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HOW EMMY® AWARDS ARE JUDGED If you entered the 2013 Suncoast Emmy® Awards, here is an explanation of the way your entry was judged.

The Suncoast Chapter is one of nineteen Chapters in the United States. We have been granted by our parent organization, The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the rights to bestow Emmy® Awards within the Suncoast region of Florida, Louisiana, the Mobile, Alabama television market and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The other Chapters have similar rights in different regions of the country. All of these rights are subject to rules made by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences.

No Emmy® Award entries are judged within the Chapter where the entry originated. All entries submitted in the Suncoast Emmy® Awards are judged by peer television professionals in other Chapters. Photographers in other Chapters judge Suncoast photography entries, news professionals in other Chapters judge Suncoast news entries, etc. The judging panels are composed of at at least five qualified people who score each entry against a standard of excellence—a score of ten is the highest mark of excellence; one is the lowest.

The scores are returned to the Suncoast Chapter’s CPA, Ronald Martin. He tabulates the scores of each entry in every category. He prepares two sequences of the scoring, one for English- language entries and another for Spanish-language entries. He prepares a special breakdown for a meeting with the Awards Committee of the Suncoast Chapter. The breakdown displays numerous columns. Each has a meaningless heading, such as “AA”, “AB”, “AC”, etc. Underneath the heading is a list of numbers. The columns represent entry categories in the Suncoast Emmy® Awards. The numbers represent the scores awarded to specific entries. Neither the categories or the identity of the entries are revealed to the committee. The process is completely blind.

The rules say, The Chapter’s Awards Committee, in consultation with its requisite awards accounting firm, shall determine the level of excellence for each of the disciplines (categories) judged. (The Suncoast Chapter has used its entire Board of Governors as the Chapter’s Awards Committee.) Note that the language of the rule requires the Chapter to employ an accounting firm. The job is to determine a score for nominations and a higher score for recipients. In column AA, in the example to the right, the committee might decide that the two entries above a 7.1 would receive a nomination and that the sole recipient would be the entry receiving the score of 8.9.

The judging ballots state that scores of 5 – 6 are “Possibly Worthy”, 7 – 8 are “Worthy” and 9 – 10 are “Definitely Award Worthy”. This scale indicates the range in which entries are worthy of a nomination. The exact score worthy of an Emmy® Award in any category is subject to the Chapter’s Award Committee’s judgment of what a score of excellence is in that category.

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HOW EMMY® AWARDS ARE JUDGED

Rules for Spanish-language entries(from the Regional Awards Manual, prepared by the National Awards Committee) English-language entries from a given area will be judged by a panel of English-speaking judges while Spanish-language entries from the same area will be judged by a panel of Spanish-speaking judges. The scores produced by these two panels must not be combined; instead the scores must be interpreted separately by your CPA firm for final “cut-off” evaluation.

Drawing the lineBecause all of the judging panels are different, the scores for each category are unique to that category. Therefore, when drawing the line, the scores in each blind category should not be compared to those in another category. The line must be based only on the scores in the category itself.

David Ashbrock, the immediate past Chairman of the National Awards Committee wrote, Judging panels are very different and scores within a given category reflect the uniqueness of that particular group of peer judges. By interpreting scores on a curve, we’re able to diminish the among judging panels. It’s as much an ‘art’ as it is a ‘science’. As a general rule of thumb, 30% of entries ought to be nominees and 10 – 15% ought to be recipients.

Linda Giannecchini, the Vice Chairman of the National Awards Committee agreed and offered these additional remarks:Your Chapter’s percentages to entries, nominations and recipients are pretty much where they should be. I wouldn’t suggest drawing the line for recipients any lower. Everyone can’t be a winner.

The shared experience of most Chapters regarding lowering the line to allow a greater number of recipients is that “giving them out like candy” causes the Emmy® to lose value. It just doesn’t mean as much if it isn’t hard to get. To put it another way, it doesn’t mean as much if the Emmy® doesn’t stand for excellence in television.

