Spanish-Language Stations Dominate at L.A.-Area Emmy Awards

Spanish-language broadcast stations led the pack at the 67th annual Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards on Saturday night.

Spanish-language stations KMEX and KVEA cleaned up at the award show with nine and seven wins, respectively, more than any of the English-language news channels.

KMEX picked up many of the night’s top awards, including for Outstanding Editor, Outstanding Director, Outstanding Sports Reporting and Investigative Reporting. Meanwhile, KVEA’s Jaime Sanchez was honored with the Best Editor award, and the station also earned top honors for Sports Series and its regular evening newscast.

The dominance of Spanish-language stations at the Emmys underscores California’s demographic shift; as of July 1, Latinos make up a majority of the population in the state.

Among other winners, KTLA5 took home five awards, KCAL 9 earned four, CBS2 and NBC4 each won three and ABC7 and KCET won two a piece.

On the sports-broadcast front, Time Warner Cable’s SportsNet L.A. won six awards, three for its coverage of the Los Angeles Dodgers. The wins are particularly ironic because most Dodger fans could not watch the baseball games due to contract disputes.

Check out the complete list of winners below, courtesy of Deadline.

 

OUTSTANDING EDITOR – PROGRAMMING
ANTONIO CAMBEROS, Editor – KMEX

OUTSTANDING EDITOR – NEWS
JAIME SANCHEZ, Editor – KVEA

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR – PROGRAMMING
MIKE MAAS, Director – CBS2

OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR – NEWS
HORACIO CERVANTES, Director – KMEX

INSTRUCTIONAL PROGRAMMING
GEOLOGY ACROSS THE AMERICAN LANDSCAPE
Educable Channel 95
Marie Therese Hulett, Associate Producer

CHILDREN/YOUTH PROGRAMMING
CHLA IMAGINE: A CELEBRATION OF HOPE – ABC7
Lorenzo Benet, Producer
Jessica Capshaw, Host
Jim Deeken, Producer
Janet Dotson, Executive Producer
DeAnn Marshall, Executive Producer
Chris Mortensen, Producer
Carol Wong, Executive Producer
Garson Yu, Executive Producer

INFORMATION/PUBLIC AFFAIRS SERIES
(MORE THAN 50% STUDIO)
ENFOQUE LOS ANGELES – KVEA
Elizabeth Chavolla, Producer
Claudia Forestieri, Producer
Azucena Gomez, Host

INFORMATION/PUBLIC AFFAIRS SERIES
(MORE THAN 50% REMOTE)
#LAPREPA Time Warner Cable Deportes
Jorge Caridad, Associate Producer
Carolina Cavaliere, Reporter

SPORTS SERIES – NEWS
ATLETA DE LA SEMANA – KVEA
Javier Renovato, Producer
Saul Rodriguez, Reporter

OUTSTANDING SPORTS REPORTING
DIANA ALVARADO, Producer, Reporter – KMEX

INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING – NEWS
FRONTERA MILLIONARIA – KMEX
(Noticias 34 Solo a las Seis)
Andres Bonilla, Camera
Leon Krauze, Reporter
Andres Pruna, Editor, Producer

OUTSTANDING HARD NEWS REPORTING
ANTONIO R. VALVERDE, Reporter KMEX

CRIME/SOCIAL ISSUES
KTLA’S VIRTUAL REALITY CHECK – KTLA5
Kimberly Cornell, Executive Producer
Rich DeMuro, Host
Madelaine Hahn, Producer
Angel Kim, Producer

INFORMATION SEGMENT
OVERMEDICATING THE ELDERLY – KCET
(SoCal Connected)
Lata Pandya, Producer
Val Zavala, Reporter

PUBLIC, MUNICIPAL AND OPERATOR PRODUCED CABLE
DGA “SANTA MONICA CARES”
CityTV of Santa Monica
Mary Lou Belli, Executive Producer
Dianne Bartlow, Producer
Robin Gee, Executive Producer
Al Johnson, Associate Producer
Jerri Sher, Producer
Melanie Wagor, Producer
Evan Zissimopulos, Associate Producer

NEWS SPECIAL
NAPA QUAKE (NBC4 News at 4PM) NBC4
NBC4 News Team

LIGHT NEWS STORY – SINGLE REPORT
GHOST BIKE – KTLA5
(KLTA5 News at 10pm)
Madelaine Hahn, Producer
Angel Kim, Producer
Micah Ohlman, Reporter
Jason Roberts, Editor
Nick Simpson, Camera

SERVICE PARROTS – CBS2
(CBS2 News at 11pm)
Gerri Shaftel Constant, Producer
Roger Masterton, Camera

LIGHT NEWS STORY – MULTI-PART REPORT
BARRO NEGRO – KMEX
(Noticias 34 Solo a las Seis)
Erika Flores, Reporter

CREATIVE TECHNICAL CRAFTS
LIGHTING DIRECTOR/ART DIRECTOR
STEVE MULKEY, Lighting Director – Time Warner Cable SportsNet L.A.
JEFF HALL, Art Director – Time Warner Cable SportsNet L.A.

