| Â | Radio | Television |
| 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 | Guglielmo Marconi | |
| 1977 |
Jack Benny |
William S. Paley |
