PBS station WQED received the bulk of the Pittsburgh nominations yesterday in the Mid-Atlantic Emmy Awards competition. WQED received 14 nominations, WTAE had nine and KDKA had four.
As stations, KDKA, WPXI and WPGH don't enter the regional Emmys, although individual employees sometimes do.
Nominations are for reports broadcast predominantly in 2003 (the eligibility period was April 1, 2003, to March 31, 2004). Winners will be announced at a ceremony Sept. 18 in Philadelphia.
Mid-Atlantic Emmy nominations comprise entries from Pennsylvania (except Erie); southern New Jersey; Delaware; Steubenville, Ohio; and Wheeling, W.Va. Local nominees include:
Single news broadcast: 5 p.m. newscast, WTAE, news director Bob Longo.
Morning newscast: WTAE, Longo.
Spot news/single report same day: "Little Girl Lost," KDKA, reporter Ross Guidotti, producer Aviva Radbord.
General news/single report: "Worshipping the Day After," KDKA, reporter John Cater, photographer/editor L. David Colabine.
News feature/informational: "Directory Assistance Disasters," WTAE, reporter Wendy Bell.
News feature/single report same day: "Dr. Seuss Rhyme," KDKA, reporter Dave Crawley, photographer/editor Dave Forstate.
Service news/feature or series: "Driveway Danger," WTAE, reporter Susan Koeppen, editor Michael Lazorko, photographer Dan Pratt.
Documentary program: "Fred Rogers: America's Favorite Neighbor," WQED, producer Joe Kennedy, producer Margy Whitmer, editor Kevin Conrad, producer/writer Rick Sebak, executive producer Jocelyn Hough.
Talk program/one-time only special: "On Q: Steeltown Entertainment Summit," WQED, Hough, producer Alicia Schisler, editor Frank Caloiero, director Rebecca Born.
Magazine format broadcast: "On Q Magazine," WQED, Schisler, supervising producer David Solomon, managing editor Michael Bartley.
Program feature/informational: "On Q: A Pilot's Story," WQED, Solomon, producer/reporter Andy Masich, photographer/editor Paul Ruggieri; "On Q: Breakdown of a Mental Hospital," WQED, Solomon, Masich, Ruggieri.
Program feature/entertainment: "On Q: Row on for Brendan," WQED, Bartley, Solomon, Ruggieri, Forstate.
Youth programming: "McDonald's Steelers Kidzone," Pittsburgh Steelers, producer Rick Fairbend.
Performing arts program: "Live From Studio A: A Holiday Jam," WQED, Hough, Caloiero, director Dave Rhodes, music director Scott Anderson, host Pete Hewlett.
Cultural program: "The House: A Black Horizons Special," WQED, co-producer Chris Moore, co-producer Minette Seate, editor David Cohen.
Live sports coverage/one-time only special: "WPIAL Basketball Championships," Fox SportsNet Pittsburgh, executive producer Paul Kosuth, producer Roger Lenhart, director Matt Williams.
Live sports coverage/series: "Pittsburgh Penguins Hockey," Fox SportsNet Pittsburgh, Kosuth, producer David Koppett, director Bryan Seip, associate producer Lynne Holden.
Sports program/one-time only special: "Steelers Primetime," WTAE, Longo, Lazorko, sports director Andrew Stockey, producer Dan Henninger.
Public affairs program/one-time only special: "Depression: The Help Connection," WQED, Bartley, Solomon, Schisler, Ruggieri, producer Nathalie Berry; "One Year on Centre Avenue: David Johnson," WPXI, reporter David Johnson, photographer/editor Ward Hobbs, producer Carrie Moniot, news director Pat Maday.
Public affairs series: "On Q: Lessons for Life," WQED, Solomon, Bartley, Morelli, reporter/producer Tonia Caruso, vice president of education Karen Farmer White.
Community outreach: "On Q: Lessons for Life," WQED, Solomon, Bartley, Caruso, Farmer White and outreach program director Marlene Gary Hogan.
Public service announcement: "Use It," WTAE & YPA Winner, editor Rodney Johnson, writer Elizabeth Bensink.
Music composition: "On Q: Can I Walk You Home?" WQED, composer Carol Lee Espy.
Individual achievement, anchor/news: Susan Koeppen, WTAE.
Individual Achievement, reporter/feature news: Dave Crawley, KDKA; Susan Koeppen, WTAE.
Individual achievement, reporter/informational: Susan Koeppen, WTAE.
Individual achievement, writer/programming: David Solomon, WQED; Pierina Morelli, WQED.