PBS-HD Channel 6 Receives
14 Rocky Mountain Emmy® Nominations (press release)

Tucson, Ariz. – September 22, 2011 –

Arizona Public Media’s PBS-HD Channel 6 was recognized with 14 Emmy® Award nominations, more than any public station in the Rocky Mountain Southwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and more than any local television news station.

PBS-HD Channel 6 – Rocky Mountain Emmy® Nominations

By Category:

Arts/Entertainment – Program Feature-Segment
*Borderlandia (Arizona Illustrated) Luis Carrion

*Tucson Arts Brigade (Arizona Illustrated) Luis Carrion

Teen (13 and up) – News Single Story/News Feature or Program Feature/Segment
*Youth Diving Competition (Arizona Illustrated) Luis Carrion

Historic/Cultural – News Single Story
*Neon Artistry (Arizona Illustrated) Luis Carrion

*Last Chopper Out (Arizona Illustrated) Christopher Conover & Mike Baron

Documentary – Cultural
*Secrets of the Divine: The Altarpiece of Ciudad Rodrigo Sooyeon Lee

Documentary – Historical
*Unforgettable: The Korean War Thomas Kleespie

Information/Instructional
*Wavelengths: Scientific Voyage Pamela White & Daniel Duncan

*Wavelengths: The Thinking Machine, Part 1 Pamela White

Magazine Program – Feature/Segment
*To Be Chinese Sooyeon Lee

Editor – Program (Non-News)
*Secrets of the Divine: The Altarpiece of Ciudad Rodrigo Sooyeon Lee & Martin Rubio

Photographer – Program (Non-News)
*Secrets of the Divine: The Altarpiece of Ciudad Rodrigo Martin Rubio

Writer – Program (Non-News)
*Unforgettable: The Korean War Thomas Kleespie

*Secrets of the Divine: The Altarpiece of Ciudad Rodrigo Sooyeon Lee & Kimberly Craft

Nominations by Program:

*Arizona Illustrated –Daily News Magazine program – 5 total nominations
*Borderlandia (Arizona Illustrated) – Luis Carrion
Arts/Entertainment – Program Feature-Segment

*Tucson Arts Brigade (Arizona Illustrated) – Luis Carrion
Arts/Entertainment – Program Feature-Segment

*Youth Diving Competition (Arizona Illustrated) – Luis Carrion
Teen (13 and up) – News Single Story/News Feature or Program Feature/Segment

*Neon Artistry (Arizona Illustrated) – Luis Carrion
Historic/Cultural – News Single Story

*Last Chopper Out (Arizona Illustrated) – Christopher Conover & Mike Baron
Historic/Cultural – News Single Story

*Secrets of the Divine: The Altarpiece of Ciudad Rodrigo – A total of 4 nominations
Cultural – Sooyeon Lee
Editor – Program (Non-News) – Sooyeon Lee & Martin Rubio
Photographer – Program (Non News) – Martin Rubio
Writer – Sooyeon Lee & Kimberly Craft

*Unforgettable: The Korean War – A total of 2 nominations
Documentary Historical – Thomas Kleespie
Writer – Program (Non-News) – Thomas Kleespie

*Wavelengths Series – A total of 2 nominations
Informational/Instructional
Scientific Voyage – Pamela White & Daniel Duncan
The Thinking Machine, Part 1 – Pamela White

*To Be Chinese - Sooyeon Lee – 1 nomination
Magazine Program – Feature/Segment

The Rocky Mountain Southwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences is a membership organization dedicated to excellence in television by honoring exceptional work through the prestigious Emmy® Award. This organization is the only professional association representing television professionals from all disciplines of the industry, serving as the common meeting ground for individuals dedicated to advancing the art and science of television. The Chapter region serves Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming and El Centro, California.

Congratulations to all the Channel 6 nominees!
Website for Arizona Public Media: www.azpm.org.

Radio talk show host (and former Arizona Public Media Channel 6 talk show host) Bill Buckmaster has moved his radio show to KVOI, 1030 AM “The Voice”. He started this radio interview-driven show, The Buckmaster Show, earlier this year in January on KJLL 1330 AM. His new show on KVOI started on June 1 and will be at high noon, weekdays and simulcast in Globe and Douglas, Arizona.

His first guests were three Republicans — Arizona Senate President Russell Pearce, facing a historic recall with over 18,000 signatures submitted by the Recall Pearce campaign, then District 4 Pima County Supervisor Ray Carroll and Ward 6 Councilman Steve Kozachik–the latter two were interviewed about the County and City budgets. They were followed by General John Wickham on Libya. Listen to the interviews (click here).

On June 2 Buckmaster interviewed Tucson Mayor Bob Walkup (who is in his 3rd term and not running for re-election), Congresswoman “Gabby” Giffords’ staffer Mark Kimble (former Associate Editor of the Tucson Citizen), RTA Executive Director Gary Hayes, and lastly legal advisor Donald Loose, Esq. about the new medical marijuana laws. Listen to these interviews (click here).

And if you want to hear previous interviews when Bill Buckmaster was on KJLL radio, log onto www.buckmastershow.com. If you miss any of his upcoming interviews on KVOI, log onto the same website.

To call in to this radio talk show, the phone # is 520-790-2040.

Thursday, May 26, 2011
11:00am – 1:00pm
Joel D. Valdez Main Library, 101 N. Stone Avenue downtown
Today’s Food for Thought presentation:

Tracing History through Mexican-American Newspapers presented by Chris Kollen, Mary Feeney, and Verónica Reyes-Escudero

What voice did Mexican-American newspapers provide during critical time periods in U.S. history, as Mexican-Americans fought for justice, equality, and human rights? What was daily life like for Mexican-Americans? The University of Arizona Libraries’ Historic Mexican-American Newspapers online project documents and showcases historic Mexican and Mexican-American newspapers published in Tucson, El Paso, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Hermosillo, Mexico, from the late 1800s to the early 1970s. This collection aims to raise awareness of issues that affected Mexican-Americans, as well as demonstrate their contributions to the United States, particularly along the U.S. Mexican border. The presentation will describe the project and provide examples of the types of information available through this website.

Additional information:

For those attending the program a two-hour free parking validation is available for the garage directly below the library. All are invited to bring their lunches for these free programs.

I’ve attended several of these Food for Thought lectures in the past, and they are informative and definitely thought-provoking.