| YEAR AND SITE | BOARD CHAIR | CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE | PRESS ATTENDANCE | EXHIBITORS | AWARDS |
| May 1964 New York |
Temporary President: Stan Cohen WDSU, New Orleans |
71 | none | none | none |
| May 1965 New York |
Stan Cohen WDSU, New Orleans | 100 | none | none | First Man of the Year Award: Bob Keeshan (Captain Kangaroo) |
| May 1966 Chicago | Roy A. Smith WLAC, Nashville | 106 | none | none | Man of the Year: David Wolper |
| May 1967 New York |
John Haldi WBNS, Columbus | 114 | none | none | Man of the Year: Fred Friendly |
| Feb. 1968 New Orleans |
Peter Kizer, WOOD, Grand Rapids | 129 | none | none | Man of the Year: Ed Sullivan Introduction of the Program Excellence Awards |
| Feb. 1969 Los Angeles |
Lew Klein, WFIL, Philadelphia | 180 | 2 | none | Man of the Year: Rowan & Martin 2nd annual Program Excellence Awards 1st scholarship award granted |
| Feb. 1970 Miami |
Ian Harrower, WWJ, Detroit | 326 | 6 | none | Man of the Year: Walter Cronkite 3rd annual Program Excellence Awards 2 scholarship awards established |
| Feb. 1971 Houston |
Herb Victor, KGO, San Francisco | 403 | 11 | none | Man of the Year: Roone Arledge 4th annual Program Excellence Awards |
| Feb. 1972 San Francisco |
John Comos, WSJS, Winston- Salem | 532 | 15 | none | Man of the Year: Carroll ‘Connor 5th annual Program Excellence Awards |
| Feb. 1973 New Orleans |
Allen Sternberg, WCKT, Miami | 804 | 19 | none | Man of the Year: Mike Douglas 6th annual Program Excellence Awards |
| Feb. 1974 Los Angeles |
Harry Twigg, WMAQ, Chicago | 1,101 | 31 | none | Man of the Year: Earl Hammer, Jr. 7th annual Program Excellence Awards |
| Feb. 1975 Atlanta |
James A. Ferguson, WAGA, Atlanta | 1,352 | 32 | none | Man of the Year, now called Person of the Year: Barbara Walters 8th annual Program Excellence Awards |
| Feb. 1976 San Francisco |
Marvin A. Chauvin, WOTV, Grand Rapids | 1.891 | 42 | none | Person of the Year: Dinah Shore Scholarship awards now titled Lee Waller Memorial Scholarship Awards 9th annual Program Excellence Awards |
| Feb. 1977 Miami |
Phil Boyer, ABC O&O stations, New York | 2,204 | 51 | none | Person of the Year: Fred Silverman 10th annual Program Excellence Awards now called the Iris Awards |
| Feb. 1978 Los Angeles |
Jim Major, WJBK, Detroit | 2,819 | 56 | none | NATPE Educational Foundation formed Person of the Year: Jerry Lewis Lee Waller Memorial Scholarship Awards increased from 2 to 4 11th annual Iris Awards |
| Mar. 1979 Las Vegas |
A. R. Van Cantfort, WSB, Atlanta | 3,380 | 71 | 225 | Person of the Year changed to Award of the Year: Bob Hope Lee Waller and Mort Rosenman Scholarship Awards 12th annual Iris Awards |
| Feb. 1980 San Francisco |
Chuck Gingold, WABC, New York | 3,939 | 79 | 251 | Award of the Year: Carol Burnett First annual President’s Award: Lew Klein 12th Lee Walker and Mort Rosenman Scholarship Awards |
| Feb. 1981 New York |
Lucille Salhany, Taft Broadcasting, Cincinnati | 5,440 | 278 | 261 (22 floor) | Award of the Year: Phil Donahue President’s Award: Lionel Van Deerlin 13th annual Lee Walker and Mort Rosenman Scholarship Awards 14th annual Iris Awards |
| Mar. 1982 Las Vegas |
Steve Currie, KOIN, Portland | 5,551 | 259 | 262 (55 floor) | Award of the Year: Lucille Ball President’s Award: Donald H. Mcgannon 14th annual Waller and Rosenman Internship and Scholarship Awards 15th annual Iris Awards |
| Feb. 1983 Las Vegas |
Chuck Larsen, WABC (and Almi Program Productions), New York Phil Corvo new Executive Director | 5,927 | 271 | 243 (75 floor) | Award of the Year: Garry Marshall President’s Award: William S. Paley and Sol Taishoff 16th annual Iris Awards |
| Feb. 1984 San Francisco |
