
ATHENS, Ga., March 25 (UPI) -- Veteran U.S. newsman Brian Williams has been selected to preside over the 67th annual Peabody Awards ceremony in New York City.
The event recognizing the best in broadcast is to take place June 16 at the Waldorf-Astoria.
"Brian Williams is a broadcast journalist who exemplifies on a daily basis the single criterion that defines the Peabody Award -- excellence," Horace Newcomb, director of the Peabody Awards at the University of Georgia, said in a statement. "We are delighted that he will serve as our host and master of ceremonies for the 67th Peabody Awards presentation."
The winners of the Peabody Awards for original broadcast, cablecast and Webcast programs presented in 2007 are to be announced via Webcast and satellite April 2 from the University of Georgia.
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