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May 2005

The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

San Francisco/Northern California Chapter

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More than 200 entries will be competing forgolden statues in 49 categories at the Emmy 2005show.Nominations were announced on April 14th atparties in San Francisco, San Jose, Sacramento,Reno and Fresno. The list of Emmy nominations isalso on the NATAS web site atwww.emmysf.tv.The Emmy recipients will be announced atEmmy 2005 on

May 14th

at the

Palace of FineArts

in San Francisco. This year’s theme is TheWild Wild West. A pre-show reception begins at

4p.m.

with the show starting at 5 p.m. A dinner-dance celebration follows at about 8:00pm, at TheExploratorium next door, with the band,

“FullMotion.”

Tickets are $90 for Academy members and$100 for non-members. You can get more informa-tion on the NATAS web site or by calling the Acad-emy office at (650) 341-7786.

CBS5

in San Francisco had the most nomina-tions with 28,followed closely by

NBC11

in SanJose with 26 nominations.

KRON 4

in San Fran-cisco was next with 18.In Sacramento,

KCRA

had the most nomina-tions with 12. In Fresno,

KSEE

led the way with sixnominations. In Reno,

KTVN

had the most nomi-nations with three. In Hawaii, it was

KITV

on topwith three nominations.

KCBA/KION

in Salinasalso had three nominations.

FSN Bay Area

led thecable sector with 10 nominations.KRON’s

Brian Hackney

was the individualleader with six nominations. Hackney has one of the most diverse set of nominations in chapterhistory. He was nominated as a weathercaster intwo categories as well as a general news reporter,a news anchor, a science reporter and a documen-tary reporter. Hackney is guaranteed at least oneEmmy statue as he’s the only nominee in the “bestweathercaster” category. That is also the onlycategory with only one nominee.

Wayne Freedman

of KGO,

Don Hardy

of NBC11,

Glen Kuiper

of FSN Bay Area and

CraigAmzeen

of Maloof Sports & Entertainment re-ceived four nominations each.The most competitive category is “best news-cast, large market” with 14 nominations. Next is “best daytime newscast, large market” with ninenominees.There are seven nominees in the “best news-cast, medium market” — four from Fresno, twofrom Reno and one from Hawaii. In the “bestnewscast, small market” there are four nominees— three from Salinas and one from Chico.

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Terry Lowry

and

Fred LaCosse

announcenominations at San Francisco party.

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The San FranciscoBay Area Press Photog-raphers Associationhonored NBC11 withfour top awards at its31st annual awardsceremony. The bigwinner, for the secondyear, was NBC11’s

Brad Williams

, whotook home the KenMcLaughlin Award andTrophy for “TelevisionPhotographer of theYear.”

NBC 11 SHOOTER WINS

PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR AGAIN

“We have long held that we have among the bestphotojournalists in the business,” said

Linda Sullivan,

President and General Manager of NBC11.”(These) awards proved it once again.” NBC11’s other winners:·

Kent Wilhoite

, Award of Excellence for TelevisionSpot News, “S

trip Mall Fire

” ·

Don Hardy,

First Place for Television General News, “

Wine Crop

” ·

Dean Smith

, Award of Excellence for TelevisionFeatures, “

Death by Caltrain

” More than 175 news photographers as well as photo- journalism students in the greater San Francisco BayArea and Sacramento areas submitted about 5,000images and tapes for consideration in this year’s compe-tition. Some $10,000 in cash and prizes were awarded.

What’s it like to work in thebroadcast industry?Dozens of TVand radio hopefulsgot the chance to find out at NATAS’ annual

Meet The Pros

.The event was held April 27 atthe KPIX studios in San Francisco.The gathering was co-sponsored byAmerican Women in Radio & Televi-sion as well as the Radio & Televi-sion News Directors Association.Several dozen students andother guests heard from peoplewho work in television and radio.They also got some one-on-onetime to sit down at tables with theprofessionals.The panelists participating were:

Julie Chin

, KGO-AM assistant newsdirector;

Sal Castaneda

, KTVUtraffic reporter;

Steve Poitras

,UPN Bay Area station manager;

Kevin Keeshan

; ABC7 newsdirector;

Mahelda Rodriguez

,KDTV executive producer;

DanteBetteo

, KCSM executive producer;

Doug Sovern

, KCBS radio re-porter;

Erik Nordby

, KGO-AMproducer;

Ernie Rizzuti

, KDTVgeneral sales manager;

JoeVasquez,

CBS5 reporter; and

Stephanie Adrouny

, ABC7 execu-tive producer.