Stan Marinoff, WISN, Milwaukee | 6,387 | 278 | 211 | First year of Faculty Development Grants (replaces Scholarship Internship Awards) Sponsored by Educational Foundation Award of the Year: Johnny Carson President’s Award: Elton H. Rule and Dick Clark 17th annual Iris Awards |
| Jan. 1985 San Francisco |
John Von Soosten, KATZ Television, New York | 6,882 | 291 | 225 (119,000 sq ft) | Award of the Year: Alan Alda President’s Award: Robert M. Bennett and James H. Quello 18th annual Iris Awards |
| Jan. 1986 New Orleans |
Bob Jones, KYW, Philadelphia | 7,125 | 306 | 259 (180,000 sq ft) | Award of the Year: Jackie Gleason President’s Award: KING-TV, Seattle and WBTV, Charlotte and WCCO, Minneapolis/St. Paul 19th annual Iris Awards |
| Jan. 1987 New Orleans |
David Simon, Fox Television Stations, Los Angeles | 7,836 | 297 | 257 (204,000 sq ft) | Award of the Year: Norman Lear NATPE office moves to Los Angeles in August President’s Award: BBC, NBC and Bob Bernstein 20th annual Iris Awards |
| Feb. 1988 Houston |
Deb McDermott, WKRN, Nashville | 7,534 | 350 | 225 (245,000 sq ft) | Award of the Year: Hanna & Barbera President’s Award: Carl Russell 21st annual Iris Awards |
| Jan. 1989 Houston |
Position of President becomes Chairman: Joe Weber, MMT Sales, New York ` Position of Executive Director becomes President: Phil Corvo | 7,874 | 650 | 228 (240,000 sq ft) | Award of the Year: Merv Griffin President’s Award changed to Chairman’s Award: Sheldon Leonard 22nd annual Iris Awards |
| Jan. 1990 New Orleans |
Lon Lee, KCNC, Denver | 8,574 | 463 | 230 (232,000 sq ft) | Award of the Year retitled to Lifetime Achievement Award: Betty White Chairman’s Award: Joel Chaseman and George Heinemann 23rd annual Iris Awards |
| Jan. 1991 New Orleans |
Vicky Gregorian, WHLL, Boston | 8,915 | 384 | 277 (245,000 sq ft) | Lifetime Achievement Award: Dick Clark 1st Educational Foundation Award: Nancy Claster Chairman’s Award: Children’s Television Workshop 24th annual Iris Awards |
| Jan. 1992 New Orleans |
Rick Reeves, WTAJ, Altoona | 8,674 | 437 | 274 (244,000 sq ft) | Lifetime Achievement Award: Andy Griffith Educational Foundation Award: Alex Haley Chairman’s Award: Fred Ziv 25th annual Iris Awards |
| Jan. 1993 San Francisco |
Pat Patton, KMBC, Kansas City | 10,450 | 696 | 295 (258,000 sq ft) | Lifetime Achievement Award: Milton Berle Educational Foundation Award: Ken Burns Chairman’s Award: Don Hall 26th annual Iris Awards |
| Jan. 1994 Miami Beach |
Chairman: Lou Gattozzi, WJW, Cleveland New President: Bruce Johansen | 11,650 | 847 | 392 (294,000 sq ft) | Lifetime Achievement Award: Jim Henson (posthumously) Education Foundation Award: Charles Kuralt Chairman’s Award: Phil Corvo 27th annual Iris Awards |
| Jan. 1995 Las Vegas, Sands Expo Center/ Mirage Hotel |
Russ Myerson, The Game Show Network, Los Angeles | 15,750 | 395 | 490 (350,000 sq ft) | Exhibitors: 490 (350,000 sq ft) Lifetime Achievement Award: Aaron Spelling Educational Foundation Award: Norman Lear Chairman’s Award: Rupert Murdoch 28th annual Iris Awards |
| Jan. 1996 Las Vegas (22-25) |
Carolyn Worford, WJBK-TV, Detroit | 17,694 | 1,218 | Lifetime Achievement Award: Thomas S. Murphy Educational Foundation Award: National Geographic Society, accepted by Gibert M. Grosvenor, President/Chairman Chairman’s Award: Kay Koplovitz 29th annual Iris Awards | |
| Jan. 1997 New Orleans (13-16) |
Jayne Adair, KDKA-TV, Pittsburgh | 16,700 | 900 | 670 (400,000 sq ft) | Lifetime Achievement Award: Carl Reiner Educational Foundation Award: Mobil Corporation, accepted by Robert J. O’Leary, member of Mobil Corporation’s Senior Executive Committee Chairman’s Award: Fred Rogers 30th annual Iris Awards |
| Jan. 1998 New Orleans (19-22) |
Greg Meidel, Universal Television Group, Los Angeles | 17,250 | 1,326 | 700 (407,000 sq ft) | Lifetime Achievement Award: Grant Tinker Educational Foundation Award: David L. Wolper Chairman’s Award: James H. Quello 31st annual Iris Awards |
