The 2009 Mid-Atlantic Emmy Nominations were announced tonight and among local stations, WQED received the most nods, 12, despite the station not paying entry fees this year due to its finances. Instead, individual WQED employees submitted work and paid the entry fee to be considered for nominations.
Among commercial outlets, WTAE and WPXI have not entered the regional Emmys as stations in recent years, but employees do enter their work. WTAE's Wendy Bell received three nominations, including an individual notice as a features/human interest reporter (WTAE had four nominations total). WPXI's Alby Oxenreiter had Channel 11's sole nomination for sports reporter.
KDKA-TV garnered six nominations, including evening newscast, and FSN Pittsburgh got two nominations. Comcast Pittsburgh received one nod.
It was previously announced that Pittsburgh TV veteran Eleanor Schano will receive the Board of Governors Award at the Emmy ceremony in Philadelphia on Sept. 26.
A list of local nominees follows. For a complete list, visit the regional Emmys Web site.
NEWSCAST- EVENING- LARGER MARKETS
"KDKA-TV
News at 5: FBI Agent Killed"- KDKA-TV
Anne
Linaberger, Acting News Director
CONTINUING COVERAGE- NO TIME
LIMIT
"The Papal
Visit "- KDKA-TV
David
Highfield, Reporter
Dave
Colabine, Photographer
FEATURE NEWS REPORT
"Goalie
Girl"- WTAE-TV
Wendy Bell,
Anchor/Reporter
Michael
Lazorko, Editor
Andrew
Cunningham, Photographer
FEATURE NEWS REPORT- SERIES
"Rebuilding
Together"- WTAE-TV
Wendy Bell,
Anchor/Reporter
Michael
Lazorko, Editor
Andrew
Cunningham, Photographer
HEALTH/SCIENCE- NEWS SINGLE
STORY OR SERIES
"Kanzius
Cancer Machine "- KDKA-TV
David
Highfield, Reporter
Dave
Colabine, Photographer
ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM FEATURE OR
SEGMENT
"OnQ:
Madame Dawson's Opera Company"- WQED Multimedia
David
Solomon, Writer/Producer
ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM OR SPECIAL
"Crusin'
Pennsylvania"- WQED Multimedia
Renee Vid
Colborn, Producer
"WTAE
Celebrates 50 Years"- WTAE-TV
Richard
Cook, Producer
Sally
Wiggin, Host/Associate Producer
Michael
Lazorko, Associate Producer/Editor
Dan
Henninger, Broadcast Operations Manager
HEALTH/SCIENCE- PROGRAM FEATURE
OR SEGMENT
"On Q: Flight Nurse: ER in the Sky"- WQED Multimedia
Pierina Morelli, Producer
HEALTH/SCIENCE- PROGRAM OR
SPECIAL
"Blanchette
Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute - Family"- Comcast Pittsburgh
Jessica
Kendlick, Manager, Local Programming and Production
Karen
Kafton, VOD Editor, Producer
HISTORIC/CULTURAL- PROGRAM
FEATURE OR SEGMENT
"OnQ: Helen
Clay Frick - Bittersweet Heiress"- WQED Multimedia
Nathalie
Berry, Producer
Paul Ruggieri,
Editor/Photographer
"OnQ:
Panther Hollow"- WQED Multimedia
Tonia
Caruso, Producer/Reporter
HISTORIC/CULTURAL- PROGRAM OR
SPECIAL
"Gettysburg:
Stories from the Battlefield"- WQED Multimedia
David
Solomon, Writer/Producer
Paul
Ruggieri, Photographer/Editor
HUMAN INTEREST- PROGRAM FEATURE
OR SEGMENT
"OnQ:
Fallen Hero- The Ross McGinnis Story"- WQED Mulimedia
David
Solomon, Writer/Producer
Michael
Bartley, Reporter
Paul
Ruggieri, Photographer/Editor
DOCUMENTARY
"Gardens of
Pennsylvania"- WQED Multimedia
Doug Oster,
Producer/Host
Nathalie
Berry, Supervising Producer
Dave
Forstate, Photographer
PUBLIC/CURRENT/COMMUNITY
AFFAIRS- PROGRAM OR SPECIAL
"OnQ:
Voices for Peace"- WQED Multimedia
Michael
Bartley, Host/Producer/Reporter
Paul
Ruggieri, Photographer/Editor
Jocelyn
Hough, Executive Producer
PROMOTION- NEWS & PROGRAM-
SINGLE SPOT OR PSA
"A Good
Life"- KDKA-TV
Greg
Loscar, Promotion Manager
"Vision
Test"- FSN Pittsburgh
Christopher
Au, Producer
Mike
Pearrow, Producer
PROMOTION- NEWS & PROGRAM-
CAMPAIGN
"Let's Go
Pens!"- KDKA-TV
Tina Veon,
Creative Services Director
"Smell
Test"- FSN Pittsburgh
Christopher
Au, Producer
Mike
Pearrow, Producer
"WQED
Changes Lives"- WQED Multimedia
Rosemary
Martinelli, Executive Director of Marketing & Communications/Producer
STATION EXCELLENCE
"WQED
Multimedia"
Deborah
Acklin, General Manager
NEWS EXCELLENCE
"KDKA-TV"
Anne
Linaberger, Acting News Director
CRAFT ACHIEVEMENT CATEGORIES
MUSICAL COMPOSITION/ARRANGEMENT
Dave Hab,
WQED Multimedia
REPORTER- FEATURES/HUMAN
INTEREST
Wendy Bell,
WTAE-TV
REPORTER- SPORTS
Alby
Oxenreiter,WPXI-TV
Posted
Aug 11 2009, 08:00 PM
by
Rob Owen