Local stations share the wealth at regional Emmys; Walt honored

WDAF, Fox 4, walked home with seven nine regional Emmys at the ceremonies in St. Louis Oct. 20, but NBC Action News, KMBC-9 and other local stations also one-upped their cross-state rivals, winning important categories all night long. Also, KCUR's Walt Bodine was inducted into the NATAS region's Gold Circle for 50 years of broadcasting.

Here's the breakdown of Kansas City winners. The full list is at the NATAS site.

• Fox 4
  • Best breaking feature (Patricia Holloway, "Boy's Passion for Music"), investigative (Linda Wagar, Jon Haiduk), editor - no time limit (Haiduk), science program (Tye Murphy and Mike Thompson, "Storm Station 4.2"), historical feature (Nancy Lewis, "Children of Meth"), interactivity (Jason Smith) and informational (Smith, Damon Bryant and Carrie Hibbeler) for the "Storm Station 4.2" DVD (free to the first person who emails me), informational (also the DVD), service (Cory McRae, Bryant and Thompson, "Day at the K"), and anchor montage (John Holt).
• NBC Action News (KSHB)
  • Best newscast, major market for the Waldo fire coverage (Kimberly Woodard); image promo (Randy Thurman, Todd Norris)
• KMBC-9
  • Best breaking news (chemical fire) and best team coverage (Waldo fire), both Emmys made out to ex-ND Michael Sipes; also GA reporting for Dan Weinbaum
• Metro Sports
  • Four awards in sports (two for Stephen Spiegel and John Denison, one for Erik Ashel and Denison and one for the "Best of Kansas City" team: Erik Ashel, Jin Kim, Spiegel and Denison)
• KCTV-5
  • Human interest (Dana Wright, Ken Ullery), plus two Emmys for promos (Mark Olson)
• KCPT
  • Audio (Clayton Stubbs) and music on "Bad Blood" (Connie Dover and Stubbs), PSA (Angee Simmons, Mark Stamm)

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Comments

[Rick]

I read about this a week earlier on bottom line. Did you overlook John Holt's major honor? What about Larry Moore? Cynthia Smith?

[Aaron Barnhart]

Bottom Line was the quicker picker upper, though I did post this three days ago. I guess I don't see how 25 years in broadcasting merits an Emmy Award, which is what that 'Silver Circle' for Larry Moore and Cynthia Smith was all about. I mean, I'm halfway to an Emmy at that rate. I thought Walt's 50 years in broadcasting, consecutively served, most of it as the star of the show, was a much bigger deal.

As for John Holt, he's in there. I know it's strenuous to read to the end of a bullet point, but humor me.