RTNA Of Southern California Hands Out Golden Mike Awards

Awards

The RADIO AND TELEVISION NEWS ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA handed out its 66th annual GOLDEN MIKE AWARDS for radio and television news SATURDAY night (1/23) in UNIVERSAL CITY, CA.

Radio winners included:

• Best Newscast Over 15 Minutes: Div. A: CBS RADIO News KNX-A/LOS ANGELES, "KNX Afternoon News"
• Best Newscast Under 15 Minutes: Div. A:  SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA PUBLIC RADIO News-Talk KPCC/PASADENA-LOS ANGELES, "4:00 Newscast"; Division B: CAL STATE LONG BEACH/GLOBAL JAZZ Jazz KKJZ (KJAZZ)/LONG BEACH, "K-Beach Hi-Definition News"
• Best Sports Segment: Division A: KFWB ASSET TRUST Sports KFWB-A (THE BEAST 980)/LOS ANGELES, "Sports Segment from 9/16/2015"; Division B: GOLD COAST BROADCASTING News-Talk KVTA-A/VENTURA, "Stick Sports"
• Best Traffic Report: Division A: KNX, "KNX Traffic on the 5s"
• Best Sports Reporting: Division B: CALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY News-Talk KCLU-A/SANTA BARBARA-KCLU-F/THOUSAND OAKS,     "LA Still Without Pro Football, But VENTURA COUNTY Has COWBOYS, RAMS This Week"
• Best Spot News Reporting: Division A: iHEARTMEDIA News-Talk KFI-A/LOS ANGELES, "FERGUSON, MISSOURI Live Hit"; Division B: KCLU, "Mudslides Hit CAMARILLO SPRINGS"
• Best Live Coverage of a News Story: Division A: KNX, "STUDIO CITY Gunman"
• Best Documentary (One Division): KNX, "KNX Spotlight: Age of Drones"
• Best News Public Affairs Program: Division A: KPCC, "AIRTALK for OCTOBER 1, 2015"; Division B, KKJZ, "Life Behind the Badge: What You Don't Know about Being a Cop.""
• Best News Reporting: Division A: KPCC, "In Wake of Public Outcry over Shootings, LAPD Training Focuses on Empathy"; Division B, VALLEY PUBLIC RADIO News-Talk-Classical KVPR/FRESNO, "One Valley School District's Unorthodox Educational Approach: No More Grades"
• Best News Reporting by a Radio Network or Content Syndicator (One Division): WESTWOOD ONE, "ROSEBURG Shooting"
• Best Hard News Series Reporting (One Division): KPCC, "Hard Times at INGLEWOOD HIGH"
• Best Feature News Series Reporting     (One Division): KVPR, "Drought Series"
• Best Investigative Reporting: Division A: KPCC, "Sex and the LAUSD Teacher"
• Best Serious Feature Reporting, One Minute or Longer (One Division): KPCC, "Missing Kindergarten Is a Big Deal"
• Best Serious Feature Reporting , Shorter than One Minute (One Division): KFI, "LA County Firefighters Return from Nepal Quake"
• Best Light Feature Reporting,  One Minute or Longer (One Division): KPCC, "LA's Federal Reserve Is Burning Money ... Literally"
• Best Light Feature Reporting, Shorter than One Minute (One Division): KFI, "Make a Wish, LA Style"
• Best News Special: Division A, KPCC, "50 Years after the WATTS Riots: A Look at the Community's Past, Present and Future"
• Best Entertainment Reporting: Division A, KPCC, "Asian-American YouTubers"; Division B, KCLU, "Arts for Autism""
• Best Business And Consumer Reporting: Division A, KNX, "KNX Money Hour"; Division B, KCLU, "Who Says Doctors Don't Make House Calls Anymore?""
• Best Government And Political Reporting, Division A, KPCC, "Taking on Voter Apathy One Person at a Time"
• Best Medical And Science Reporting, Division B, KCLU, "From Toilet To Tap?"
• Best Use Of Sound, Division A, KPCC, "Kindergarten in Chinese"; Division B, KCLU, "Sounding the Horn for Train Safety"

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