KVEA Dominates 75th Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards

KVEA, the Telemundo-owned Los Angeles station, has emerged as the big winner at this year’s 75th Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards. The Spanish language station swept the key newscast categories, taking home the Emmys for evening, daytime, and morning newscasts. This is not the first time KVEA has been recognized for its outstanding daytime newscast, as it also won the award last year.

KVEA’s Impressive Win

KVEA’s dominance at this year’s Emmy Awards is evident in its eight wins, tying with local public broadcaster KCET. Despite the tie, KCET maintains its streak of winning the most awards for the seventh consecutive year. Following closely behind KVEA and KCET is the KCBS/KCAL duopoly with four wins. ABC-owned KABC and Spectrum SportsNet LA received three awards each.

KCET Leads in Nominations

KCET received the most nominations this year, with 24 nods, followed by KVEA with 20 nominations. Cable news outlet Spectrum News 1 also garnered 14 nominations.

Los Angeles Area Emmy Governors Award

The prestigious Los Angeles Area Emmy Governors Award was presented to Los Angeles Lakers broadcast analyst Stu Lantz. The award recognizes individuals, companies, or organizations that have made significant contributions to television broadcasting in the greater Los Angeles area.

Categories and Winners

The Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards honor locally produced programs in various categories, including crime and social issues, culture and history, the arts, human interest, sports, the environment, and live and breaking news coverage. The winners in each category are as follows:

Regularly Scheduled Daily Evening Newscast (7:00pm-12:00am):

Noticias Telemundo 52 a las 11pm – KVEA

Regularly Scheduled Daily Daytime Newscast (11:00am-7:00pm):

Noticias Telemundo 52 a las 6pm – KVEA

Regularly Scheduled Daily Morning Newscast (4:00am-11:00am):

Noticias Telemundo 52 a las 6am – KVEA

L.A. Local Color:

Owning the Block (Broken Bread) – KCET

Independent Programming:

Belle Vie – KCET

Education/Information:

Nuestra Tierra y Su Futuro – KMEX

Crime/Social Issues:

Antonio Salazar-Hobson (LA Stories with Giselle Fernandez) – Spectrum News 1

Arts:

Duchamp Comes to Pasadena (Artbound) – KCET

Culture/History:

Food as Resistance (Broken Bread) – KCET

Informational Series (more than 50% remote):

60 Años A Tu Lado – KMEX

Informational Series (more than 50% studio):

I Was There When…. – NBCLA

Music Composition:

The Migrant Kitchen: Russian Food – KCET

News Series:

Pizarron 52 – KVEA

Sports Special:

Camino a Catar – KVEA

Sports Series – Programming (Post-Produced):

Backstage: Lakers “Showtime Reunion” – Spectrum SportsNet

Sports Series – Programming (Live Broadcast):

Access SportsNet Dodgers – Spectrum SportsNet LA

Live Sports Coverage:

Los Angeles Dodgers at San Francisco Giants – Spectrum SportsNet LA

Sports Feature:

Vin Scully’s Final Homestand (Backstage: Dodgers) – Spectrum SportsNet LA

Sports Tease:

Lakers Opening Night – Spectrum SportsNet

Live Special Events – Programming:

Rams Los Ángeles Celebra a sus Campeones – KVEA

Live Special Events – News:

L.A. Pride Parade – ABC7

Feature Segment:

Parteras” The Art of Giving Birth” (Acceso Total) – KVEA

Information Segment:

Gentrification in Chinatown (Broken Bread) – KCET

Entertainment News Story:

The Mozart of Hip Hop (CBS2 News at 6am) – CBS2/KCAL9

Business/Consumer News Story:

Who’s Hogging All the Parking? (NBC4 News at 4pm & 11pm) – NBC4

Crime/Social Issues News Story:

LWOP Leadership (KCAL9 News at 8pm) – CBS2/KCAL9

Art/Cultural/Historical News Story:

Las Rosies (Noticias Telemundo 52 A las 6pm) – KVEA

Environment News Story:

Can Fungus Reverse Climate Change? (Your Morning on Spectrum News 1) – Spectrum News 1

Health/Science News Story:

Teaching The Blind To See (CBS2 News at 5pm) – CBS2/KCAL9

Human Interest News Story:

Cher Calvin Takes the Leap: Female Skydivers Soar (KTLA5 News at 5pm) – KTLA5

Investigative News Story:

Food For The Homeless Thrown Out (CBS2 News at 11pm) – CBS2/KCAL9

Sports News Story:

Vin Scully Obit (Fox11 10 O’clock News) – KTTV-TV

Short Promo – Sports:

ABC7 & Rams “This Is Our City” – ABC7

Short Promo – News/Topical:

The Migrant Kitchen – KCET

Public Service Announcement:

Distracted Dining – LA36

Wins by Outlet:

• KCET: 8
• KVEA: 8
• KCBS2/KCAL9: 4
• KABC7: 3
• Spectrum SportsNet LA: 3
• KMEX: 2
• Spectrum News 1: 2
• Spectrum SportsNet: 2
• KNBC/NBCLA: 2
• KTTV-TV: 1
• LA36: 1
• KTLA5: 1