| 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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