October 2, 2013


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                            CONTACT: Tara Ballesteros   October 2, 2013                                                                                                    703.229.4765
                                                                                           

KTDO Telemundo 48 Receives 5 EMMY Nominations

 

EL PASO, TX - KTDO Telemundo 48 received 5 EMMY nominations from the Lone Star Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.  Telemundo 48 was the only Spanish-language station in the market to be nominated and the only station regardless of language to receive multiple nominations.   Lone Star EMMY represents the most experienced and talented television professionals from all disciplines of the industry and from all of Texas' 19 television markets.

 

KTDO Telemundo 48 was nominated in the following categories:

  

GENERAL ASSIGNMENT REPORT - WITHIN 24 HOURS

        City Hall Historic Demolition, Ivette Sanchez, News Reporter
 
EDUCATION/SCHOOLS - NEWS SINGLE STORY/SERIES/FEATURE

  Burges Mock Accident, Gabriel Preciado, News Reporter   

 

  MILITARY - NEWS SERIES  

        Los Veteranos Y Sus Luchas, Gabriel Preciado, News Reporter

 

  SPORTS - NEWS SINGLE STORY
  Love Medals (Medallas De Amor),
Antonio Favela, Sports Anchor/Reporter/Producer

 

  PROMOTION - NEWS PROMO - SINGLE SPOT 
  Telemundo 48 Mas Cerca De Usted, Alfredo Lopez, Production/Direction/Camera/Audio       /Editing

   

"Our commitment to the community continues to yield recognition; this is the second time in as many years that Telemundo 48 is in contention for this coveted prize.  Last year we were the only station in the market to bring home an EMMY," said Lorena Casta�eda, Station Manager.  "We are extremely proud of our local newscast and even more so of the dedicated, talented professionals on the Telenoticias team who continually report on the stories that matter most to our audience."   

 

The winners will be announced at the 11th Annual Lone Star EMMY Awards on Saturday, November 9 at the Grand Hyatt in San Antonio.  Visit holaciudad.com for additional information and to view the nominations.

ZGS Communications is a Hispanic-owned multi-media company, headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, that owns or operates 12 Spanish-language television stations, representing the largest group of independent stations affiliated with the Telemundo television network.  In addition, ZGS owns three Spanish-language radio stations serving Washington, DC and Tampa, and a Spanish-language web portal holaciudad.com . For three decades, ZGS has been a proud community broadcaster with a profound commitment to local programming, community service and advocacy.

 

WNEU Boston � KTDO El Paso � WWDT Fort Myers-Naples � KNSO Fresno � WRDM Hartford

WTMO Orlando � WRIW Providence � WZTD Richmond � KVDA San Antonio

WDMR Springfield � WRMD Tampa � WZDC Washington DC

 

WGES 680am � WILC 900am � WAMA 1550am

 

www.holaciudad.com

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