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| YEAR AND SITE |
PRESIDENT |
MEMBERSHIP |
CONFERENCE
ATTENDANCE |
PRESS
ATTENDANCE |
EXHIBITORS |
AWARDS |
May 1964
New York |
Temporary President:
Stan Cohen
WDSU, New Orleans |
64 |
71 |
none |
none |
none |
May 1965
New York |
Stan Cohen
WDSU, New Orleans |
87 |
100 |
none |
none |
First Man of the Year Award:
Bob Keeshan (Captain
Kangaroo) |
| May 1966 Chicago |
Roy A. Smith
WLAC, Nashville |
100 |
106 |
none |
none |
Man of the Year:
David Wolper |
May 1967
New York |
John Haldi
WBNS, Columbus |
129 |
114 |
none |
none |
Man of the Year:
Fred Friendly |
Feb. 1968
New Orleans |
Peter Kizer, WOOD, Grand Rapids |
139 |
129 |
none |
none |
Man of the Year:
Ed Sullivan
Introduction of the Program Excellence Awards |
Feb. 1969
Los Angeles |
Lew Klein, WFIL, Philadelphia |
168 |
180 |
2 |
none |
Man of the Year:
Rowan & Martin
2nd annual Program Excellence Awards
1st scholarship award granted |
Feb. 1970
Miami |
Ian Harrower, WWJ, Detroit |
210 |
326 |
6 |
none |
Man of the Year:
Walter Cronkite
3rd annual Program Excellence Awards
2 scholarship awards established |
Feb. 1971
Houston |
Herb Victor, KGO, San Francisco |
245 |
403 |
11 |
none |
Man of the Year:
Roone Arledge
4th annual Program Excellence Awards |
Feb. 1972
San Francisco |
John Comos, WSJS, Winston- Salem |
280 |
532 |
15 |
none |
Man of the Year:
Carroll O’Connor
5th annual Program Excellence Awards |
Feb. 1973
New Orleans |
Allen Sternberg, WCKT, Miami |
320 |
804 |
19 |
none |
Man of the Year:
Mike Douglas
6th annual Program Excellence Awards |
Feb. 1974
Los Angeles |
Harry Twigg, WMAQ, Chicago |
455 |
1,101 |
31 |
none |
Man of the Year:
Earl Hammer, Jr.
7th annual Program Excellence Awards |
Feb. 1975
Atlanta |
James A. Ferguson, WAGA, Atlanta |
592 |
1,352 |
32 |
none |
Man of the Year, now called Person of the Year:
Barbara Walters
8th annual Program Excellence Awards |
Feb. 1976
San Francisco |
Marvin A. Chauvin, WOTV, Grand Rapids |
702 |
1.891 |
42 |
none |
Person of the Year:
Dinah Shore
Scholarship awards now titled Lee Waller Memorial Scholarship
Awards
9th annual Program Excellence Awards |
Feb. 1977
Miami |
Phil Boyer, ABC O&O stations, New York |
835 |
2,204 |
51 |
none |
Person of the Year:
Fred Silverman
10th annual Program Excellence Awards now called the Iris Awards |
Feb. 1978
Los Angeles |
Jim Major, WJBK, Detroit |
919 |
2,819 |
56 |
none |
NATPE Educational Foundation formed
Person of the Year:
Jerry Lewis
Lee Waller Memorial Scholarship Awards increased from 2 to 4
11th annual Iris Awards |
Mar. 1979
Las Vegas |
A. R. Van Cantfort, WSB, Atlanta |
1,175 |
3,380 |
71 |
225 |
Person of the Year changed to Award of the Year:
Bob Hope
Lee Waller and Mort Rosenman Scholarship Awards
12th annual Iris Awards |
Feb. 1980
San Francisco |
Chuck Gingold, WABC, New York |
1,206 |
3,939 |
79 |
251 |
Award of the Year:
Carol Burnett
First annual President’s Award: Lew Klein
12th Lee Walker and Mort Rosenman Scholarship Awards |
Feb. 1981
New York |
Lucille Salhany, Taft Broadcasting, Cincinnati |
1,391 |
5,440 |
278 |
261
(22 floor) |
Award of the Year:
Phil Donahue
President’s Award: Lionel Van Deerlin
13th annual Lee Walker and Mort Rosenman Scholarship Awards
