NorCal Radio-TV News Directors Association Hands Out Awards

The RADIO-TELEVISION NEWS DIRECTORS ASSOCIATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA has announced the winners of its 30th annual News Awards, and CBS O&O KPIX-TV (CBS 5) and noncommercial News-Talk KQED-F/SAN FRANCISCO each won six, while CBS RADIO News KCBS-A-KFRC-F/SAN FRANCISCO, HEARST NBC affiliate KCRA-TV/SACRAMENTO, and COX MEDIA GROUP FOX affiliate KTVU (TV)/OAKLAND-SAN FRANCISCO won five each.  The awards will not be distributed at the usual annual dinner "due to the poor economic times, tight budgets and over-extended newsroom staffs," with plaques being mailed to the winners.

Radio winners include:

Radio
News Broadcast-Over 15 minutes (Division A, Markets 1-30): KCBS-A-KFRC-F/SAN FRANCISCO, "KCBS 6AM News," STAN BUNGER, SUSAN LEIGH TAYLOR, and the KCBS News Team
Breaking News (Division A, Markets 1-30): KCBS, "Firestorm: The SAN BRUNO Pipeline Explosion," KCBS News Team
Special News Program (Division A, Markets 1-30): CLEAR CHANNEL Talk KFBK-A/SACRAMENTO, "'86 Floods - 25 Years Later," AMY LEWIS, MIKE MURRAY, GREGG FISHMAN
Public Affairs Program (Division A, Markets 1-30): KCBS, "KCBS In Depth: Revolution in EGYPT," JANE MCMILLAN, ED CAVAGNARO, SHERYL RAINES
Public Affairs Program (Division B, Markets over 30): VALLEY PUBLIC RADIO noncommercial KVPR/FRESNO-KPRX/BAKERSFIELD, "C-Section Births; General VANG POO," TERRY PHILLIPS
Sports Program/Special (Division A, Markets 1-30): CUMULUS Talk KGO-A/SAN FRANCISCO, "Cut Man," SCOTT LETTIERI

Audio
Investigative Reporting: KQED, "On Shaky Ground," MICHAEL MONTGOMERY, JULIA MCEVOY, KRISSY CLARK, GABRIEL COAN, INGRID BECKER
Multi-Part Series: KQED, "33x20: CALIFORNIA's Clean Power Countdown," LAUREN SOMMER, AMY STANDEN, CRAIG MILLER
News Reporting: KQED, "Proposition 8," SCOTT SHAFER
Feature Reporting -- Serious: KFBK, "SACRAMENTO Drug and Gun Burn," TIM LANTZ
Feature Reporting -- Light: Noncommercial KALW/SAN FRANCISCO, "What lurks beneath the Bay Area's battle with invasive species in ballast water," JULIA SCOTT
Specialty Reporting: KQED, "Science & Health," AMY STANDEN
Sports -- Segment/Feature: KCBS, "Dodgeball," MIKE SUGARMAN
Weather -- Segment/Story: KGO, "March Storms," The KGO News Team
Traffic -- Segment: KCBS
News Writing: KQED, "Counting the Homeless," KRISSY CLARK
Use of Sound: KGO "Cut Man," SCOTT LETTIERI

News Website
Division A, Markets 1-30: KQED
Division B, Markets over 30: CALIFORNIA LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY Noncommercial News-Talk KCLU-A-F/SANTA BARBARA

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