THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS AWARD RECIPIENTS
| YEAR | RECIPIENTS |
| 2003-04 | Johnie Roth, Jr. |
| 2002-03 | No Award Given |
| 2001-02 | Millard James Watkins, III |
| 2000-01 | Steve Affens (Posthumously) and MacMcGarry |
| 1999-00 | Terry A. Zahn (Posthumously) |
| 1998-99 | Sandra Pastoor |
| 1997-98 | John Carmody |
| 1996-97 | John D. Hillis and Sharon Percy Rockefeller |
| 1995-96 | Khalim Piankhi |
| 1994-95 | No Award Given |
| 1993-94 | Thursa Crittenden Thomas |
| 1992-93 | Sandra Butler-Jones |
| 1991-92 | Dept. of Television Production (Gallaudet University) |
| 1990-91 | Harry Davis's "Broadcast Factory" |
| 1989-90 | Ward Chamberlin, Jr. |
| 1988-89 | No Award Given |
| 1987-88 | No Award Given |
| 1986-87 | Betty Endicott |
| 1985-86 | No Award Given |
| 1984-85 | Ronald Townsend |
| 1983-84 | Thomas Cookerly |
| 1982-83 | Joel Chaseman |
| 1981-82 | No Award Given |
| 1980-81 | Elizabeth Campbell |
| 1979-80 | Edward F. Ryan and Holly Fine |
| 1978-79 | Unknown If Any Award Given |
| 1977-78 | Unknown If Any Award Given |
| 1976-77 | Jim Snyder |
| 1975-76 | Len Deibert |
| 1974-75 | Unknown If Any Award Given |
| 1973-74 | Bryson Rash |
| 1972-73 | Ford Foundation |
| 1971-72 | Robert Rogers |
| 1970-71 | William McCarter |
| 1969-70 | Unknown If Any Award Given |
| 1968-69 | Urban Broadcast Workshop |
| 1967-68 | Vincent R. Wasilwesky |
| 1966-67 | Ted Yates |
| 1965-66 | Unknown If Any Award Given |
| 1964-65 | Unknown If Any Award Given |
| 1963-64 | Unknown If Any Award Given |
| 1962-63 | Father William P. Anderson |
| 1961-62 | WETA-TV |