1944Peabody Award — Music and the Spoken Word for Outstanding Entertainment in Music1961Peabody Award — Music and the Spoken Word — "Let Freedom Ring" 　　1981Freedoms Foundation's George Washington Award — Music and the Spoken Word — Fourth of July Broadcast1988Freedoms Foundation's George Washington Award 　　2003International Radio and Television Society Foundation's Special Recognition AwardChorus America's Margaret Hillis Award for Choral Excellence2004Library of Congress' National Recording Registry — Handel's Messiah (1959)2006Mother Teresa Award 　　2010National Radio Hall of Fame — Music and the Spoken Word