2006 – TV/Radio

RADIO STATIONS
Best Newscast
First
Place:
WTOP, Washington, D.C.
Staff Entry
“July 7, 2005 Newscast”
Second
Place:
KTRH, Houston, TX
Lana Hughes, JP Pritchard, Rick Janacek
“KTRH Morning News”
Third
Place:
WBAL, Baltimore, MD.
Bill Vanko, Anne Kramer, Scott Wykoff
“September 1, 2005 Newscast”
Breaking News or Continuing Coverage of a Single News Event
First Place:
KTRH, Houston, TX
KTRH Staff
“BP Plant Explosion”
Second
Place:
WBAL-AM, Baltimore, MD
Scott Wykoff
“The Rafael Palmeiro Steroid Scandal”
Third
Place:
WHYY-FM, Philadelphia, PA
Brad Linder
“Philadelphia’s Corruption Trial”
Feature, Human Interest Story, or News Series
First Place:
  
WBAL-AM, Baltimore, MD
Scott Wykoff
“Miracle on 34th Street’
Second
Place:
WBAL-AM, Baltimore, MD
John Patti
“Annie’s Playground”
Third
Place:
KARN-AM, Little Rock, AK
Annette Flournoy
“The State on Meth”
Documentary or Public Affairs
First
Place:
WTOP, Washington, D.C.
WTOP News Staff
“Troubled Waters”
Second
Place:
KCBS, San Francisco, CA
Matt Bigler
“Hired Hands”
Third
Place:
WFPL, Louisville, KY
Heidi Caravan & Stephanie Sanders
“The Gander Crash – 20 Years Later”

http://www.wfpl.org/gander_crash/default.htm
Hurricane Coverage
First Place:
KTRH, Houston, TX
KTRH Staff
“Hurricane Rita”
Second
Place:
WBAL-AM, Baltimore, MD
Scott Wykoff
“Katrina’s Aftermath”
Third
Place:
North Carolina Public Radio—WUNC, Durham, N.C.
Leoneda Inge & Brent Wolfe
“Katrina Volunteer”
BROADCAST RADIO NETWORKS & SYNDICATORS
Best Newscast
First Place:
ABC News Radio, New York, N.Y.
ABC News Team
Second
Place:
CBS World News Roundup, New York, N.Y.
Christopher Glenn & Paul Farry
Third
Place:
No award given
Breaking News or Continuing Coverage of a Single News Event
First Place:
 
CBS Radio News, New York, N.Y.
CBS Radio News Staff
“London Bombings”
Second
Place:
ABC News Radio, New York, N.Y.
ABC News Radio Staff
“The Death of Pope John Paul II”
Third
Place:
Great Lakes Radio Consortium, Ann Arbor, MI
Lester Graham, Mark Brush & Rebecca Williams
“Ten Threats to the Great Lakes”
Feature, Human Interest Story or News Series
First Place:

ABC News Radio, New York, N.Y.
Linda Albin
“Pullout from Gaza—On the Inside”
Second
Place:
Great Lakes Radio Consortium, Ann Arbor, MI
Mark Brush
“Up Close and Personal with a Prairie Fire”
Third
Place:
CBS Radio News, New York, N.Y.
Barry Petersen
“Tsunami”
Documentary or Public Affairs
First
Place & GRAND AWARD IN RADIO:     
 
The Stanley Foundation, Muscatine, IA and KQED
Public Radio, San Francisco, CA
David Brancaccio, Simon Marks, Keith Porter & Kristin McHugh
“Security Check: Confronting Today’s Global Threats”
  
Second
Place:
CBS Radio News Roundup, New York, N.Y.
Barry Bagnato
“Social Security”
Third
Place:
ABC News Radio, New York, N.Y.
Ryan Kessler, Steve Jones & Cheri Preston
“Perspective”
Hurricane Coverage
First Place:
 
CBS Radio News, New York, N.Y.
CBS Radio News Staff
“Hurricane Katrina”
Second
Place:
ABC News Radio, New York, N.Y.
ABC News Radio Staff
“Hurricane Katrina”
Third
Place:
Lichtenstein Creative Media, Cambridge, MA
Bill Lichtenstein, June Peoples & John Hockenberry
“Hurricane Katrina: The Road to Recovery”
BROADCAST OR CABLE TELEVISION STATIONS 
Best Newscast
First Place: KIRO, Seattle, WA
Helen Swenson
“KIRO-7 Eyewitness News”
Second
Place:
WJW, Cleveland, OH
Greg Easterly, Andy Fishman & Jessica Bates
“10 p.m. Newscast”
Third
Place:
WTAE, Pittsburgh, PA
Richard Cook, Roberta Petterson & Matthew Hilk
“Action News at 5”
Coverage of a Breaking News Event
First Place: KIRO, Seattle, WA
Helen Swenson & Staff
“Eastside Pursuit”
Second
Place:
KPNX, Pheonix, AZ
Garrett Wichmann, Mike Warner
“MLK Fights”
Third
Place:
WTAE, Pittsburgh, PA
Tricia Drzal, Roberta Petterson, Bob Longo
“Downtown Under Water”
Continuing Coverage of a Single News Event
First Place:
WJW, Cleveland, OH
Bill Sheil, Jack Shea & Bill Martin
“Kids in Cages: The Untold Story”
Second
Place:
WTAE, Pittsburgh, PA
Bob Longo Matthew Hilk & Roberta Petterson
“Towboat Tragedy”
Third
Place:
WSMV, Nashville, TN
Nancy Amons, Zina Bauman, Cam Cornelius & Dave Brasells
“Guardrails”
Feature, Sports or Human Interest Story
First Place:
 
