Kansas City PBS Earns 11 Regional EMMY® Nominations
September 4, 2019 | | 2 min read
Kansas City PBS received 11 nominations for the 2019 National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Mid-America Regional Chapter EMMY® Awards. The nominations are based on outstanding cultural, educational, technological, entertainment, news and informational achievements in television.
“It’s so gratifying to receive nominations that reflect the diverse content and storytelling across all our services – KCPT, The Bridge and Flatland, KCPT’s digital magazine. It’s so wonderful to see all the outstanding local content our teams produce that adds such great value to our national content offerings,” KCPT President & CEO, Kliff Kuehl said. “We’re incredibly fortunate to have community support for the work that we do from foundations, corporations and our members.”
KCPT nominations are:
Arts/Entertainment – Program Feature Segment: Sounds of the Soul: Krutz Strings
Arts/Entertainment – Program/Special: Me, Dorothy … and This Road to Oz
Politics/Government – Program/Special: Who Will Lead KC? Primary Debate
Documentary-Cultural: The Elders Last Tour ‐ Going to Arklow
Informational/Instructional/ Program Special: Public Works?: A Level Foundation
Interview/Discussion -Program : ’68: The Kansas City Race Riots Then & Now
Public/Current/Community Affairs – Feature/Segment: Public Works?: Evicted
Interstitial: American Graduate: Kansas City vs. Peer Cities
Talent – Performer/Host: Nick Haines
Public/Current/Community Affairs – Feature/Segment: Preparing Students with Disabilities for the Workforce
Special Event Coverage (other than News or Sports) Live or Edited: Celebration at the Station in partnership with the Kansas City Symphony
Reading these stories is free, but telling them is not. Start your monthly gift now to support Flatland’s community-focused reporting.
Related Stories
Nick’s Picks | Messi, Jail, Buses, and More …
World Cup Team(s) Arrive It’s starting to feel real. The first World Cup team has landed in Kansas City. Defending champions Argentina touched down at KCI airport on Sunday and will begin practicing today at Sporting KC’s training facility in Wyandotte County. Much of the attention, of course, is focused on Lionel Messi. The soccer…
World Cup ‘Statement Piece’ Evokes Best Version of Kansas City
Before I moved to Kansas City almost 56 years ago, I had been here only once — for a brief visit to the Kansas City Press Club when I was attending the University of Missouri School of Journalism. But because of that visit and the fact that I grew up in the Midwest (Woodstock, Illinois,…
KU Center Helps Women Gain Foothold After Incarceration
A flier from her probation officer was the turning point for Jodi Whitt, who had spent more than two decades in and out of the criminal justice system. The piece of paper introduced Whitt to the Technology Education Program offered by the University of Kansas’ Center for Digital Inclusion. Since 2019, Whitt has risen through…