NBC4 Southern California Leads Los Angeles-Area Emmy Nominations

Station Receives 20 Nominations -- More Than Any Other Station In The Market

Thursday, Jun 28, 2012 | Updated 2:32 PM PDT

NBC4 Leads Los Angeles-Area Emmy Nominations

NBC4 Southern California received 20 Los Angeles-area Emmy Award nominations, more than any other station in the market, it was announced Thursday by the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. The organization announced 123 nominations in 42 categories for the 64^th Annual Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards, which will take place on Saturday, Aug. 11 at the Leonard H. Goldenson Theatre in North Hollywood.

NBC4 received six more nominations than second-placed KTLA, which had 14, and is also in the running for all three Best Newscast categories – Best Regularly Scheduled Daily Morning; Daytime and Evening Newscast.

NBC4 received nominations in a wide variety of categories, ranging from Light News Story – Single Report to Serious News Story – Multi-Report. Ana Garcia and Robert Kovacik earned nominations in the Outstanding Hard News Reporting category.

The station also dominated the Serious News Story - Single Report category with three nominations and Live Coverage Of An Unscheduled News Event with two. Mary Harris, who has won Outstanding Writer – News for the past six consecutive years, will be competing for a seventh year in the same category.

For more information about the Los Angeles Emmy Awards and a complete list of the nominations, please visit http://www.emmys.tv/awards/64th-los-angeles-area-emmy-awards-nominations. NBC4’s nominations are listed below:

L.A. LOCAL COLOR

NONSTOP FOODIES FROM PORTO'S
•NBC4
Kim Baldonado, Host
Kimber Liponi, Executive Producer

INFORMATIONAL/PUBLIC AFFAIRS SERIES (MORE THAN 50% STUDIO-BASED)

THE FILTER WITH FRED ROGGIN
•NBC4
Jared Kiemeney, Executive Producer
Fred Roggin, Executive Producer, Host

ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMMING

ST. MORITZ
•NBC4
Kristin Arntz, Producer
Chuck Henry, Executive Producer, Host

NEWS SPECIAL

NBC4 NEWS AT 11:
THE DEATH OF OSAMA BIN LADEN
•NBC4
NBC4 News Team

LIVE COVERAGE OF AN UNSCHEDULED NEWS EVENT

CONRAD MURRAY: THE VERDICT
•NBC4
NBC4 News Team

SEAL BEACH MASSACRE
•NBC4
NBC4 News Team

SERIOUS NEWS STORY – SINGLE REPORT

INSIDE APPLE'S SECRET
NBC4 NEWS AT 11PM
•NBC4
Mekahlo Medina, Reporter

RIVERSIDE TEEN TRAPPED IN TIJUANA BROTHEL
NBC4 AT 11PM
•NBC4
Antonio Castelan, Reporter

STAPLES CENTER TODDLER STORY
NBC4 NEWS AT 11PM
•NBC4
Frank Snepp, Producer
Colleen Williams, Reporter

SERIOUS NEWS STORY – MULTI-PART REPORT

911 AMERICA REMEMBERS
NBC4 NEWS AT 5PM, 6PM & 11PM
•NBC4
Jose Hernandez Jr., Camera
Chuck Henry, Anchor
Kristopher Li, Camera
Rebecca Nieto, Executive Producer

LIGHT NEWS STORY - SINGLE REPORT

BLIND CHILDREN'S CENTER LIGHTS THE WAY
NBC4 NEWS AT 5PM
•NBC4
James Hourani, Producer

WI-FI HACKING
NBC4 AT 11PM
•NBC4
Ana Garcia, Reporter
Daisy Lin, Producer

LIGHT NEWS STORY- MULTI-PART REPORT

COMBAT VETS & FARMING
NBC4 5PM
•NBC4
Delvin Armijo, Editor
Ana Garcia, Anchor
Mary Harris, Producer
Eric Trujillo, Camera
Colleen Williams, Anchor

OUTSTANDING SPORTS REPORTING

Mario Solis, Reporter
• NBC4

OUTSTANDING HARD NEWS REPORTING

Ana Garcia, Reporter
• NBC4

Robert Kovacik, Reporter
• NBC4

OUTSTANDING NEWS FEATURE REPORTING

Chuck Henry, Reporter
Tara Wallis, Producer
• NBC4

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR – NEWS

Gayle Galvez, Director
• NBC4

OUTSTANDING WRITER – NEWS

Mary Harris, Writer
• NBC4

OUTSTANDING VIDEOGRAPHER – NEWS