winners and honorable mentions.
| Recipient
| Area of Excellence
|
| ABC Radio
| Metropolitan Opera. |
| ABC Radio, Elmer Davis
| Reporting and Interpretation of News. |
| ABC Television
| Saturday at the Zoo. |
| Jimmy Durante, NBC Television
| a Personal Award. |
| NBC Radio
| Halls of Ivy. |
| NBC Radio
| The Quick and the Dead. |
| NBC Television
| Zoo Parade. |
| Radio Free Europe
| Contribution to International Understanding. |
| WBBM Radio, Chicago, Illinois
| The Quiet Answer, Public Service by a Regional Station. |
| Honorable Mentions
|
| ABC, Its President, Robert E. Kintner, and his associates, Robert Saudek and Joseph McDonald
| for Their Courageous Stand in Resisting Organized Pressures and Their Reaffirmation of Basic American Principles. |
| CBS Radio
| Hear It Now. |
| Mutual Broadcasting System and United Nations Radio
| Contribution to International Understanding, Pursuit of Peace. |
| Providence Journal, Its Editor and Publisher, Sevellon Brown, and Ben Bagdikian, Reporter
| for the Series of Articles Analyzing the Broadcasts of Top Commentators. |
| WAAM-TV, Baltimore, Maryland
| The Johns Hopkins Science Review. |
| WABF-FM, Ira Hirschmann, New York, New York
| Entertainment (Music). |
| WFPL-FM, Louisville, Kentucky
| Public Service by a Local Station. |
| WNYC Radio, New York, New York
| Contribution to International Understanding for United Nations Coverage. |
| Recipient
| Area of Excellence
|
| ABC Television
| Celanese Theatre. |
| BBC, London, UK, and Alistair Cooke
| Letter from America. |
| CBS Radio
| The Nation's Nightmare. |
| CBS Television, Edward R. Murrow
| See It Now. |
| KPOJ Radio, Portland, Oregon
| Careers Unlimited and Civic Theatre on the Air, Meritorious Local Public Service by Radio. |
| NBC Radio
| Bob and Ray. |
| NBC Television, Gian Carlo Menotti
| Amahl and the Night Visitors. |
| WCAU-TV, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
| What in the World. |
| WQXR Radio, New York, New York
| New York Times Youth Forum. |
| WSB Radio and Television, Atlanta, Georgia
| The Pastor's Study and Our World Today, Meritorious Regional Public Service by Radio and Television. |
| Recipient
| Area of Excellence
|
| BBC Television, London, UK
| Promotion of International Understanding Through Television, Coverage of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. |
| Imogene Coca, NBC Television
| a Personal Award. |
| Gerald W. Johnson, WAAM-TV, Baltimore, Maryland
| a Personal Award. |
| KABC Radio, Los Angeles, California
| Chet Huntley for Radio News. |
| KNXT-TV, Los Angeles, California
| "Cavalcade of Books". |
| Edward R. Murrow, CBS
| a Personal Award. |
| NBC Television
| NBC Television Opera Theatre. |
| NBC Television
| Television Playhouse. |
| NBC Television
| Mr. Wizard. |
| WBAW Radio, Barnwell, South Carolina
| Church of Your Choice, Public Service by a Local Station. |
| WCBS-TV, New York, New York
| Camera Three. |
| WSB Radio and Television, Atlanta, Georgia
| Removing the Rust From Radio and You and Your Health, Public Service by a Regional Radio-Television Station. |
| Recipient
| Area of Excellence
|
| ABC Radio and Television
| The Voice of Firestone. |
| Dr. Frank Baxter, KNXT-TV, Los Angeles, California
| a Personal Award, Television Education. |
| CBS Television
| Lassie. |
| Perry Como, NBC Television
| a Personal Award, Television Entertainment. |
| Douglas Edwards, CBS Television
| a Personal Award, Television News. |
| Jackie Gleason, CBS Television
| a Personal Award, Television Entertainment. |
| Quincy Howe, ABC Radio and Television
| a Personal Award. |
| KIRO Radio, Seattle, Washington
| Democracy is You, Radio Local Public Service. |
| NBC Radio
| Biographies in Sound. |
| NBC Television
| Producers' Showcase. |
| Sylvester L. Weaver, NBC Radio and Television
| a Personal Award for Pioneering Program Concepts. |
| Honorable Mentions
|
| CBS Television
| Omnibus. |
| KFYO Radio, Lubbock, Texas
| Local Public Service. |
| KQED-TV, San Francisco, California
| Television Local Public Service. |
| NBC Television
| Assignment: India. |
| WMT-TV, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
| Television Local Public Service. |
| Recipient
| Area of Excellence
|
| ABC Television, John Charles Daly
| Prologue '58. |
| CBS Radio and Television
| Radio and Television News Including Face the Nation, See It Now, The Twentieth Century, and This is New York. |
| CBS Television
| Captain Kangaroo. |
| CBS Television
| The Last Word. |
| Bob Hope, NBC Television
| a Personal Award. |
| KING-TV, Seattle, Washington
| Wunda. |
| KLZ-TV, Denver, Colorado
| Panorama |
| KPFA-FM, Berkeley, California
| Local Radio Public Service. |
| Louis M. Lyons, WGBH Radio and Television, Boston, Massachusetts
| a Personal Award. |
| NBC Radio and Television
| NBC Educational TV Project, Know Your Schools. |
| NBC Television
| The Dinah Shore Chevy Show. |
| NBC Television
| Hallmark Hall of Fame. |
| Westinghouse Broadcasting Company, Inc.
| Boston Conference on Programming and the High Quality of Its Public Service Broadcasting. |
| WKAR Radio, East Lansing, Michigan
| You Are the Jury. |
| WQED-TV, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
| The Heritage Series. |
| Recipient
| Area of Excellence
|
| ABC Television
| Khrushchev Abroad |
| CBS Radio
| The World Tonight. |
| CBS Television
| The Population Explosion. |
| CBS Television
| The Ed Sullivan Show |
| CBS Television
| Small World. |
| CBS Television, Fred Friendly, and Edward R. Murrow
| The Lost Class of '59. |
| NBC Radio
| Family Living '59. |
| NBC Television
| The Bell Telephone Hour. |
| David Susskind, NBC Television
| a Personal Award for The Moon and Sixpence. |
| Dr. Frank Stanton, CBS Television
| a Personal Award. |
| WCCO Radio, Minneapolis, Minnesota
| Local Public Service. |
| WDSU-TV, New Orleans, Louisiana
| Local Public Service. |
| WGBH-TV and The World Affairs Council of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
| Decisions. |
| WGN-TV, Chicago, Illinois
| Great Music from Chicago. |
| WNTA-TV, Newark, New Jersey
| The Play of the Week. |