KDFW, Dallas, TX
Steve Noviello, Jeremy Pollard & Michael Tew
“Wingman”
Second
Place:
WTAE, Pittsburgh, PA
Wendy Bell, Eric Hinnebusch, Kendall Cross & Michael Lazorko
“Crazy Cure-Alls”
Third
Place:
WTHR, Indianapolis, IN
Scott Swan & Steve Rhodes
“I’m Not Missing Anything”
Public Service
First Place:
CLTV, Chicago, IL
Bob Arya
“Uniform Concerns”
Second
Place:
WEWS, Cleveland, OH
Duane Pohlman, Dorian Thompson & Dave Arnold
“Dumping on Ohio”
Third
Place:
KTVT, Dallas, TX
Dr. Mona Khanna, Kent Chapline & Steve Mauldin
“Diagnosis Cancer: How to Find Your Way”
Documentary or Series of Reports
First
Place & GRAND AWARD – TELEVISION:
WCCO, Minneapolis, MN
Tom Aviles, Lino Rulli & David Schechter
“The Last Flagraiser”
Second
Place:
News 12 Long Island, Woodbury, N.Y.
Virginia Huie, Dave Garden & Brian Endres
“Last Letters Home”
Third
Place:
News 12 New Jersey, Edison, N.J.
Walt Kane, Bill Schlosser & Anthony Cocco
“Rebuilding Asbury Park”
Investigative Reporting
First Place: WJW, Cleveland, OH
Tom Merriman, Mark DeMarino & Dave Hollis
“School Bus Bloat”
Second
Place:
KIRO, Seattle, WA
Chris Halsne, Bill Benson & David Weed
“Brains For Sale”
Third
Place:
KGO, San Francisco, CA
Dan Noyes, Beth Ramsey & Lynn Friedman
“The Body Show”
Business and Consumer Reporting
First Place:
  
WNBC, New York, N.Y.
Chuck Scarborough, Emily Smolar, Brian Quinn & John Gonzalez
“Santiago Solution?”
Second
Place:
KIRO, Seattle, WA
Wayne Havrelly, Bob Branom & Brian Doerflinger
“Charity Abuse”
Third
Place:
CBS 5, San Francisco, CA
CBS 5 Consumer Watch
“On The Hook”
Health Reporting
First
Place:
WTAE, Pittsburgh, PA
Jim Parsons, Kendall Cross & Mike Lazorko
“Dying to Breathe”



http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/4211977/detail.html
Second
Place:
KCTV, Kansas City, KS
Carolyn Long, Ken Ullery & Sam Zeff
“Hospital Costs”


http://www.kctv5.com/global/category.asp?c=9271
Third
Place:
KING, Seattle, WA
Joan Kinsey, Jean Enersen
“Breast Cancer: Winning the Battle”
BROADCAST TELEVISION NETWORKS, CABLE NETWORKS AND SYNDICATORS 
Best Newscast
First
Place:
NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams
“Hurricane Katrina: New Orleans in Turmoil”
Second
Place:
CNN
“Paula Zahn Now: Jet Blue Plane/Tornado/Hurricane Rita”
Third
Place:
No award given
Coverage of a Major News Event
First Place:
 
ABC News: Good Morning America
“Tsunami Zone”
Diane Sawyer
Second
Place:
NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams
“London Terror Bombings”
Third
Place:
NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams
“The Death of Pope John Paul, II”
Continuing Coverage of a Major News Event
First
Place:
NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams
“Tsunami: A Disaster Unfolds”
Second
Place:
NBC Nightly News
“The Pakistan Earthquake”
Third
Place:
CNN
“Dr. Sanjay Gupta Reports: From the Quake Zone”
Feature, Sports or Human Interest Story
First Place:
  
ABC News: Good Morning America
“You Changed My Life: Ms. Schnegg”
Robin Roberts
Second
Place:
ABC News: Primetime Live
“Talking to Animals”
Third
Place:
CNN
“A Lesson Before Dying”
Documentary or Series of Reports
First Place:
CNN Presents
“Autism is a World”
Second
Place:
MSNBC/Ikana Media
“Coming Home”
Third
Place:
CNN Presents
“Egypt: A Test Case for Democracy”
Investigative Reporting
First Place:
 
ABC News 20/20
“Cruelty to Owners”
Second
Place:
NBC Nightly News
“The Terror Money Trail”
Third
Place:
CNN
“Ford Fires”
News Magazine Program
First Place:
ABC News PrimeTime Live
“Crystal Meth 911”
Second
Place:
ABC News 20/20
“Where Do They Belong”
Third
Place:
California Connected
Marley Klaus
“California Connected”
Business and Consumer Reporting
First Place:  NOW on PBS
“The Broken Promise”
Second
Place:
CNN
“Paula Zahn Now: Generic Drugs”
Third
Place:
Bloomberg News
“GM Retooling an American Icon”
Hurricane Coverage
First Place: NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams
“After the Storm: The Long Road Back”
Second
Place:
CNN
“Hurricane Katrina and the Aftermath”
Third
Place:
NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams
“Hurricane Katrina Coverage”
Health Reporting
First
Place:
CNN
“Dr. Sanjay Gupta Primetime Special: Killer Flu; A Breath Away”
Second
Place:
CNN
“Dr. Sanjay Gupta Primetime Special: Memory”
Third
Place:
CNN
“Dr. Sanjay Gupta Primetime Special: Anatomy of a Murder”