Steve Poitras Stephanie Adrouny Kevin KeeshanSal CastanedaMahelda RodriguezErnieRizzutiBrad Williams

Photo by Robert Mohr

Gold and Silver Circle members joined the BroadcastLegends on March 15th at the DoubleTree Hotel in theBerkeley Marina for lunch with

Jack

Elaine LaLanne.

Jack & Elaine, members of all three groups, gave amotivational talk about health and fitness as well asremembering the good old days of livetelevision at KGO. His exercise showscan still be seen on TV, along with hisfamous “jucier” infomercial.

Diane Paskerian

, Legend andSilver Circle member took time to haveher photo taken with Jack.

P h o t o b yR o b er t M oh r

Erik Nordby Julie Chin Doug Sovern

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Chris Lee

has beennamed the NewsDirector of KRON 4 inSan Francisco. Lee is aBay Area native who joined KRON as Execu-tive Producer in 2001,was promoted toAssistant News Directorthen Acting NewsDirector in Novemberof 2004 when

StacyOwen

left on maternityleave, and continued inthat position afterStacey decided not toreturn.

KRON 4 NAMESNEWS DIRECTOR

KRON 4 President and General Manager

MarkAntonitis

says, “We’re thrilled to have Chris leading theKRON 4 News Department during these challengingtimes. Chris’s many years of experience in journalism,operations, and new technologies will continue to serveKRON 4 News well.” Chris started in radio in Santa Barbara, then movedon to television news reporting in Monterey and Provi-dence, R.I., before moving behind the scenes as 6:00pmproducer at KGO-TV in San Francisco in 1983. Fiveyears later, he moved overseas to manage the

ChristianScience Monitor’s

television bureau in London, andearned a business degree from the London School of Economics. He eventually moved to Boston with

TheMonitor,

before returning to the Bay Area with KRONfour years ago.The Academy Board of Governors wish Chris the bestof luck in one of the most challenging new managementpositions in the country.KRON 4 is teaming up again this month withAlbertsons to bring the Bay Area exclusive live coverageof the world’s largest footrace,

Bay to Breakers.

Theunique 7.46 mile race takes place Sunday, May 15

.KRON 4 will devote 2 ½ hours of airtime to broadcast therace and accompanying antics live for all those in the bayarea who can’t make it into the city to experience

Bay toBreakers

in person.General Manager

Mark Antonitis

says, “We are veryexcited to broadcast and participate in the infamousAlbertsons

Bay to Breakers

event.” The program willinclude live footage from cameras stationed throughoutthe race course, from the start in the Financial District tothe Hayes Street hill, Golden Gate Park, and the party atthe polo grounds. And for those race participants whocan’t watch the race live, the coverage will be rebroad-cast on KRON 4 the same night from 6:30PM to 9:00PM.

Last month during a rundown of how San Francisco TVstations were doing,

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noted that while NBC11wasn’t winning any newscasts outright, it was doing well inmany key demographics. Well, it turns out KNTV has beenscoring high in the 25-54 demo for some time. TheNBC11 News at 11:00 won the April Nielsen book in adults25-54, and has won that demo at 11pm every month sincethe introduction of People Meters in October, 2004.Here’s the April Nielsen ratings, rolling average, 11:00pmnewscasts,Monday-Sunday (Adults 25-54):KNTV 2.4 (9 share)KPIX 2.0 (7 share)KGO 1.9 (7 share)KRON 0.6 (2 share)Stations covet demographic ratings because for the mostpart, advertisers buy the demos more than the total ratings.They view adults between the ages of 25 to 54 as having thelargest disposable income, and just as importantly, as beingthe key decision makers in how that family income will bespent.Ratings in key demos are currency for TV stations,making this victory worth much more than just braggingrights for NBC11.

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Beginning Friday, May 6,to coincide with the season premiere of

CaliforniaConnected

, KQED Public Television 9 will alter its Fridayevening lineup. The new schedule broadens the rangeof public affairs programs airing on Friday nights andplaces more emphasis on local and statewide currentaffairs. The new Friday night lineup is:6:00-7:00pm

The Newshour With Jim Lehrer

7:00-7:30pm

Nightly Business Report

7:30-8:00pm

This Week in Northern California

8:00-8:30pm

Washington Week

8:30-9:00pm

California Connected

, hosted by

Lisa McRee

andproduced through a unique collaboration between KCET-Los Angeles, KPBS-San Diego, KQED-San Francisco andKVIE-Sacramento, is a statewide weekly news magazineprogram. Locally produced,

This Week in NorthernCalifornia

, ishosted by

Belva Davis

, and is celebratingits 15

season.

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