Oklahoma News Report

OETA took home Emmy Awards in four categories on Saturday night during the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences 22nd Annual Heartland Regional Emmy Awards and Silver Circle Presentations. Originated in Denver, the ceremony was conducted via satellite in Oklahoma City.

OETA led all Oklahoma media organizations with 14 nominations and won the Emmy Award for:

Set Design for the Oklahoma Centennial Spectacular Set (Steve Dahlem and Gregory Crane, set designers)

Technical Achievement for the Oklahoma Centennial Projects (Paul Christensen, Technical Producer)

Special Event Coverage for the Oklahoma Centennial Spectacular (Lee Allan Smith, Executive Producer; Blake Wade, Associate Producer; Steve Dahlem, Creative Director; Curt Casassa, TV Director; Bill Thrash, TV Producer; Price Wooldridge, Production Manager; Jennifer Kiersch, Senior Project Coordinator; Erica Reid, Project Coordinator; DeLee Smith, Project Coordinator; Paul Christensen, Technical Producer; Melinda Lovelace, Producer; and Mickie Smith, Technical Director)

Community Service for the “Oklahoma’s World War II Veterans” Project (John McCarroll, Executive Director; Lori Holliday, Campaign Coordinator; Ashley Barcum, Campaign Coordinator; Jonathan Siler, Graphic and Video Coordinator; Dick Pryor, Talent; and Debra Martin, Editor-Director)

All told, nine OETA employees took home Emmy Awards, and OETA photojournalist Derek Watson received one of two special “Rookie of the Year Awards.”

Congratulations, too, to the other Oklahoma winners from KFOR-TV, KWTV, KOTV, KOCO-TV, KJRH-TV and Graymark Productions. Well done!

See all the winners here.

Click below to see an excerpt from the Oklahoma Centennial Spectacular, which won 3 Emmy Awards on Saturday.

Click below to watch one of the Oklahoma World War II Stories which was part of OETA’s Oklahoma World War II Veterans Project, winner of the Emmy Award for Community Service at the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Heartland Emmy Awards Presentation on July 19, 2008.