14th annual Iris Awards |
Mar. 1982
Las Vegas |
Steve Currie, KOIN, Portland |
1,429 |
5,551 |
259 |
262
(55 floor) |
Award of the Year:
Lucille Ball
President’s Award: Donald H. Mcgannon
14th annual Waller and Rosenman Internship and Scholarship Awards
15th annual Iris Awards |
Feb. 1983
Las Vegas |
Chuck Larsen, WABC (and Almi Program Productions), New York
Phil Corvo new Executive Director |
1,585 |
5,927 |
271 |
243
(75 floor) |
Award of the Year:
Garry Marshall
President’s Award: William S. Paley and Sol Taishoff
16th annual Iris Awards |
Feb. 1984
San Francisco |
Stan Marinoff, WISN, Milwaukee |
1,606 |
6,387 |
278 |
211 |
First year of Faculty Development Grants (replaces Scholarship
Internship Awards)
Sponsored by Educational Foundation
Award of the Year:
Johnny Carson
President’s Award: Elton H. Rule and Dick Clark
17th annual Iris Awards |
Jan. 1985
San Francisco |
John Von Soosten, KATZ Television, New York |
1,631 |
6,882 |
291 |
225 (119,000 sq ft) |
Award of the Year:
Alan Alda
President’s Award: Robert M. Bennett and James H. Quello
18th annual Iris Awards |
Jan. 1986
New Orleans |
Bob Jones, KYW, Philadelphia |
1,739 |
7,125 |
306 |
259 (180,000 sq ft) |
Award of the Year:
Jackie Gleason
President’s Award: KING-TV, Seattle and WBTV, Charlotte
and
WCCO, Minneapolis/St. Paul
19th annual Iris Awards |
Jan. 1987
New Orleans |
David Simon, Fox Television Stations, Los Angeles |
1,771 |
7,836 |
297 |
257 (204,000 sq ft) |
Award of the Year:
Norman Lear
NATPE office moves to Los Angeles in August
President’s Award: BBC, NBC and Bob Bernstein
20th annual Iris Awards |
Feb. 1988
Houston |
Deb McDermott, WKRN, Nashville |
1,778 |
7,534 |
350 |
225 (245,000 sq ft) |
Award of the Year:
Hanna & Barbera
President’s Award: Carl Russell
21st annual Iris Awards |
Jan. 1989
Houston |
Position of President becomes Chairman: Joe Weber, MMT Sales,
New York
` Position of Executive Director becomes President: Phil Corvo |
1,782 |
7,874 |
650 |
228 (240,000 sq ft) |
Award of the Year:
Merv Griffin
President’s Award changed to Chairman’s Award: Sheldon
Leonard
22nd annual Iris Awards |
Jan. 1990
New Orleans |
Lon Lee, KCNC, Denver |
1,818 |
8,574 |
463 |
230 (232,000 sq ft) |
Award of the Year retitled to Lifetime Achievement Award: Betty
White
Chairman’s Award: Joel Chaseman and George Heinemann
23rd annual Iris Awards |
Jan. 1991
New Orleans |
Vicky Gregorian, WHLL, Boston |
1,882 |
8,915 |
384 |
277 (245,000 sq ft) |
Lifetime Achievement Award: Dick Clark
1st Educational Foundation Award: Nancy Claster
Chairman’s Award: Children’s Television Workshop
24th annual Iris Awards |
Jan. 1992
New Orleans |
Rick Reeves, WTAJ, Altoona |
1,670 |
8,674 |
437 |
274 (244,000 sq ft) |
Lifetime Achievement Award: Andy Griffith
Educational Foundation Award: Alex Haley
Chairman’s Award: Fred Ziv
25th annual Iris Awards |
Jan. 1993
San Francisco |
Pat Patton, KMBC, Kansas City |
1,868 |
10,450 |
696 |
295 (258,000 sq ft) |
Lifetime Achievement Award: Milton Berle
Educational Foundation Award: Ken Burns
Chairman’s Award: Don Hall
26th annual Iris Awards |
Jan. 1994
Miami Beach |
Chairman: Lou Gattozzi, WJW, Cleveland
New President: Bruce Johansen |
2,161 |
11,650 |
