THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS AND SCIENCES SAN FRANCISCO / NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CHAPTER 4317 Camden Avenue e-mail:
[email protected] San Mateo, California 94403-5007 http://www.emmyonline.org/sanfrancisco (650) 341-7786 SF (415) 777-0212 Fax: (650) 372-0279 A non-profit association dedicated to the advancement of television. 29th Annual NORTHERN CALIFORNIA AREA EMMY AWARD NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED The 29th Annual Northern California Area EMMY Award Nominations were announced tonight at KQED in San Francisco, as well as Mission Rogelio’s in Sacramento, the Elbow Room in Fresno, and on the Internet. The EMMY is awarded by The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. San Francisco/Northern California is one of the eighteen chapters awarding local Emmys. Northern California is composed of television and cable stations from Visalia to the Oregon border and includes Hawaii and Reno, Nevada. Entries were aired during the 1999 calender year. The ballots, which were tallied by the accounting firm of Spalding & Company, totaled 158 nominations from 649 entries received in 45 categories. KRON, San Francisco, topped the nominations with 21, followed by KGO, San Francisco, and KTVU, Oakland, with 16. KPIX, San Francisco was next with 15. Cable did well with FOX Sports Net and ZDTV each receiving 10. Sacramento was next with KCRA receiving 9 and KXTV 7. Awards chair, David Mills, was pleased to see the smaller cable stations being involved in the Community Service Category. Leading the list of individuals receiving nominations: Wayne Freedman, KGO/ABC7, Ted Griggs, FOX Sports Net, and Nancy Juliber, ZDTV, each with four.