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KCBS picked up seven trophies to lead the pack of winners at the 59th annual Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards.
Four of the CBS-owned station's awards were shared with sister station KCAL, which individually earned one additional Emmy.
Other top winners at the ceremony, which took place Saturday at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre in North Hollywood, were PBS affiliate KCET and NBC O&O KNBC, which received six Emmys apiece. That marked the most Emmys KCET has won in a single year.
Fox-owned KTTV, which led the nominees going in with 17 mentions, nabbed two awards.
KCBS won in two categories for regularly scheduled daily news: 35-minute-and-under newscast and daytime newscast. Tribune-owned KTLA won for newscast over 35 minutes.
The KCBS/KCAL news team took the Emmy for live coverage of an unscheduled news event with "The Esperanza Fire," while KCBS/KCAL reporter Lisa Joyner and producer Kimberly McWatt won the news feature reporting category.
Meanwhile, KNBC reporter Joel Grover and producer Matt Goldberg won the Emmy for hard news reporting, while the sports reporting Emmy went to reporter Curt Sandoval and producers Dae Ho Suk and Jeff MacIntyre of ABC-owned KABC.
Armando Acevedo of Univision affiliate KMEX was named outstanding news director.
KCET's wins included an Emmy in the crime/social issues category for "California Connected," which was was canceled this year because of funding issues. The segment that won was titled "War Stories From Ward 7-D" from producer Jonathan Dann, reporter-producer Lisa McRee and executive producer Bret Marcus.
Among KTTV's wins were the Emmy for news special for "Forgotten Footprints: The Hunted Children of Uganda," from producer-hosts Cristy Fajardo and Elizabeth Espinosa.
Also at the Emmy ceremony, the Los Angeles Area Governors Award was presented to Telemundo station KVEA's "Mejorando Su Vida" (Improving Your Life), part of the station's morning, evening and late-night newscasts.
The awards were distributed as follows:
KCET 6
NBC4 6
CBS2/KCAL9 4
KMEX 4
CBS2 3
FSN PRIME TICKET 3
KTLA5 3
KVEA 3
FOX11 2
FSN WEST 2
ABC7 1
BEVERLY HILLS NETWORK 10 1
GTV6 1
KCAL9 1
KHIZ 1
A complete list of the Emmy winners follows:
NEWS SPECIAL
FORGOTTEN FOOTPRINTS: THE HUNTED CHILDREN OF UGANDA
FOX11
Cristy Fajardo, Producer/Host
Elizabeth Espinosa, Producer/Host
LIVE COVERAGE OF AN UNSCHEDULED NEWS EVENT
THE ESPERANZA FIRE CBS2/KCAL9
CBS2/KCAL9 News Team
SPORTS FEATURE
VLADIMIR GUERRERO: BEFORE THE BIGS
FSN WEST
Jack Wilson, Producer/Editor
Ed Lewis, Camera
Jose Mota, Reporter
SPORTS TEASE
LAKERS SEASON OPENER: LAKERS ARE L.A.
FSN WEST
James Freeman, Producer
Jerry Weinstein, Producer
Steve Guerrero, Producer
Greg Taylor, Producer
OUTSTANDING NEWS WRITER
Mary Harris, Writer
NBC4
OUTSTANDING NON-NEWS WRITER
John Ridley, Writer
KCET
SERIOUS NEWS STORY - SINGLE REPORT
LA VERGUENZA-DAY LABORERS (EN CONTEXTO)
KVEA
Maria Garcia, Reporter
Juan-Manuel Martinez, Editor
SERIOUS NEWS STORY – MULTI REPORT
PERIODISMO CON ACENTO (NOTICIAS 34 AT 11PM)
KMEX
Claudia Botero, Reporter
Francisco Vasquez, Camera/Editor
Andres Angulo, Executive Producer
ARTS AND CULTURE/HISTORY
BEHIND THE LYRICS
KHIZ
A.J. Lewis, Producer
Garrett Law, Executive Producer
Peter White, Executive Producer
Richard Janes, Co-Producer
OUTSTANDING NEWS VIDEOGRAPHER
Arturo Quezada, Camera
KMEX
OUTSTANDING NON-NEWS VIDEOGRAPHER – SINGLE CAMERA
John Kabasakalis, Camera
KCET
MEDICAL, CULTURAL & SOCIAL NEWS STORY – SINGLE REPORT
OUT OF AFRICA: ETHIOPIA TO L.A. (KCAL9 NEWS AT 10PM)
KCAL9
Kimberly McWatt, Producer
Pat Harvey, Reporter
MEDICAL, CULTURAL & SOCIAL NEWS STORY – MULTI REPORT
FARM TO FORK (KTLA MORNING NEWS/PRIME NEWS)
KTLA5
Lynette Romero, Reporter/Producer
Brian Choo, Camera/Editor
Allan Lopez, Producer
EDUCATION
WHEN DISASTER STRIKES: A SURVIVAL GUIDE
KTLA5
Jeff Wald, Executive Producer