847 |
392 (294,000 sq ft) |
Lifetime Achievement Award: Jim Henson (posthumously)
Education Foundation Award: Charles Kuralt
Chairman’s Award: Phil Corvo
27th annual Iris Awards |
Jan. 1995
Las Vegas, Sands Expo Center/ Mirage Hotel |
Russ Myerson, The Game Show Network, Los Angeles |
2,265 |
15,750 |
395 |
490 (350,000 sq ft) |
Exhibitors: 490 (350,000 sq ft)
Lifetime Achievement Award: Aaron Spelling
Educational Foundation Award: Norman Lear
Chairman’s Award: Rupert Murdoch
28th annual Iris Awards |
Jan. 1996
Las Vegas (22-25) |
Carolyn Worford, WJBK-TV, Detroit |
2,728 |
17,694 |
1,218 |
|
Lifetime Achievement Award: Thomas S. Murphy
Educational Foundation Award: National Geographic Society,
accepted by Gibert M. Grosvenor, President/Chairman
Chairman’s Award: Kay Koplovitz
29th annual Iris Awards |
Jan. 1997
New Orleans (13-16) |
Jayne Adair, KDKA-TV, Pittsburgh |
2,641 |
16,700 |
900 |
670 (400,000 sq ft) |
Lifetime Achievement Award: Carl Reiner
Educational Foundation Award: Mobil Corporation, accepted by Robert
J. O’Leary,
member of Mobil Corporation’s Senior Executive Committee
Chairman’s Award: Fred Rogers
30th annual Iris Awards |
Jan. 1998
New Orleans (19-22) |
Greg Meidel, Universal Television Group, Los Angeles |
2,816 |
17,250 |
1,326 |
700 (407,000 sq ft) |
Lifetime Achievement Award: Grant Tinker
Educational Foundation Award: David L. Wolper
Chairman’s Award: James H. Quello
31st annual Iris Awards |
Jan.1999
New Orleans (25-28) |
Nick Trigony, Cox Broadcasting, Atlanta |
3,977 |
17,440 |
1,162 |
715 (417,000 sq ft) |
Creative Achievement Award: Ron Howard and Brian Grazer, Imagine
Entertainment
Chairman’s Award: John G. Conomikes |
Jan. 2000
New Orleans (24-27) |
Susan Grant, CNN Newsource, Atlanta |
3,812 |
17,520 |
943 |
780 (415,000 sq ft) |
Creative Achievement Award: Merv Griffin
Chairman’s Award: Sid Caesar |
Jan. 2001
Las Vegas (22-25) |
Steve Mosko, Columbia TriStar Television Distribution, Los Angeles |
|
20,348 |
1,089 |
870 (451,000 sq ft) |
Chairman’s Award: Jerry Seinfeld |
Jan. 2002
Las Vegas (21-24) |
Jon Mandel, MediaCom, New York |
|
10,125 |
538 |
553 (140,000 sq ft) |
Chairman’s Award: Ted Koppel |
Jan. 2003
New Orleans, (20-23) |
Tony Vinciquerra, Fox Networks Group, Los Angeles |
|
7,143 |
391 |
350 (128,000 sq ft) |
Chairman’s Award: Rep. W.J. “Billy” Tauzin,
U.S. House of Representative (R-La) |
Jan. 2004
Las Vegas (18-20) |
Peggy Kelly, Universal McCann, New York |
|
6,515 |
448 |
353 (180,000 sq ft) |
Legacy Awards:
Gail Berman, Mark Burnett,
Marcy Carsey, Tom Werner and Caryn Mandabach, and
Ken Lowe |
Jan. 2005
Las Vegas (25-27) |
Stephen J. Davis, Granada America, New York & John Weiser,
Sony Pictures Television, Culver City |
|
7,314 |
565 |
361 (170,000 sq ft) |
Legacy Awards:
Carole Black, James Burrows and Dick Wolf |
Jan. 2006
Las Vegas (24-26) |
Stephen J. Davis, InfoSpace, Los Angeles & John Weiser,
Sony Pictures Television, Culver City |
|
7,515 |
476 |
365 (190,000 sq ft) |
Legacy Awards:
Stephen Bochco, Marc Cherry and Pat Mitchell |
Jan. 2007
Las Vegas (15-18) |
Stephen J. Davis, InfoSpace, Los Angeles & Emerson Coleman,
Hearst-Argyle Television, New York |
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