| Radio | Television | |
| 2022 | Jim Bohannon | "The Price is Right" |
| 2021 | “All Things Considered” | Lester Holt |
| 2020 | John Records Landecker | "America's Funniest Home Videos" |
| 2019 | Cathy Hughes | "FOX NFL Sunday" |
| 2018 | Elvis Duran | "Wheel of Fortune" and "Jeopardy!" |
| 2017 | Delilah | Maria Elena Salinas |
| 2016 | Mike and Mike | Chuck Lorre |
| 2015 | Kevin & Bean | Shonda Rhimes |
| 2014 | Steve Harvey | "Everybody Loves Raymond" |
| 2013 | Dave Ramsey | "American Idol" |
| 2012 | Bob Uecker | Garry Marshall Betty White |
| 2011 | Gerry House | Carsey Werner Company |
| 2010 | Ron Chapman | NBC Sports |
| 2009 | Vin Scully | Bob Newhart |
| 2008 | Larry Lujack | Bob Barker |
| 2007 | Rick Dees | "Meet the Press" |
| 2006 | Dick Purtan | Regis Philbin |
| 2005 | Jack Buck | "The Tonight Show" |
| 2004 | Mormon Tabernacle Choir "Music and the Spoken Word" |
Roger King |
| 2003 | Scott Shannon | "The Wonderful World of Disney" Television Anthology Series |
| 2002 | Dick Orkin | "Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In" |
| 2001 | "Cousin Brucie" Bruce Morrow | Ted Koppel |
| 2000 | Tom Joyner | "Saturday Night Live" |
| 1999 | Wolfman Jack | "All In The Family" |
| 1998 | Rush Limbaugh | Bob Keeshan |
| 1997 | Wally Phillips | "The Today Show" |
| 1996 | Don Imus | "M*A*S*H" |
| 1995 | Gary Owens | Carol Burnett |
| 1994 | Harry Caray | Roone Arledge |
| 1993 | "Grand Ole Opry" | "60 Minutes" |
| 1992 | Larry King | "Star Trek" |
| 1991 | Douglas Edwards | Jerry Lewis |
| 1990 | Charles Osgood Hal Jackson |
"The Honeymooners," Sylvester L. Weaver |
| 1989 | Red Barber Nathan Safir |
Sid Caesar Ernie Kovacs |
| 1988 | Roy Acuff William B. Williams |
Lucille Ball Milton Berle |
| 1987 | Robert Trout Gordon B. McLendon Robert Todd Storz |
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| 1986 | Mel Allen Earl Nightingale |
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| 1985 | Casey Kasem Fred Palmer |
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| 1984 | Red Skelton Bob Elliot and Ray Goulding |
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| 1983 | Chester Lauck and Norris Goff (Lum and Abner) Benny Goodman |
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| 1982 | Edgar Bergen Don McNeill |
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| 1981 | Ronald Reagan Kate Smith |
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| 1980 | Bing Crosby George Burns |
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| 1979 | Paul Harvey Orson Welles |
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| 1978 | Arthur Godfrey Jim and Marian Jordan (Fibber McGee and Molly) Walter Winchell Guglielmo Marconi |
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| 1977 |
Jack Benny Fred Allen Lowell Thomas Edward Murrow Milton Cross David Sarnoff Ted Husing Edwin Armstrong Herbert Hoover Gene Autry Freeman S. Gosden and Charles J. Correll (Amos and Andy) Bob Hope Graham McNamee |
William S. Paley |