| Jan.1999 New Orleans (25-28) |
Nick Trigony, Cox Broadcasting, Atlanta | 17,440 | 1,162 | 715 (417,000 sq ft) | Creative Achievement Award: Ron Howard and Brian Grazer, Imagine Entertainment Chairman’s Award: John G. Conomikes |
| Jan. 2000 New Orleans (24-27) |
Susan Grant, CNN Newsource, Atlanta | 17,520 | 943 | 780 (415,000 sq ft) | Creative Achievement Award: Merv Griffin Chairman’s Award: Sid Caesar |
| Jan. 2001 Las Vegas (22-25) |
Steve Mosko, Columbia TriStar Television Distribution, Los Angeles | 20,348 | 1,089 | 870 (451,000 sq ft) | Chairman’s Award: Jerry Seinfeld |
| Jan. 2002 Las Vegas (21-24) |
Jon Mandel, MediaCom, New York | 10,125 | 538 | 553 (140,000 sq ft) | Chairman’s Award: Ted Koppel |
| Jan. 2003 New Orleans, (20-23) |
Tony Vinciquerra, Fox Networks Group, Los Angeles | 7,143 | 391 | 350 (128,000 sq ft) | Chairman’s Award: Rep. W.J. Billy Tauzin, U.S. House of Representative (R-La) |
| Jan. 2004 Las Vegas (18-20) |
Peggy Kelly, Universal McCann, New York | 6,515 | 448 | 353 (180,000 sq ft) | Legacy Award: Gail Berman, Mark Burnett, Marcy Carsey, Tom Werner and Caryn Mandabach, and Ken Lowe |
| Jan. 2005 Las Vegas (25-27) |
Stephen J. Davis, Granada America, New York & John Weiser, Sony Pictures Television, Culver City | 7,314 | 565 | 361 (170,000 sq ft) | Legacy Award: Carole Black, James Burrows and Dick Wolf |
| Jan. 2006 Las Vegas (24-26) |
Stephen J. Davis, InfoSpace, Los Angeles & John Weiser, Sony Pictures Television, Culver City | 7,515 | 476 | 365 (190,000 sq ft) | Legacy Award: Stephen Bochco, Marc Cherry and Pat Mitchell |
| Jan. 2007 Las Vegas (15-18) |
Stephen J. Davis, InfoSpace, Los Angeles & Emerson Coleman, Hearst-Argyle Television, New York | N/A | Legacy Award: Stephen J. Cannell, Bonnie Hammer, Harry Friedman, Anthony E. Zuiker | ||
| Jan. 2008 Las Vegas (28-31) |
Co-Chairs Kevin Beggs, Lionsgate and Roma Khanna, (formerly) NBC Universal International | N/A | Legacy Award: Mark Itkin, Peter Roth, Nancy Tellem, Bob Wright | ||
| Jan. 2009 Las Vegas (26-29) |
Co-Chairs Kevin Beggs, Lionsgate and Roma Khanna, (formerly) NBC Universal International | N/A | Legacy Award: Chuck Lorre, Tyler Perry, Ben Silverman, Anne Sweeney | ||
| Jan. 2010 Las Vegas (25-27) |
Kevin Beggs, Lionsgate | N/A | Legacy Award: Jeff Gaspin, David E. Kelley, Irwin Gotleib, Judge Judith Sheindlin || Digital Luminary Awards: Hearst Television, Inc., Google Android, The Guild, Omneon, Xbox LIVE | ||
| Jan. 2011 Miami (24-26) |
Jordan Levin, Generate & Chris Grant, Electus | 4,900 | Legacy Award: Dick Ebersol, Mary Hart, Regis Philbin, Gerhard Zeiler || Digital Luminary Awards: ControlTV, IKEA, The LXD, Gary Vaynerchuk, AOL | ||
| Jan. 2012 Miami (25-28) |
Jordan Levin, Generate & Chris Grant, Electus | 5,000 | Legacy Award: Cecile Frot-Coutaz, Fernando Gaitán, Dennis Swanson, Matthew Weiner || Digital Luminary Awards: NASA: Juno, Leap Year, Yahoo!, Charlie Todd, Wainy Days, Aim High | ||
| Jan. 2013 Miami (28-30) |
Jordan Levin, Generate | 5,000 | Legacy Award: Steve Levitan, John Langley, Debra Lee, Herbert Kloiber | ||
| Jan. 2014 Miami (27-29) |
Jordan Levin, Generate | 5,000 | Legacy Award: Emilio Azcarraga Jean, James L. Brooks, Jon Feltheimer, Lauren Zalaznick | ||
| Jan. 2015 Miami (20-22) |
Jordan Levin, NFL | 5,000 | Legacy Award: Linda Bell Blue, Gustavo Cisneros and Adriana Cisneros, Jay Leno, Jonathan Murray, Ted Sarandos | ||
| Jan. 2016 Miami (27-29) |
Kevin Beggs, Lionsgate Entertainment | 5,500 | Legacy Award: Steve Harvey, Doug Herzog, Quincy Jones, Sophie Turner Laing and Norman Lear | ||
| Jan. 2017 Miami (16-18) |
Kevin Beggs, Lionsgate Entertainment | 5,000 | Legacy Award: Dana Walden, Gary Newman, Josh Sapan, Susanne Daniels, Randy Falco, and Eva Longoria |
