Above are Peabody Awards from 1946 and 1951 that hang on the walls of WSB Radio today. Below are the list of Peabody awards won by the station and its people:
1974 Institutional Award for Exceptional Use of Radio In Dealing With Problems in a Growing Community To WSB Radio, Atlanta, a Peabody Award for their outstanding use of radio in Atlanta in dealing with the problems of this vital and growing community. Under the experienced guidance of Elmo Ellis—himself a personal Peabody winner—the station gave evidence by its airing of “Suffer the Little Children,” “Atlanta: A Portrait in Black and White,” and “Henry Aaron: A Man With a Mission,” that it is still one of the really predominant radio services in this country and that it has no peer when it comes to utilizing its talents in meeting community needs.
1965 Elmo Ellis Personal Award With his editorials of breadth and depth on subjects of timely and local importance, and with his book reviews and other features, Elmo Ellis has rendered outstanding local public service through WSB Radio. In recognition, he is presented the George Foster Peabody Award for outstanding local radio public service.
1953 Institutional Award for Public Service by a Regional Radio-Television Station For its “Removing the Rust from Radio,” a project which reminded both the broadcasting industry and the public that although the luster of radio may have been dimmed by the newness of a competing medium, its quality and potentialities, if properly handled, are as good, or better, than ever; and also in recognition of “You and Your Health” and other public services during 1953 in the areas of education, religion, and government, the George Foster Peabody Award for outstanding public service by a regional station goes to WSB AM-FM-TV of Atlanta, Georgia.
1951 Institutional Award for Meritorious Regional Public Service by Radio and Television A pioneer in broadcasting, WSB has for thirty years been promoting the best interests of Atlanta, Georgia and the Southeast. With the advent of television, WSB-TV in 1948 took its place alongside WSB AM-FM and quickly became the same kind of leader in video. These stations in 1951, as in previous years, gave a practical demonstration of how radio and television can complement each other in the public interest. Because they are typical of the enterprise and originality of WSB, the Peabody Board cites “The Pastor’s Study” (radio) and “Our World Today” (television), and for the first time makes a joint award in radio and television on a regional basis to WSB of Atlanta.
1946 Outstanding Public Service by a Regional Station: To station WSB of Atlanta, Georgia, and its director, Leonard Reinsch, a Peabody Award for the courage and clear-mindedness in presenting the series, “The Harbor We Seek,” a series which worked to combat juvenile delinquency and which strove to pacify racial intolerance and bigotry when hysteria was riding high.
1940 Institutional Award for Distinguished Public Service Contributions (No commentary given with the 1940 awards)
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