus, Georgia to George Henry Peabody and Elvira Canfield. He moved with his family to Brooklyn, New York, shortly after the American Civil War and worked in the family's mercantile business before joining Spencer Trask & Company, an investment firm specializing in utilities such as railroads....
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The George Foster Peabody Awards, better known as simply the Peabody Awards, are annual, international awards for excellence in radio
Radio

Radio is the transmission of signals, by modulation of electromagnetic radiation with frequency below those of visible light.Electromagnetic radiation radio propagation by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space....
 and television
Television

Television is a widely used telecommunication mass-media for transmitting and receiving moving , either monochrome or color, usually accompanied by sound....
 broadcasting. First awarded in 1941 for programs from the previous year, they are considered one of the oldest honors in electronic media. The awards are administered by the Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication
Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication

The Henry W. Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication is a college within the University of Georgia in Athens, Georgia, Georgia , United States....
 at the University of Georgia
University of Georgia

The University of Georgia is a public university research university located in Athens, Georgia, Georgia , the oldest and largest of the state's institutions of higher learning....
 (UGA). The awards are named after the businessman and philanthropist George Foster Peabody
George Foster Peabody

George Foster Peabody was banker born in Columbus, Georgia to George Henry Peabody and Elvira Canfield. He moved with his family to Brooklyn, New York, shortly after the American Civil War and worked in the family's mercantile business before joining Spencer Trask & Company, an investment firm specializing in utilities such as railroads....
. As part of his philanthropic activities, Peabody donated the funds that created the awards. Lambdin Kay, public-service director for WSB radio
WSB (AM)

WSB is an AM broadcasting licensed to the city of Atlanta, Georgia transmitting on a frequency of 750 Kilohertz with 50,000 Watts of power....
 in Atlanta, Georgia
Atlanta, Georgia

Atlanta is the Capital and most populous city in Georgia , as well as the 33rd largest city in the United States of America with a population of 519,145....
 at the time, is credited for creating the award.

The Peabody Awards are regarded as the most prestigious awards honoring distinction, achievement and honesty in America within the fields of broadcast journalism
Broadcast journalism

Broadcast journalism is the field of news and journals which are "broadcast", that is, published by electrical methods, instead of the older methods, such as printed newspapers and posters....
, documentary film
Documentary film

Documentary film is a broad category of visual expression that is based on the attempt, in one fashion or another, to "document" reality. Although "documentary film" originally referred to movies shot on film stock, it has subsequently expanded to include video and new media productions that can be either direct-to-video or made for a televis...
 making, educational programming, children's programming, and entertainment.

The Peabody Awards were originally only for radio, but in 1948, television awards were introduced. In the late 1990s additional categories for material distributed via the World Wide Web
World Wide Web

The World Wide Web is a very large set of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet. With a Web browser, one can view Web pages that may contain writing, s, videos, and other multimedia and navigate between them using hyperlinks....
 were added. Materials created solely for theatrical motion picture release are not eligible.

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