Scott Aulerich, Producer
Joe Russin, Producer
Michaela Pereira, Talent
Christie Lyn Lugo Leigh, Coordinating Producer
CRIME/SOCIAL ISSUES
WAR STORIES FROM WARD 7-D (CALIFORNIA CONNECTED)
KCET
Jonathan Dann, Producer
Lisa McRee, Reporter/Producer
Bret Marcus, Executive Producer
OUTSTANDING NEWS FEATURE REPORTING
Lisa Joyner, Reporter
Kimberly McWatt, Producer
CBS2/KCAL9
L.A. LOCAL COLOR
2006 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SPECIAL OLYMPICS
CBS2/KCAL9
Bobby Matthews, Producer
Garry Ashton, Producer
Russell Kodani, Producer
Brian Singer, Producer
Jeff Proctor, Executive Producer
Steve Rangel, Executive Producer
ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMMING
SKI SWITZERLAND (TRAVEL CAFE)
NBC4
Chuck Henry, Executive Producer/Host
Kristin Arntz, Producer
SPORTS SPECIAL
FRED ROGGIN'S ROAD TO TORINO
NBC4
Charlie Rosene, Executive Producer
Fred Roggin, Executive Producer/Host
Steve Leveton, Producer
Dino Castro, Producer
SPORTS SERIES (Programming)
BEFORE THE BIGS
FSN PRIME TICKET
FSN Prime Ticket Sports Team
PUBLIC, MUNICIPAL AND OPERATOR PRODUCED CABLE
EVERY 15 MINUTES--HOOVER HIGH SCHOOL
GTV6
Roger Johnstone, Producer
Brian Halloran, Associate Producer
Robert Townsend, Associate Producer
Hanry Safarian, Associate Producer
Jessica Houston, Associate Producer
Sabrina Thomas, Associate Producer
Tor Johansen, Associate Producer
Sherri Servillo, Associate Producer
INFORMATIONAL/PUBLIC AFFAIRS SERIES
(more than 50% studio based)
STUDIO 2
CBS2
Laura Diaz, Anchor
Pat Harvey, Anchor
Paul Magers, Anchor
INFORMATIONAL/PUBLIC AFFAIRS SERIES
(more than 50% remote)
CALIFORNIA CONNECTED
KCET
Lisa McRee, Anchor
Justine Schmidt, Senior Producer
Bret Marcus, Executive Producer
Ellen Raphael, Line Producer
Morgan Bell, Post Production Producer
SHORT PROMO
CONTEXTO QUOTES GENERIC
KVEA
Mario del Olmo, Producer
Tim Paine, Producer
Ruben Luengas, Talent
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
DO YOU KNOW CPR?
BEVERLY HILLS NETWORK 10
Richard Gale, Producer
Mark Geddes, Executive Producer
Christopher Brady, Producer
Rae Stone, On-Camera Talent
Oto Brezina, On-Camera Talent
Brian Rohan, On-Camera Talent
Galen Black, On-Camera Talent
Tim Carroll, On-Camera Talent
Dylan Dorward-Sachs, On-Camera Talent
Lisa Early, On-Camera Talent
Mia Franco, On-Camera Talent
Christopher Gomez, On-Camera Talent
GRAPHICS
DUCKS OPEN/HIGH SCHOOL GAME OF THE WEEK
FSN PRIME TICKET
KCAL9
Chris Calleton, Graphics Designer
LIGHT NEWS STORY - SINGLE REPORT
DOUBLE TREBLE
(FOX11 10PM NEWS)
FOX11
Gerri Shaftel, Producer
Debbie Kim, Editor
John Beard, Anchor
Julio Duran, Camera
Rodger Howard, Camera
LIGHT NEWS STORY – MULTI REPORT
CON LOS DIAS CONTADOS (NOTICIAS 34 AT 6PM)
KMEX
Julio Cesar Ortiz, Reporter
FEATURE SEGMENT
DOG PARK (LIFE & TIMES)
KCET
Cris Franco, Reporter
Jack Moody, Editor
INFORMATION SEGMENT
TROUBLED WATERS (CALIFORNIA CONNECTED)
KCET
Joseph Angier, Producer
Bret Marcus, Executive Producer
John Ridley, Reporter
OUTSTANDING NEWS EDITOR
Beatrice Schreiber, Editor
CBS2/KCAL9
OUTSTANDING NON-NEWS EDITOR
Tim Paine, Editor
KVEA
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
TAXICAB DECEPTION (CHANNEL 4 NEWS)
NBC4
Matt Goldberg, Producer
Joel Grover, Reporter
Jose Hernandez, Camera
David Fernandez, Camera
James Hourani, Editor
OUTSTANDING HARD NEWS REPORTING
Joel Grover, Reporter
NBC4
Matt Goldberg, Producer
LIVE SPORTS COVERAGE
DODGERS BASEBALL: PADRES @ DODGERS
FSN PRIME TICKET
FSN Prime Ticket Sports Team
LIVE SPECIAL EVENTS
MAY DAY BOYCOTT
NBC4
NBC4 News Team
OUTSTANDING SPORTS REPORTING
Curt Sandoval, Reporter
ABC7
Dae Ho Suk, Producer
Jeff MacIntyre, Producer
OUTSTANDING NEWS DIRECTOR
Armando Acevedo, Director
KMEX
REGULARLY SCHEDULED DAILY NEWS: 0-35 MINUTE FORMAT
CBS2 NEWS AT 11PM
CBS2
REGULARLY SCHEDULED DAILY NEWS: OVER 35 MINUTE FORMAT
KTLA PRIME NEWS
KTLA5
REGULARLY SCHEDULED DAILY NEWS: DAYTIME NEWSCAST
CBS2 NEWS AT 6AM
CBS2