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The '''Peabody Awards''' are an annual honor named after George Foster Peabody.  The awards are administered for excellence in [[radio]] and [[television]] broadcasting and were first given out in 1941.  Initially, the award was only merited in the field of radio but in 1948, television awards were introduced and in the 1990s a World Wide Web category was added.

The '''Peabody Awards''' are an annual honor named after George Foster Peabody.  The awards are administered for excellence in [[radio]] and [[television]] broadcasting and were first given out in 1941.  Initially, the award was only merited in the field of radio but in 1948, television awards were introduced and in the 1990s a [[World Wide Web]] category was added.

The Peabody Award is regarded as the highest achievement in broadcast [[journalism]] and is significant as the first major honor to be given out for work in electronic media.<ref>http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,765429,00.html</ref>

The Peabody Award is regarded as the highest achievement in broadcast [[journalism]] and is significant as the first major honor to be given out for work in electronic media.<ref>http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,765429,00.html</ref>