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Presentation of the Peabody Awards for outstanding public service via radio. Includes a moving and funny tribute to WNYC by City Council President Newbold Morris.

Speakers include:
J.Harold Ryan, NAB President (partial)
Dean John E. Drewry, Dean of the Henry W. Grady School of Journalism at the University of Georgia
Paul A. Porter, FCC chairman
Newbold Morris, City Council President
Morris Novik, station manager

Awardees include Colonel Edward Kirby and WNYC

Rundown: J.Harold Ryan, NAB President (partial)
Dean John E. Drewry, Dean of the Henry W. Grady School of Journalism at the University of Georgia
Paul A. Porter, FCC chairman
Newbold Morris, City Council President, in lieu of Mayor La Guardia, with a moving and funny eulogy to the city's station
Morris Novik, station manager

Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection

WNYC archives id: 73617
Municipal archives id: LT2587