This past Sunday night at the 50th Annual New York Emmys, WNBC was the big winner with 13 awards. The big wins for the station were for its newscast which won three – Morning Newscast for Today in New York, Daytime Newscast for Live at Five, and Evening Newscast (under 35 minutes) for the 11p.m. newscast. WNBC’s Senior Vice President, News and Station Manager Dan Forman said about the wins, "We are particularly proud of the team awards....our local newscasts were judged best in the morning, early evening and 11 p.m. This is quite a feat."
WPIX was the other big winner with 8 awards and won the 10 p.m. race for outstanding Evening Newscast (over 35 minutes). On the talent side, the suburban cable news stations made a pretty good showing among the broadcast stations. Here's a rundown of the winners:
Anchor-News: Jim Rosenfield of WCBS-TV for his anchoring of breaking news in the field
Anchor-Weather: Paul Piorek of News 12 Connecticut
Anchor-Sports: Bruce Beck of WNBC-TV
Reporter-Features: David Springer of News 12 Connecticut
Reporter-General Assignment: N.J. Burkett of WABC-TV
Reporter-Investigative: Barbara Nevins Taylor of WWOR
Reporter-Live: Tony Caputo of News 12 New Jersey
Specialty Assignment: Arnold Diaz of WNYW
Reporter-Sports: Scott Stanford of WWOR
Commentator/Editorialist: Christopher Jones of WNYW for The Bottom Line
Program Host/Moderator: Sukanya Krishnan of WPIX-TV
Performer/Narrator: Kari Loya of NYCTV for Secrets of New York
Sports Play-by-Play: Mike Emrick of FSN New York for his calling of New Jersey Devils games
Sports Analyst: Ron Darling of SportsNet New York
Here is the complete tally of winners by station:
WNBC-TV - 13
WPIX-TV - 8
NYC TV - 7
WNET- 7
WABC-TV - 7
WNYW - 6
WWOR - 5
News 12 Connecticut - 4
MLB Productions for YES Network - 3
MSG Network - 3
News 12 Long Island - 3
WSKG-TV - 3
Bronxnet - 2
R News - 2
SportsNet New York - 2
WCBS-TV - 2
WGRZ-TV - 2
YES Network - 2
FSN New York - 1
Magrack - 1
News 12 Interactive - 1
News 12 New Jersey- 1
News 12 Westchester - 1
New Jersey Network - 1
WIVB-TV - 1
WNJU Telemundo 47 - 1
WROC-TV - 1
WRNN-TV - 1
WXTV Univision 41 - 1
TBS - 1
Time Warner Cable - 1
For the complete breakdown of winners visit the New York Emmys website or wait for WNYE's broadcast Tuesday, April 10 at 9:00 p.m. to see who wins. And here's the Hollywood Reporter on the NY Emmys.
