UNC-TV Garners 18 Regional Emmy Award Nominations

Nominations for the twenty-third annual Midsouth Regional Emmy Awards have been announced by the Midsouth Regional Emmy Awards organization in Nashville, Tennessee, and UNC-TV has received 18 nominations for programming and related productions, including five for the magazine series Our State.  The final awards ceremony will be held in Nashville on January 24, 2009. 

UNC-TV and/or its production partners received nominations in the following categories:

Documentary/Cultural:
Exploring North Carolina:  Fossil Fields--Joe Albea, Mark Crews, Tom Earnhardt

Documentary/Historical:
Senator No-- Chris Frank, John Wilson

Documentary/Topical:
Taking Initiative:  A Look Inside Guilford County Schools-- Shannon Vickery, Elizabeth Wilder

Historic/Cultural Program/Special:
Cruising Carolina:  The Lower Banks--David Dalton, Theresa Dalton, Blue Water Media

Arts/Entertainment:
Carolina Ballet:  Monet Impressions-- Bill Hannah, Peter Olafson

Magazine Series:
North Carolina Weekend #536-- Galen Black, Deborah Holt, Amy Meiggs, Will Mikes
Our State:  Somerset Place-- Jim Bramlett, Mike Burke, Daniel Cook, Brian Faulkner, Morgan Potts, Bland Simpson, Fred Story, Lisa Waldo, Amy Wood.

PSA Spot:
Help! It's the UNC-TV Speakers Bureau-- Len Faulconer

PSA Campaign:
Healthwise Moments:  FitKidsNC.com-- Len Faulconer, Kristin Lingle
Help!  It's the UNC-TV Speakers Bureau-- Len Faulconer 

Director/Program (Non-news)
Our State:  An Artist's Reflections-- Morgan Potts

Editor/Program (Non-news)
Our State:  An Artist's Reflections-- Morgan Potts

Music Composer/Arranger
Our State:  An Artist's Reflections-- Fred Story, Concentrix Music and Sound Design

Photography/Program (Non-news)
Cruising Carolina:  The Lower Banks--David Dalton, Theresa Dalton, Blue Water Media
Our State:  An Artist's Reflections--- Mike Burke
Somerset Place-- Mike Burke

Writer/Program (Non-news)
Cruising Carolina:  The Lower Banks-- Theresa Dalton, Blue Water Media

Writer/Short Form
The Faulconer Files-- Len Faulconer

Founded in 1957, The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS), best known for the internationally recognized Emmy Award, is a non-profit, professional organization dedicated to improving the quality of television at all levels. NATAS strives to raise industry standards, encourages those new to the profession, and provides a forum for the exchange of ideas on industry problems and concerns. The Nashville/Midsouth Region, founded in 1984, encompasses the States of North Carolina (except Asheville) and Tennessee, and the television market of Huntsville, Alabama.

UNC-TV is North Carolina's statewide public television network.