PUBLIC TELEVISION’S BEST WORK
APPLAUDED AT NETA 2008

(January 24, 2008 – Columbus, OH)  The National Educational Telecommunications Association (NETA) honored twenty-four public broadcasters with awards Friday on stage at The Columbus Hotel. In all, forty trophies in the areas of program production, promotion, outreach, and instructional media, were awarded.  The celebratory presentation was part of NETA’s annual conference, held this year in Columbus, Ohio.

The judges selected two endeavors for special recognition as 2007’s “Best of the Best”:
       - On the Frontline: Nebraskans at War in Iraq in program production,
       from NET Television

       - “Nature’s Best on MontanaPBS” Photo & Video Contest in outreach
       from MontanaPBS

The 2007 NETA Awards winners are:

INSTRUCTIONAL MEDIA
KET The Kentucky Network: Literacy Strategies in Action: Resources for Primary Teachers (inservice/large market)
WLVT/Bethlehem, PA:   The Great Escape (ITV program/small market)
Wisconsin Educational Communications Board/Madison, WI: democracy it is! (ITV series/large market)
Idaho Public Television: D4K: Dialogue for Kids (ITV series/small market)
Mississippi Public Broadcasting: Mississippi Preschool Literacy Initiative (teacher resource/large market)
WNEO/Kent, OH: Constitution Challenge (teacher resource/small market)
KET: Art to Heart (media product/large market)
WLVT: Career Gates (media product/small market)

PROMOTION

KET: Louisville Life (local campaign/large market)
Nashville Public Television:  Television Worth Watching (local campaign/small market)
KET: KET Brand Video (corporate-institutional/large market)
MontanaPBS:  Our Story (corporate-institutional/small market)
KET: Louisville Life Press Kit (print design/large market)
Lakeshore Public Television/Merrillville, IN:  Lakeshore Public Television Media Kit (print design/small market)
Think TV/Dayton, OH: Mary Ann & Milton “Be More Connected” (single video/large market)
Nashville Public Television:  Last of the Summer Wine (single video/small market)
WOSU/Columbus, OH:  WOSU @ COSI Grand Opening Weekend Celebration (special event/large market)
WXEL/West Palm Beach, FL: 2007 Escada Fashion Show (special event/small market)
Wisconsin Public Television: “Be More Tuned In” Station Blog (Website/large market)
KNME/Albuquerque, NM: www.knmehealth.org/Take One Step (Website/small market)

OUTREACH
KUEN/Salt Lake City, UT: UEN SciFi Friday (licensee project/large market)
KUEN:  Netsafe Utah (community impact/large market, tie)
Louisiana Public Broadcasting: Louisiana Speaks (community impact/large market, tie)
KETC/St. Louis, MO: It Only Takes One Step to a Healthy Mind, Body, and Soul (national project/large market)
MontanaPBS:  “Nature’s Best on MontanaPBS” Photo & Video Contest (national project/small market)
 

PROGRAM PRODUCTION
WFSU/Tallahassee, FL:  Peanuts Gallery (performance/large market)
MontanaPBS: 11^th & Grant with Eric Funk (performance/small market)
KET: The Everlasting Stream (drama/large market)
NET Television/Lincoln, NE:  Crane Song (science and nature/large market)
WUFT/Gainesville, FL: Where the Wild Things Live (science and nature/small market, tie)
Idaho Public Television:  Outdoor Idaho: A Palouse Paradise (science and nature/small market, tie)
KCPT/Kansas City, MO: Bad Blood: The Border War that Triggered the Civil War (history/large market)
Ozarks PTV/Springfield, MO: Route 66: Missouri’s Mother Road (history/small market)
KUED/Salt Lake City:  Maynard Dixon: To The Desert Again (biography/large market)
NET Television: On the Frontline: Nebraskans at War in Iraq (news and public affairs/large market)
MontanaPBS: Montana Focus with Gene Brodeur: Ramping Up (news and public affairs/small market)
OETA/Oklahoma City, OK:  OETA & The Digital Revolution (information/large market)
Idaho Public Television: Outdoor Idaho: Idaho Getaways (information/small market)
OETA:  Centennial Stories (series/large market)
Idaho Public Television:  Outdoor Idaho (series/small market)

The NETA Awards are annual recognition of member-produced excellence in public broadcasting, a tradition established more than forty years ago by the pioneering Southern Educational Communications Association.

NETA is a professional association founded in 1997 to serve public television licensees and affiliated educational organizations.  The organization has members in 44 states, the District of Columbia, and the Virgin Islands.  NETA is headquartered in Columbia, SC.

See www.netaonline.org for additional information on the organization and its services.

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