A KCAL Night at Emmys, but KTTV’s Closing Fast

In a repeat from the year before, KCAL-TV Channel 9 walked off with the most statuettes at the 47th annual Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards but saw the prestigious honor for best 60-minute newscast go to rival KTTV-TV Channel 11.

KCAL wound up Saturday night with 10 Emmys for local TV programming in 1994, including for best news special (“The Fires of Autumn”) and best sports series (“Lakertime”). KTTV won eight, including the one for “Fox News at 10” and two for reporter Chris Blatchford.

The 11 p.m. “Action News” of KCBS-TV Channel 2 captured the Emmy for best 30-minute newscast, and the “KTLA Morning News” on Channel 5 was named best daytime newscast.

Besides the 18 awards to KCAL and KTTV, six each went to KCBS, KABC-TV Channel 7 and KCOP-TV Channel 13, three to KTLA, two to KCET-TV Channel 28 and one each to KOCE-TV Channel 50, KVEA-TV Channel 52 and cable channels City-TV and L.A. CityView.

Veteran journalist George Putnam was given the Governors Award for career achievement.

The awards were handed out by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in ceremonies at the Pasadena Civic Auditorium.

Here is the complete list of winners:

60-minute newscast: “Fox News at Ten,” KTTV.

30-minute newscast: “Channel 2 Action News at 11,” KCBS.

Daytime newscast: “KTLA Morning News,” KTLA.

News special: “The Fires of Autumn,” KCAL.

Informational/public affairs series (remote): “City View,” KABC; “L.A. Stories,” KCBS.

Informational/public affairs series (studio-based): “Life & Times,” KCET.

Live coverage of an unscheduled news event: “Earthquake ‘94,” KTLA; “Earthquake--Northridge,” KCBS.

Travel and leisure/L.A. local color: “Behind the Badge,” KABC.

Health and science/environment: “Ancient Medicine, Modern Cures,” KTTV.

Education: “Earthquake! What We Know Now,” KCAL.

Crime/social issues: “What’s Happened to Our Children?” KABC.

Arts and culture/history: “Legacy of the Barracks,” KABC.

Entertainment programming: “Tommy: From Rock Opera to Stage Sensation,” KCOP.

Children/youth special: “A Kids’ Eye View,” KCBS.

Children/youth series: “L.A. Kids,” KCOP.

Short promo/public-service announcement: “KCAL Kids Crew--Membership,” KCAL; “Love Thy Neighbors,” KCBS; “Pick It Up,” L.A. CityView.

Graphics: “Countdown to the American Music Awards--Open,” KABC.

Instructional programming: “Universe: The Infinite Frontier,” KOCE.

Sports special: “Beyond Endurance Raid Gauloisis: The World’s Toughest Challenge,” KCAL.

Sports series: “Lakertime,” KCAL.

Live sports coverage: “The Los Angeles Marathon,” KCOP.

Live special events: “Live From the Hollywood Bowl,” KCOP; “1994 Tournament of Roses Parade,” KTLA.

Public, municipal and operator produced cable: “Once Abused, Now Accused,” City-TV.

Investigative reporting: Chris Blatchford (reporter), Dan Leighton (producer), KTTV; Chris Harris (reporter), Myra Ming (senior producer), KTTV.

Feature segment: Isaac Mizrahi (producer), Peter Stone (camera), David Swofford (videotape editor), Paula Poundstone (producer), “Paula Poundstone & Pablo Picasso,” KCET.

Information segment: Judy Huern (producer/writer), Jeff Scott (camera), “The Museum of Tolerance,” KCBS.

News editor: Nancy Rosenblum, KCAL.

Non-news editor: K.C. Schillhahn, KTTV.

Serious news story: Chris Blatchford (reporter), Dan Leighton (producer), “After Hours,” KTTV.

Light news story: Bryan Jenkins (producer/reporter), Renee Brown (producer/editor), Leroy Hudson (producer), Eric Chin (videographer), “Gangsta Rap,” KCOP.

News videographer: Jodie Mena, KCAL.

Non-news videographer: Robert Ballew, KABC.

Hard news reporting: Francisco Ugalde (reporter), Connie Magana (producer), Eleanore Vega (executive producer), KVEA.

News feature reporting: Barbara Schroeder, KTTV.

Sports reporting: Gary Cruz, KTLA.

News director: Kathy Perez, KTTV.

Non-news director: Harry Kooperstein, KCOP.

News writer: Lisa Brown, KCAL.

Non-news writer: Lisa Brown, KCAL.

Governors award: George Putnam.