CBS, PBS Top Emmys for News : Awards: Two networks took 10 honors each, while TBS’ ‘National Geographic Explorer’ led individual programs.

CBS and PBS won 10 awards each and TBS’ “National Geographic Explorer” picked up four--more than any other program--in the 1989 Emmys for news and documentary programming.

In ceremonies here Wednesday, ABC won six awards and NBC picked up five. CNN, Fox Broadcasting, HBO and MTV each received one Emmy, and an independently produced syndicated program won another. All of TBS’ awards were for “National Geographic Explorer.”

The 40 winners were chosen from more than 900 entries.

Coverage of a Breaking News Story (Program): CBS’ “48 Hours” for “Hurricane Watch.”

Coverage of a Breaking News Story (Segment): “NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw” for coverage of turmoil in Romania.

Instant Coverage of a Breaking News Story: NBC News for its special “China in Crisis”; CNN for its coverage of China.

Background and Analysis of a Current Story (Program): ABC’s “The Koppel Report” for “Tragedy at Tiananmen: The Untold Story.”

Background and Analysis of a Current Story (Segment): “NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw” for “Tragedy at Pine Ridge”; PBS’ “The AIDS Quarterly” for “The Education of Admiral Watkins.”

Investigative Journalism (Program): ABC for “Pan Am: Flight 103.”

Investigative Journalism (Segment): ABC for “Prisoners of Care.”

Interviews and Interviewers (Program): PBS’ “The Power of the Word with Bill Moyers: The Living Language”; NBC’s “Ronald Reagan . . . An American Success Story.”

Interviews and Interviewers (Segment): CBS’ “Face the Nation,” interview with John Tower; CBS’ “Saturday Night with Connie Chung,” interview with Marlon Brando; ABC’s “20/20,” interview with Patty Duke.

Coverage of a Continuing News Story (Program): CBS’ “48 Hours” for “Women Doing Time.”

Coverage of a Continuing News Story (Segment): “CBS Evening News with Dan Rather” for “China: The Ancient, The New.”

Informational, Cultural or Historical Programming (Program): TBS’ “National Geographic Explorer” for “Search for Battleship Bismarck.”

Informational, Cultural or Historical Programming (Segment): The syndicated “Hitler (Remembering World War II)” and ABC’s “20/20” for “Free to Be Wild.”

News and Documentary (Program): PBS’ “The Public Mind with Bill Moyers” for “Illusions of News.”

News and Documentary (Individuals): Chris Beaver, Judy Irving and Ruth Landy, producers of “Dark Circle” on PBS’ “P.O.V.”; Perry Wolff, producer of CBS’ “The Moon Above, the Earth Below.”

Writing: Perry Wolff for “The Moon Above, the Earth Below”; Charles Kuralt, Peter Freundlich for “Milepost--Student Stopping Tank in Beijing” on “CBS News Sunday Morning.”

Directing: Jon Else for “Yosemite--The Fate” on PBS’ “The American Experience.”

Researching: Marjorie M. Moomey for “Elephant” on PBS’ “National Geographic Special”; Bruce Norfleet, Margaret Bauer and Lisa Manning, “Search for Battleship Bismarck” on TBS’ “National Geographic Explorer.”

Cinematography: Gordy Waterman and Stan Waterman for “Dancing with Stingrays” on TBS’ “National Geographic Explorer.”

Electronic Camerawork: Mark Falstad for “Yellowstone Under Fire” on PBS’ “Frontline”; Graig B. White for “America Works: Window-Washer” on NBC’s “Today.”

Tape Editing: Warren Lustig for “The ‘80s Remembered” on “The CBS Evening News with Dan Rather.”

Film Editing: Sara Fishko for “No Applause, Just Throw Money” on PBS’ “P.O.V.”; Mary Alfieri for “Mountains of Fire” on TBS’ “National Geographic Explorer.”

Lighting Direction: Martin S. Dick for all studio portions of “Saturday Night with Connie Chung.”

Graphic Design: Chris Harvey of MTV’s “Decade”; Roger Goodman, Ben Blank, Frank Sveva, Katherine Dillon, Brett Holey, Victoria Hunter, Barbara Gil and Lou Castellar of ABC’s “PrimeTime Live.”

Title Sequences: Joachim Blunck, Scott Miller, Ellen Kahn and Peter Faiman for Fox’s “The Reporters.”

Art Direction and Scenic Design: Robert Thayer for PBS’ “The AIDS Quarterly with Peter Jennings No. 101.”

Music: Bobby McFerrin for “Common Threads: Stories From the Quilt” on HBO.

Sound: Kenneth Love, Clifford Hoelscher, Paul Schremp and Mark Linden for “Serengeti Diary” on PBS’ “National Geographic Special.”