SPORTS SERIES – PROGRAMMING
(LIVE BROADCAST)
ACCESS SPORTSNET LAKERS – Time Warner Cable SportsNet
Time Warner Cable SportsNet Sports Team

SPORTS SERIES – PROGRAMMING
(POST-PRODUCED)
LAKERS TOP TEN – Time Warner Cable SportsNet
Time Warner Cable SportsNet Sports Team

SPORTS TEASE
OPENING TEASE, ACCESS SPORTSNET LA – Time Warner Cable
DODGERS LAUNCH SHOW SportsNet L.A.
A.J. Ponsiglione, Producer
Marc Walton, Producer

GOVERNORS AWARD
PAT HARVEY

FEATURE SEGMENT
NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM’S CITIZEN SCIENCE INSECT LABELING PROJECT – KCET
(SoCal Connected)
Cara Santa Maria, Reporter

EDUCATION
RUNNING DRY: CALIFORNIA’S HISTORIC DROUGHT – NBC4
Hetty Chang, Reporter
Fritz Coleman, Co-Host
Crystal Egger, Co-Host
Patrick Healy, Reporter
Tony Shin, Reporter
Marissa Sifuentes, Producer

PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT
STEPHANIE’S DAY – CBS2/KCAL9
Lisa Lane, Producer

SHORT PROMO
CBS2 NEWS 11PM IMAGE – CBS2
Garry Ashton, Producer
Mike Maas, Producer

OUTSTANDING VIDEOGRAPHER
MULTI-CAMERA – PROGRAMMING
Prime Ticket
JAKE ALBA, Videographer
JAKE LOSKUTOFF, Videographer

OUTSTANDING VIDEOGRAPHER SINGLE CAMERA – PROGRAMMING
ED LEWIS, Videographer – Fox Sports West

OUTSTANDING VIDEOGRAPHER- NEWS
RICHARD HUERTA, Videographer – KVEA

OUTSTANDING WRITER – NEWS
NICOLETTE MEDINA, Writer CBS2/KCAL9

OUTSTANDING WRITER -PROGRAMMING
DAVID ONO, Writer
ABC7

OUTSTANDING NEWS FEATURE REPORTING
PAT HARVEY, Reporter
NICOLETTE MEDINA, Producer
CBS2/KCAL9

MEDICAL NEWS STORY – SINGLE REPORT
BEBES A LA CARTA – KVEA
(Noticiero Telemundo 52 a las 11pm)
Nelson Castillo, Camera
Claudia Forestieri, Producer
Azalea Iniguez, Reporter
Jaime Sanchez, Editor

MEDICAL NEWS STORY – MULTI-PART REPORT
FROM DIAGNOSIS TO DEATH:
JOHN EGGERS
KTLA5
(KTLA5 News at 10pm)
Kimberly Cornell, Executive Producer
Madelaine Hahn, Producer
Angel Kim, Producer
Micah Ohlman, Reporter
Jason Roberts, Camera, Editor

LIVE SPECIAL EVENTS – NEWS
AB60 DRIVER LICENSES FOR ALL PHONE BANK KVEA/NBC4
KVEA Telemundo 52/NBC4 News Team

L.A. LOCAL COLOR
LIFE CONNECTED: CELEBRATING BLACK HISTORY MONTH NBC4
Kim Baldonado, Reporter
Michael Brownlee, Host
Yvonne Guevara, Producer
Mekahlo Medina, Reporter

ARTS AND CULTURE/HISTORY
MIA, A DANCER’S JOURNEY PBS SoCaL
Brenda Brkusic, Producer
Kate Johnson, Producer
Maria Ramas, Producer
Ted Sprague, Producer

LIVE SPECIAL EVENTS  – PROGRAMMING
ROSE PARADE – KTLA5
Stephanie Edwards, On-Camera Talent
Bob Eubanks, On-Camera Talent
Jennie O’Hagan, Producer
Micah Ohlman, On-Camera Talent
Joe Quasarano, Executive Producer
Chris Reilly, Executive Producer
Shiran Stotland, Technical Director
Lisa Todd, Director

ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMMING
VARIETY STUDIO: ACTORS ON ACTORS PBS SoCaL
Brenda Brkusic, Executive Producer
Kate Mazzuca, Executive Producer
Donna Pennestri, Executive Producer
Jenelle Riley, Host
John Ross, Supervising Producer
Andrew Russell, Executive Produce