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Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Austin’s Lone Star Emmy nominations
The regional Emmys, dubbed the Lone Star Emmys, announced their 2006 nominations this week, and Austin stations fared pretty well.
The station with the most regional Emmy noms? KLRU, our swell public television station that has been churning out more fine original programming than ever.
“Downtown,” the magazine show produced by KLRU and the Downtown Austin Alliance, picked up five Lone Star Emmy nods in various arts and entertainment categories, as well as the magazine category.
Two of KLRU’s public affairs series, “Texas Monthly Talks” and “Austin Now,” received nominations, and the original children’s show “The Biscuit Brothers” earned a nomination in the children’s programming category.
KLRU also received two nominations for “Texas Parks & Wildlife TV” and one for its station promos.
KVUE was nominated for best newscast among TV stations in the 26 to 60 market size. (We’re No. 51, by the way.) KVUE also picked up nominations for a feature news report by Kevin Peters, a political report by Lee McGuire, for news editing and photography.
Nanci Wilson of KEYE got a nomination for a health-science story, and KEYE’s Kim Miller was nominated for a human-interest story.
News 8 Austin picked up one for its dependable and comprehensive weather programming and another one for community service.
And Fox’s KTBC was recognized for graphics.
All in all, a good haul for Austin stations. The awards will be handed out in Houston on Oct. 21.
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