KSHB’s stalwart investigative reporter Ryan Kath was the big winner Saturday night at the 36th annual Mid-America Emmy Awards at the Midland Theatre when he took home five Emmys from the event.
KCTV and its news director Blaise Labbe and KMBC’s news director Sherrie Brown tied for top honors for overall News Excellence.
Below are all the winners with those from the KC area in bold.
St. Louis, MO. September 22, 2012 – The Mid-America Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) awarded the 36th Annual Mid-America Emmy® Awards Saturday night at the Midland Theatre in downtown Kansas City.
For the first time, the Gala was held in Kansas City, Missouri, on Saturday, Sept. 22 at the historic Midland Theatre. A crowd of more than 450 attended the VIP cocktail reception, dinner and awards gala. This year’s gala was hosted by The Weather Channel’s Mike Bettes.
During the evening, NATAS honored four television veterans for their decades of service in the industry. Mike Bush from KSDK-TV in St. Louis, Kris Ketz from KMBC-TV in Kansas City, Cynthia Newsome from KSHB-TV in Kansas City and Terry Shoptaw from KHBS/KHOG in Rogers, AR were all inducted into the NATAS Silver Circle, which honors 25 years or more in the television industry.
In addition, NATAS presented the prestigious Governor’s Award for Lifetime Achievement to Hallmark Hall of Fame at the awards gala. For more than six decades, the series has captured the hearts and minds of television viewers across the country. It has received 80 Emmy awards and is the most-honored program in television history.
NATAS also congratulates each of the 2012 Emmy® Award winners in the following categories:
Newscast-Morning/Daytime 1-49 (tie)KMBC Jason Bent, Katina McCoy, Cliff Judy, Taka Yokoyama
(tie) KTVI Tram Anh Nguyen
Newscast-Morning/Daytime 50+ KYTV Maria Neider, Debbie Enlow, Katherine Mayo, Brett Onstott
Newscast-Evening 1-49 KMBC Marlene Cross
Newscast-Evening 50+ KYTV Robin Yancey, Paula Dowler, Emily Wood, Jay Scherder, Ashley Reynolds
Newscast-Weekend WDAF Randy Parrott, Elizabeth Pepperdine
General Assignment Report-Within 24hr (tie) KSDK Mike Bush, Eric Voss
(tie) WDAF Robert Low, Jon Haiduk
General Assignment Report-No Time Limit KSHB Ryan Kath, Andy Pollard
Breaking News KMOV Sean McLaughlin
Spot News KMOV Maggie Crane, Justin Emge
Investigative KSHB Ryan Kath, Michael Butler, Andy Pollard, Melissa Greenstein
Feature News Report-Light Feature KSDK Mike Bush, Tom Stasiak
Feature News Report-Serious Feature KTHV Liz Massey, John Young, Jonathan Nettles, Kelly Tibbit
Team Coverage KTVI/KPLR Audrey Prywitch
Continuing Coverage KSPR Joanna Small
News Special KMOV Craig Cheatham, Jim Thomas
Arts/Entertainment: News Story KTVI/KPLR Brian Ledford
Arts/Entertainment: Feature Segment HEC Jonathan Clarke, Peter Foggy
Arts/Entertainment: Program/Special Kansas City Chiefs Robert Alberino, Jodain Massad
Business Consumer: News Story KSHB Ryan Kath, Michael Butler
Education/Schools: News Story HEC Kara Savio, Taunia Mason
Health/Science: News Story Feature (tie) WQAD Kim Johnson, Anthony Panicucci
(tie) KSHB Ryan Kath, Michael Butler
Environment: News Story/Program KMOV John O’Sullivan, Chris Nagus, Mark Hadler
Historical/Cultural: News Story/Feature KOMU Sarah Hill, Scott Schaefer
Historical/Cultural: Program/Feature HEC Jacqui Poor, Taunia Mason
Politics/Government: News Story/Program KSHB Ryan Kath, Andy Pollard
Religion: News Story/Program Feature WDAF Tess Koppelman, Jon Haiduk
Human Interest: News Story/Feature KOMU Sarah Hill, Scott Schaefer
Human Interest: Program Feature WDAF Robert Low
Human Interest: Program Special Kansas City Chiefs Jodain Massad, Robert Alberino
Specialty News Series KMBC Cliff Judy, Taka Yokoyama
