KCOP TV, KFWB-AM Take Top Honors : Awards: Channel 13, often last in ratings among news stations, garners five Golden Mikes for local broadcast news.

KCOP Channel 13, KNBC Channel 4 and KABC Channel 7 shared top television honors at the 42nd annual Golden Mike Awards presented Saturday at the Universal City Hilton for excellence in locally produced broadcast news.

KFWB-AM (980) eclipsed all competitors during the radio portion of the awards, winning six trophies, including best radio newscast over 15 minutes. Rival news station KNX-AM (1070) took home four awards, and KFI-AM (640) scored three for best investigative, news series and feature reporting.

Often last in the ratings among all local news stations, Channel 13 proved first at the Golden Mikes with a total of five honors, including one for its 10 p.m. newscast as best 60-minute broadcast among station’s employing fewer than 75 full-time news personnel. It also won two awards for Tony Hernandez’s sports reporting, another for best newscast writing and a fifth merit award for a news series on “Homeless Heroes.”

Channel 4 nabbed four honors, crowned by its 5 p.m. news show as best 60-minute newscast among stations with a full-time news staff of 75 or more. KNBC also drew kudos for Fred Roggin’s sportscast, his feature reporting and the station’s live coverage of a plane crash at LAX.

KABC’s 11 p.m. newscast was honored as best 30-minute newscast, and the station also won for a news series on Romania and a feature report, “Pet Explosion.”

While shut out of the best newscast competition, KCBS fared well in other categories, grabbing awards for Harvey Levin’s investigation into worker’s compensation fraud, Judd McIlvain’s “Troubleshooter” segment, Kim Marriner’s spot news reporting and the station’s coverage of the Sierra Madre earthquake.

San Diego station KNSD Channel 39 also garnered four Golden Mikes, including best 30-minute newscast in the smaller station division.

KCET Channel 28, spearheaded by the documentary “Speaking of Young Black Men,” won three awards. KTLA Channel 5, the top-rated independent news in Los Angeles, grabbed two prizes, as did KCAL Channel 9 and Spanish language KMEX Channel 34. KTTV Channel 11 took home one.

Radio stations KLAC-AM (570) in Burbank, KFMB in San Diego, and KWXY in Cathedral City were also commended for excellence in their daily newscasts.

The Golden Mikes are presented annually by the Radio and Television News Assn. of Southern California. Some awards are presented in two divisions. Division A stations have 75 or more full-time news employees, and Division B stations employ fewer than 75.

Winners included:

TELEVISION

* Newscast writing: Michael Toussaint, KCOP.

* Individual writing: Matt Stevens, KCAL.

* Spot news reporting, Division A: Kim Marriner, KCBS.

* Spot news reporting, Division B: “Gas Tanker Accident,” KEYT.

* Live coverage: “LAX Crash,” KNBC.

* Commentary or editorials: Ed Quinn, Paul A. Sands, Don Lundy, Judy Vance, John Beatty, KGTV.

* Documentary: “Speaking of Young Black Men,” Myra Ming, KCET.

* News reporting: “Ten News Troubleshooter,” Marti Emerald, J. W. August, KGTV.

* News reporting cable or broadcast network: “Nightline, “The Christopher Commission Report,” ABC.

* News series, A: “Romania,” Christine Lund, Joe Ashby, Millie Martinez, KABC.

* News series, B: “Rodney King,” Stan Chambers, Warren Wilson, Ron Olsen, Steve Lentz, Minerva Perez, Gerald Rubin, KTLA.

* Investigative reporting, A: “Workers Compensation Fraud,” Harvey Levin, Ken Mate, Dan Leighton, KCBS.

* Investigative reporting, B: “Mae’s Money,” Marti Emerald, J. W. August, KGTV.

* Serious feature reporting, A: “Pet Explosion,” Ann Martin, Greg Turrotta, KABC.

* Serious feature reporting, B: “Oceanside Migrant Workers,” KMEX.

* Light feature reporting, A: “A Mother’s Love,” Patti Suarez, KTTV.

* Light feature reporting, B: “Eclipse Worshipers,” KNSD.

* Specialized segment, A: Judd McIlvain, “Troubleshooter,” KCBS.

* Specialized segment, B: “Tequila Pops/Mid State Fair,” KSBY.

* Entertainment reporting: John Corcoran, KCAL.

* Special news programming, A: “Sierra Madre Quake,” Ernie Arboles, KCBS.

* Special news programming, B: “Policing Police,” Leo Greene, Jeffrey Kaye, KCET.

* Sports segment, A: Fred Roggin, Mike Cunningham, KNBC.

* Sports segment, B: Tony Hernandez, Steve Jahnke, KCOP.

* Sports news reporting: Tony Hernandez, KCOP.

* Sports feature reporting: Fred Roggin, KNBC.

RADIO

* Newscast writing: “News at 9,” KLAC.

* Sports reporting: KFWB.

* Sports feature reporting: “Bungee,” KFWB.

* News commentary: “Senate Pay Raise,” KFMB.

* Spot news: “Accident at the Airport,” KNX, and “Girl Scout Bus Crash,” KPSI.

* Documentary: “Deadly Inheritance,” KSDO, and “Market Tensions,” KUCR.

* News reporting: “The Elevation of Cardinal Mahony,” KFWB.

* News series: “Teens & AIDS,” KFI.

* Investigative reporting: “Homeless Feature,” KFI.

* Serious feature: “May Day Riot,” KFI and “Rising From the Ashes,” KTUN.

* Light feature: “One Minute,” KSDO.

* Specialized segment: “The Cinema Zone,” KFWB and “30/35,” KLON.

* Entertainment reporting: “Oscar’s Night,” KNX.

* Special news broadcast: “Welcome Home Desert Storm Parade,” KNX and “Sierra Madre Earthquake,” KSCN.