WKYC-TV Wins Emmy Award For Best Evening Newscast

CLEVELAND - WKYC-TV won top honors for best evening newscast at the 41st Annual Emmy® Awards, Lower Great Lakes Chapter. The station garnered five Emmys and 19 nominations.

The Emmy® is an award that recognizes excellence in media production for broadcast and multiple media platforms. It is the highest award given in television.

The awards recognize outstanding achievement by individuals and programs broadcast throughout the 2009 calendar year.

WKYC Winners include:

Channel 3 News at 6, 11/3/09
Category: Newscast - Evening - Market 1-20

• Carrie Young - Producer

Project AED
Category: Continuing Coverage

• Romona Robinson - Anchor
• Eric Mansfield - Anchor/Reporter
• Monica Robins - Anchor/Reporter
• Rita Andolsen - News Director
• Danielle Fink - Assignment Manager
• Kim Wendel - Web Reporter

Hardball Cash
Category: Business/Consumer

• Tom Meyer - Investigative Reporter
• Sarah Montgomery - Editor

To the Moon: Ohio's Journey
Category: Documentary

• Jeff Reidel - Producer/Writer/Editor

Betsy Kling - Meteorologist
Category: Crafts: On-Camera Talent Anchor - Weather

SportsTime Ohio Winners include:

Indians On Deck
Category: Sports - Program

• Michael Bachmann - Producer
• Steve Warren - Director
• Al Pawlowski - Talent 

Senior PGA Championship Preview
Category: Sports - One Time Special

• John Zaccardelli - Senior Editor
• Jim Donovan - Host
• Jimmy Hamlin - Host
• Greg Goyla - Design Director
• Joseph Von Enck - Designer/Animator
• Ian Ziegler - Designer/Animator
• Patrick Killkenney - Executive Producer

The 2010 Emmy Awards are presented by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and were held at the Hilton Garden Inn in downtown Cleveland on Saturday, June 19, 2010. The Lower Great Lakes Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has a mission to serve its members, recognize excellence and promote the highest standards in television professionalism.

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