THE TED YATES AWARD
| YEAR | RECIPIENTS |
| 2003-04 | Scorchy Tawes, WBOC TV |
| 2002-03 | John Aubuchon, Maryland Public TV |
| 2001-02 | Don Watrud, WTTG |
| 2000-01 | No Award Given |
| 1999-00 | Charlie Uchima (Posthumously) |
| 1998-99 | Samara Martin Ewing |
| 1997-98 | Angela Mason |
| 1996-97 | Barbara Harrison |
| 1995-96 | Bob Ryan |
| 1994-95 | JC Hayward |
| 1993-94 | Myrna Statland |
| 1992-93 | Jim Vance |
| 1991-92 | Maureen Bunyan |
| 1990-91 | Roberta Baskin |
| 1989-90 | Steven C. Affens |
| 1988-89 | Ed Turney |
| 1987-88 | Kline Mengle |
| 1986-87 | John Goldsmith |
| 1985-86 | Ellen Kingsley |
| 1984-85 | Gordon Peterson |
| 1983-84 | Bruce Johnson |
| 1982-83 | Carl Rowan |
| 1981-82 | Paul Berry |
| 1980-81 | No Award Given |
| 1979-80 | Lea Thompson |
| 1978-79 | Unknown If Any Award Given |
| 1977-78 | Unknown If Any Award Given |
| 1976-77 | Unknown If Any Award Given |
| 1975-76 | Mike Buchanan |
| 1974-75 | Carl Stern |
| 1973-74 | Jim Clarke |
| 1972-73 | Unknown If Any Award Given |
| 1971-72 | National Geographic Society |
| 1970-71 | Joseph McCaffery |
| 1969-70 | The Late Paul Niven |
| 1968-69 | Jim Karayn |
| 1967-68 | Harold W. Walker |