ATHENS, Ga., March 21 (UPI) -- British actor Patrick Stewart is to serve as host of the 71st annual George Foster Peabody Awards for broadcasting in New York, organizers said Wednesday.
The winners of the Peabody Awards for original broadcast, cablecast and Web-cast programs presented in 2011 will be announced via Web-cast April 4 from the University of Georgia. The prizes are to be presented May 21 at a ceremony at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in Manhattan.