{"id":733,"date":"2023-08-15T20:09:08","date_gmt":"2023-08-15T20:09:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beaweb.org\/awards\/?page_id=733"},"modified":"2026-05-07T18:05:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T18:05:32","slug":"past-recipients","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/beaweb.org\/awards\/library-of-american-broadcasting-foundation-broadcast-historian-awards\/past-recipients\/","title":{"rendered":"Past Recipients"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

LABF Broadcast Historian Awards<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Past Recipients<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

2026 Book Award – The Archivability of Television: Essays on Preservation and Perseverance<\/em>\u00a0by Lauren Bratslavsky, Illinois State University and Elizabeth Peterson, University of Oregon<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2025 Book Award – Gold Dust on the Air: Television Anthology Drama and Midcentury American Culture<\/em> by Molly Schneider, Columbia College Chicago<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2024 Creative Award – Sharing a laugh: The impact of popular culture on the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner<\/em> by Terry Likes, Mississippi State University<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2023 Book Award – Liner Notes for the Revolution: The Intellectual Life of Black Feminist Sound<\/em> by Daphne Brooks<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2022 Book Award – Univision Telemundo and the Rise of Spanish-Language Television in the United States by <\/em><\/a>Craig Allen, Arizona State University<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2020 Book Award – Contested Ground: The Tunnel and the Struggle over Television News in Cold War America by Mike Conway, Indiana University<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2019 Creative Award – Roddenberry\u2019s Trek<\/em> by James Forsher<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2018 Book Award –Six Minutes in Berlin by <\/em>Michael J. Socolow, University of Maine<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2017 Creative Award – Media Matters: Historical Influences Across Popular Culture by Terry Likes, Tennessee State University<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2016 Book Award – A Word from Our Sponsor<\/em> by Cynthia B. Meyers<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Note: If LABF and BEA are unable to select an appropriate candidate in any given year, they reserve the right to cancel the award in that given year.  <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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LABF Broadcast Historian Awards<\/h5>\n\n\n