Specialty Program Univ. of Arkansas Larry Foley, Jim Borden
Interstitial She’s Always Wright Sharon Wright
Sports: News Single Story KMBC Tim Twyman
Sports: News Feature or Program Feature Metro Sports Erik Ashel
Sports: Regularly Scheduled Program (tie) GB Entertainment Graham Bensinger
(tie) Univ. of Kansas Micah Brown, Josh Doke, Edward Schroer, Iain Trimble
Sports: One Time Special Univ. of Illinois Frank Lenti
Sporting Event/Game – Live/Unedited Fox Sports Midwest Kevin Landy
News Weathercast KTVI Chris Higgins
Documentary – Cultural Ark Educational TV Carole Adornetto, Mark Wilcken
Documentary – Historical Wide Awake Films Shane Seley, Ed Leydecker
Informational/Instructional: Feature Beckman Institute Steve Drake
Informational/Instructional: Program KSHB Elyna Niles-Carnes, Gary Lezak, Brett Anthony, George Waldenberger, Jeff Penner
Interview/Discussion: Program Fox Sports Midwest Max Leinwand, Jim Hayes, Chris Felt
Magazine Program Kansas City Chiefs Brad Young, Robert Alberino, Shanna Hilt
Public/Current/Comm Affairs: Feature (tie) Coolfire Media Mike Rohlfing, Lindsay Naumann, Megan Weissenstein
(tie) PlattForm Michael Mackie, Jason Kerschner
Public/Current/Comm Affairs: Program Kansas City Chiefs Robert Alberino, Jodain Massad
Special Event Coverage KCPT Angee Simmons, Randy Mason, Mark Stamm
Community/Public Service (PSA) KCPT Angee Simmons, Jim Button
News Promo: Single Spot KSDK Richard Witzofsky, Brian Spencer
News Promo: Campaign Image KCTV Tye Murphy, Maria Robinson, Brian Boye
Program Promo: Single Spot or Campaign Kansas City Chiefs Jodain Massad, Robert Alberino, Wil Blackwell
Commercial: Single Spot Coolfire Media Pete Halliday, Jason Stamp, Patrick Vaughan
Commercial – Campaign Coolfire Media Jason Stamp, Patrick Vaughan,Preston Gibson
Station Excellence KTVI/KPLR Spencer Koch
News Excellence (tie) KCTV Blaise Labbe
(tie) KMBC Sherrie Brown
Community Service KETC/Nine Network Anne-Marie Berger, Jim Kirchherr, Margaret Enright, Amy Shaw
Journalistic Enterprise KTVI/KPLR Chris Hayes
Interactivity KOMU Sarah Hill, Nathan Higgins, Jennifer Reeves, Stacey Woelfel, Lindsey Tyler
Audio: Live or Post Production Kansas City Chiefs Jodain Massad
Musical Composition/Arrangement BicMedia Julian Bickford
Director: Live or Live to tape (tie) Fox Sports Midwest Tom Mee
(tie) Fox Sports Midwest Steve Kurtenbach
Director: Post-Production (tie) Kansas City Chiefs Jodain Massad
(tie) Kansas City Chiefs Robert Alberino
Editor: Program Ark Educational TV Mark Wilcken
Editor: Short Form (Promo/PSA) (tie) KCTV Tye Murphy
(tie) 90 Degrees West Scott Whiteaker, Vlad Sarkisov, Mark Bartels
Editor: News KMBC Tim Twyman
Editor: Sports Metro Sports Erik Ashel
Graphic Arts: Graphics – Program/News(tie) Kansas City Chiefs Brad Young
(tie) St. Louis Rams Chris Slepokura
Graphic Arts: Animation Antidote Jeremy Frye
On Camera Talent/Anchor: News (tie) KLRT Donna Terrell
(tie) KSDK Mike Bush
On Camera Talent/Anchor: Weather KTVI Chris Higgins
On Camera Talent/Anchor: Sports Metro Sports Mick Shaffer
On Camera Talent: Performer/Host Kansas City Chiefs Mitch Holthus
On Camera Talent: Sports Announcer Fox Sports Midwest Dan McLaughlin
On Camera Talent: Commentator KTHV Craig O’Neill
On Camera Talent: Reporter KSDK Mike Rush
Photographer: Program Kansas City Chiefs Jodain Massad
Photographer: News KSDK Eric Voss
Photographer: Sports (Single Camera) Metro Sports Erik Ashel
Writer: Program/Program Feature (tie) She’s Always Wright Sharon Wright
(tie) Ark Educational TV Mark Wilcken
Writer: News KPLR/KTVI Patrick Clark
Video Journalist KTVI Wade Smith
The Mid-America chapter of NATAS includes television markets primarily in Missouri, Arkansas, Illinois and surrounding DMAs.
