KNBC Tops Emmy List; KCBS Wins Best News Program

KNBC-TV topped the winners’ list at the 41st annual Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards presented Saturday night by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Channel 4 picked up 13 awards, including six for its news department.

But the coveted Emmy for the best regularly scheduled daily news program went to KCBS-TV Channel 2, which won a total of nine awards, including five for its news department.

Channel 4 News feature “The Final Fix” won Emmys for best mini-documentary and best camera crew--news features. The station also won in the categories of spot news--breaking story (“Granada Hills Fire”), feature reporting (“Hang Gliding Dog”), news writers (“Ring of Fire,”) and film-tape editors--news features (“Seoul Man”).

Named top sports series was Channel 4’s “Sunday Night Sports,” and winning two awards was the station’s public affairs series, “Silver Linings.” Awards also went to Channel 4’s “Fred Roggin’s Sports Bowl ‘88,” “Sports Spotlight With Bret Lewis,” “Fight Back! With David Horowitz,” and the special, “Ring of Fire.”

In addition to the award for regularly scheduled daily news program, Channel 2 picked up Emmys for news reporting, sports reporting, camera crew--breaking news and news special. The station also won best children-youth special (“Clue You In: The Case of the Golden Sword”), children-youth series (“Kidquiz”), sports special (“Lakers--Lords of the Rings”) and host-moderator of a special (Valerie Colman, “Hands Untied”).

KABC-TV won six Emmys, including two for its series “Eye on L.A.” Also winning six awards--and the academy’s Governors Award for its 25th anniversary in local broadcasting--was public broadcaster KCET Channel 28. The station won two awards each for its programs “The Los Angeles History Project” and “KCET Journal.”

Following is a complete list of winners:

Host/Moderator, Series: Roy Firestone, “Lakers Pregame Show,” KHJ-TV.

Live Sports Coverage: “Los Angeles Dodgers Baseball,” KTTV.

Spot News, Breaking Story: Matt Stevens, “Granada Hills Fire,” Channel 4 News, KNBC-TV.

Feature Reporting: Joe Rico, “Hang Gliding Dog,” Channel 4 News at Five, KNBC-TV.

News Writers: David Garcia, Dave Linder, “Ring of Fire,” Channel 4 News at Five, KNBC-TV.

Film/Tape Editor, Hard News: Pat Edmondson, “Prisoners of Violence,” KHJ-TV.

Sports Special: “Lakers--Lords of the Rings,” KCBS-TV.

Film/Tape Editor, News Features: Sergio Lelevier, “Seoul Man,” Channel 4 News at Four, KNBC-TV.

Special Events: “Emmy Awards Preview,” KTTV.

Feature Segment: “Mr. Postman/Eye on L.A.,” KABC-TV.

Sound Mixing: “Saucers/California Stories,” KCET.

Mini-Docs: “The Final Fix,” Channel 4 News at Five, KNBC-TV.

Sports Series: “Sunday Night Sports,” KNBC-TV

Live Coverage, Unscheduled News Event: “First Interstate Bank Fire,” KTLA News at 10.

Film/Tape Editors, Non-News: Steve Pomerantz, Margaret Willey, Martin D. Amrani, David Crosthwait, “Fred Roggin’s Sports Bowl ‘88,” KNBC-TV.

Graphics: “Sports Spotlight With Bret Lewis,” KNBC-TV.

News Reporting: “Public Housing,” Channel 2 Action News at Five, KCBS-TV.

Camera Crew, Breaking News: “Inglewood Drug Bust,” Channel 2 Action News at 11, KCBS-TV.

Information Segments: “Youth Gang Services/Silver Linings,” KNBC-TV.

Director, Unedited Non-News Program: Harry Kooperstein, “Live From the Hollywood Bowl,” KCOP.

Camera Crew, Non-News: “Desperate Passage,” KTLA.

News Commentary: Eric Burns, “Last Temptation of Christ/E.T.,” Fox News at 10, KTTV.

Public Municipal and Operator Produced Cable: “Not Before the Crack of Noon,” Century Cable.

Performer: Theodore Bikel, “Harris Newmark’s L.A./The Los Angeles History Project,” KCET.

Non-News Writer: Jon Wilkman, “Harris Newmark’s L.A./The Los Angeles History Project,” KCET.

Director, Unedited News Program: John K. Vogt, “News 13,” KCOP.

Investigative Reporting: “Mama, Porque Me Muero?/Vea Noticias,” KVEA.

Sports Reporting: “Hockey Violence--Three Parts” Channel 2 Action News at Five,” KCBS-TV.

Director, Edited Program: Lloyd Thaxton, “Fight Back! With David Horowitz,” KNBC-TV.

Camera Crew, News Features: “The Final Fix,” Channel 4 News at Five,” KNBC-TV.

Travel & Leisure/L.A. Local Color: “New Zealand Part I/Eye on L.A.,” KABC-TV.

Health & Science/Environment Special: “Ring of Fire,” KNBC-TV.

Education Special: “Kids, Sex and Choices/KCET Journal,” KCET.

Crime/Social Issues: “Desperate Passage,” KTLA.

Arts & Culture/History: “A Soldier Returns,” KABC-TV.

Technical Direction: “1988 Tournament of Roses Parade,” KTLA.

Special Class, Program Area: “A Musical Encounter in Los Angeles,” KLCS; “Orange County Centennial Snapshots,” KOCE; “Pacific Rim Challenge: Asia’s Future, America’s Opportunity,” KABC-TV; “A Salute to Hispanic Heritage,” KTLA.

News Special: “Inside Mexico: The Power, Poverty and Pride,” KCBS-TV.

Entertainment Programming: “And Now a Thrill From Our Sponsor,” KABC-TV.

Host/Moderator, Special: Valerie Colman, “Hands Untied,” KCBS-TV.

Public Affairs Series, Remote: “Silver Linings,” KNBC-TV; “KCET Journal,” KCET.

Information Series, Remote:”Above and Below,” KABC-TV.

Information Series, Studio-Based: “Off Hand,” KHJ-TV.

Public Affairs Series, Studio-Based: “7:30” Special Reports, KCET.

Children/Youth Special: “Clue You In: The Case of the Mad Movie Moustacher,” KCBS-TV.

Children/Youth Series: “Kidquiz,” KCBS-TV.

Regularly Scheduled Daily News Program: Channel 2 Action News at Five, KCBS-TV.

Governors Award: KCET.