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PBS39 wins regional EMMY Award!
On Saturday, September 13, PBS39 made history by being awarded a regional EMMY award in Cleveland, Ohio. The award was given in for the project titled Little River Wetlands, produced by PBS39 Senior Producer/Director Mary Gerber (formerly Scarbrough) in Category 37/ Public Service Announcement - Single Spot or Campaign. The award-winning segment titled Little River Wetlands was produced by PBS39 for the public television series NATURAL HEROES as part of a national initiative focusing on individuals and organizations dedicated to improving the environment in their respective communities across America. PBS39 received one of two nationally distributed grants to produce a three-minute segment focusing on one such local "Natural Hero." PBS39 produced this clip in partnership with the Little River Wetlands Project. In it, the local wildlife preserve and its mission of preservation was introduced to viewers. The segment also highlights its growth and accomplishments while challenging people to become volunteers in the project. The segment that PBS39 created is featured on the Natural Heroes website, http://www.greentreks.org/naturalheroes/index.asp.
The team that created this award winning production is (pictured from left to right) Zeke Bryant (Graphics); Mary Gerber, Senior Producer/Director; Ray Steup (Videography) and Susie Peirce (Education Outreach Coordinator), who secured the grant from the National Center For Outreach to make this possible, and Allison Pareis (Videography, not pictured). ----------- In Category 31/Informational/Instructional program or series, PBS39's documentary A WATERSHED MENTALITY, was nominated for a regional EMMY award but did not win. This 30-minute special was produced and directed by PBS39 Producer/Director Ray Steup. In this documentary, viewers learned about the range and overall impact of activities along the Maumee River basin, from the confluence of the Maumee, St. Joseph and St. Mary's Rivers in Fort Wayne all the way to where the Maumee flows through Ohio and into Lake Erie. This 30-minute documentary also focuses on how different practices upstream along a watershed not only affect the lives and economies at that point in the watershed, but have a lasting and major impact upon every living being downstream and beyond. This documentary, produced and directed by PBS39's Ray Steup, was funded through a grant from the City of Fort Wayne's Board of Public Works, and produced in cooperation with the USDA, The Great Lakes Commission, The Great Lakes Basin Program for Erosion and Sediment Control and the Allen County (Indiana) Partnership for Water Quality. The winners in Regional EMMY competition now go on to national EMMY competition and consideration. For more information about the EMMY awards and the Academy of television arts and sciences, visit their website at http://www.emmys.tv/index.php ------- PBS39 broadcasts 24 hours a day over the air on UHF Channel 39 analog and Comcast Cable Channel 3 and Verizon FiOS Channel 3. PBS39 also broadcasts around-the-clock on four standard-definition digital TV Channels: Digital 39-1 (also seen on Comcast Digital 240, Verizon FiOS Channel 470), 39-2 (also seen on Comcast Digital 241, Verizon FiOS Channel 471), 39-3 (also seen on Comcast Digital 242, Verizon FiOS Channel 472), and 39-4 (also seen on Comcast Digital 243, Verizon FiOS Channel 473). |
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