Peabody Awards to Be Announced April 5 Via Satellite Video Feed and Webcast

Peabody Awards to Be Announced April 5 Via Satellite Video Feed and Webcast

WHAT: 65th Annual George Foster Peabody Awards winners
announcement, honoring excellence in electronic media in 2005

The Peabody Awards recognize distinguished achievement and
meritorious public service by stations, networks, producing
organizations and individuals. They perpetuate the memory of the
banker-philanthropist whose name they bear. The awards program,
established in 1940 and administered by the University of
Georgia's Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication, is
the oldest honor in electronic media.

Jon Stewart, award-winning host of Comedy Central's "The Daily
Show with Jon Stewart," will host the awards ceremony on Monday,
June 5, 2006 at the Waldorf-Astoria in New York.

WHO: Horace Newcomb, Peabody Awards Director Peter Fiddick, Peabody
Awards Board Chair

WHEN: Wednesday, April 5 at 9:00 a.m. ET

WHERE: The University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.

Announcement and clips of the winners will be available via
satellite and webcast.

Satellite/Webcast Schedule:

8:30 - 8:45 a.m. Satellite test
8:45 - 9:00 a.m. Graphics
9:00 - 10:00 a.m. Winners Announcement (clip reel immediately following
announcement)

Satellite Coordinates:
Galaxy 11, (KU Analog)
Transponder K-15
Downlink Frequency: 12000 MHz (H)

Webcast: http://www.peabody.uga.edu/ or http://www.prnewswire.com/

PR CONTACTS: Stephanie Baumoel at FerenComm for Peabody Awards,
(212) 983-9898, stephanieb@ferencomm.com, or Noel Holston for Peabody
Awards, (706) 542-8983, nholston@uga.edu .

PRNewswire -- March 31

Source: Peabody Awards

Web site: http://www.peabody.uga.edu/
http://www.prnewswire.com/

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