Telemundo 52 wins top awards

Alex Coolman

UNIVERSAL CITY -- A Glendale Spanish-language television station

captured six trophies at this weekend’s Golden Mike Awards, including

best half-hour newscast.

Telemundo 52, a television station that serves the greater Los Angeles

area, carried the best newscast award with its “Noticiero TELEMUNDO 52”

program. It also won awards for its news writing, reporting and editing.

Carolyn Fox, executive director of the Radio and Television News Assn.

of Southern California, which gives out the awards, said the

association’s judges were impressed with Telemundo 52’s programming.

“It’s more difficult for them, because they have to give an English

translation for the judges to do the judging,” Fox said.

But it’s common for non-English stations to compete for the awards,

she said.

“It’s been like that for many years,” she said. “As long as I can

remember.”

Telemundo 52 Vice President and General Manager Fernando Lopez said

the station has been improving its morning, evening and weekend

programming and hiring new personnel in recent months. The goal, he said,

is to lay the foundation for a channel that will compete with all news

programs -- no matter what language they’re in.

“We want to be not only become the best Spanish newscast in the city

but the best newscast period,” he said.

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Noticiero TELEMUNDO 52 won the following Golden Mike awards:

* Best half-hour news broadcasting, for its 6 p.m. newscast.

* Best newscast writing, for its 6 p.m. newscast.

* Best spot news reporting, for its coverage of the Lakers riots.

* Best hard news series reporting, for a two-part series on street

children.

* Best light news series reporting, for a piece on the Virgen of San

Juan de Los Lagos.

* Best video editing, for a piece on the Virgen of San Juan de Los

Lagos.