WRAL Wins 9 Regional Emmy Awards

CBC was well represented at the event.

On February 5, 2000, the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) awarded their annual Regional Emmy Awards in Nashville, Tenn. The academy honors and inspires excellence through the internationally recognized Emmy Award, the most prestigious honor that can be bestowed in television. NATAS has 17 Chapters nationwide. The Midsouth Chapter represents the States of North Carolina and Tennessee, and the television markets of Bowling Green, Kentucky, and Huntsville, Alabama. Fifty-seven awards were presented from over 650 entries, which were judged by the Seattle Chapter of NATAS, and tabulated by Kurt Vitolo of the accounting firm of Sussman and Associates. National Trustee C. Paul Corbin

Tom Allen (right) congratulates James Ford on his Emmy.

WRAL TV staff won nine awards this year:

• SPORTS PROGRAM/POST-PRODUCED
  Reynolds Remembered, Tom Suiter, Bob Holliday, Jeff Gravley, Tom Crichton, WRAL Raleigh
• DOCUMENTARY
  The Cape Light, Scott Mason, Jay Jennings, Bill Leslie, WRAL Raleigh
• EDITORIAL OR COMMENTARY
  Colored People, Jay Jennings, David Crabtree, WRAL Raleigh
• COMMUNITY STATION PROJECT
  Facing Race, Jim Griffin, WRAL Raleigh
• PUBLIC AFFAIRS
  John Glenn Return to Space, David Crabtree, Mark Copeland, WRAL Raleigh
• CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS/EDUCATIONAL
  centralXpress.com: True Colors, David Creech, WRAL Raleigh
• CHILDREN'S PROGRAMS/ENTERTAINMENT
  centralXpress.com: Love Is Strange, Dan Oliver, WRAL Raleigh
• DIRECTOR/NON-NEWS
  centralXpress.com: Love Is Strange, Dan Oliver, WRAL Raleigh
• TECHNICAL DIRECTOR
  Continuing Coverage, Special Olympics 1999, James A. Ford, Jr., WRAL Raleigh

The Emmy statue was very impressive.