The Suncoast Chapter has used a rough guideline of 10% of entries for determining recipients and 35% for determining nominees. These are not absolute numbers and vary slightly from year to year depending on the actual scores.

If you have any questions, please send them to [email protected].

Nominations in the 2013 Suncoast Emmy® Awards will be announced on the Suncoast Chapter’s website www.suncoastchapter.org on Wednesday, October 9, 2013.

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REGIONAL NEWS

WPLG GENERAL MANAGER DAVE BOYLAN TO JOIN RENTRAK BOARD OF DIRECTORS By MERRIL KNOX, TV SPY

WPLG vice president and general manager Dave Boylan has left the Miami ABC affiliate to join Rentrak’s board of directors.

“Dave’s experience gives our Board first-hand input on what local stations want and will help us with the future local TV roadmap, so that every station will want to join the revolution that is happening in local TV with Rentrak,” Rentrak CEO and vice chairman Bill Livek said in a statement.

Boylan will also resign his position as the ABC affiliates board chairman. Broadcasting & Cable‘s Michael Malone reports Mike Devlin, the general manager at WFAA in Dallas, will replace him.

Boylan has been the VP-GM of WPLG since 2003. Before working in Miami, he was general manager at KTTV in Los Angeles, WTVT in Tampa and WGHP in Greensboro.

MIAMI METEOROLOGIST JUMPS OUT OF PLANE TO FIND SAHARAN DUST By KEVIN ECK, TV SPY WPLG‘s Roland Steadham said last Friday and Saturday was an unusually rain free time in the Miami area.

The meteorologist for the Miami ABC affiliate told viewers the dry skies might be caused by the Saharan Desert. “There is a theory in the world of meteorology,” said Steadham during the Sunday morning news. “That Saharan dust will suppress showers and thunderstorms and tropical systems from forming.”

So Steadham strapped a camera to himself and jumped out of an airplane in search of the culprit. He said he found it at 6000 feet. “Notice, last two days again, no shower or thunderstorm activity,” Steadham told viewers back on solid ground at the weather board. “I really think that the Saharan Dust kinda squashed the atmosphere and kept things from forming.”

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JACKSONVILLE REPORTER AND PHOTOGRAPHER ROBBED AT GUNPOINT By KEVIN ECK, TV SPY

First Coast News reporter Mike Lyons and his photographer were robbed at gunpoint last week.

The station said the two were held at gunpoint at around 6:45 p.m. on the Northwest side of Jacksonville. The suspect took their wallets and cellphones. Neither Lyons or his photographer were hurt in the incident.

The Jacksonville, FL, NBC and ABC duopoly reported the station is working with the Jacksonville Sheriff ’s Office to find the suspect.

WPEC WEEKEND ANCHOR JENNA CAIAZZO ROBBED AT GUNPOINT By MERRIL KNOX, TV SPY

WPEC weekend anchor and reporter Jenna Caiazzo was robbed at gunpoint in downtown West Palm Beach.

“Last night I was the victim of an armed robbery in downtown West Palm Beach. I was leaving dinner at City Place around 10:30 and was held up at gunpoint by two young black males,” she reported over the weekend. “They demanded my friend’s and my pocketbooks and threatened to shoot. They got away with everything we have.”

Caiazzo directed anyone with tips on the men’s identity or whereabouts to call the Crime Stoppers of Palm Beach County or to reach out to her directly with the information.

FORMER MIAMI, CLEVELAND ANCHOR JOHN HAMBRICK DIES AT 73 By MERRIL KNOX, TV SPY

John Hambrick, a veteran local news anchor, has died from lung cancer. He was 73.

Hambrick was the primary anchor at WTVJ in Miami from 1985 to 1989. He would later join rival WCIX (now WFOR). Before moving to South Florida, he worked at local stations around the country including WNBC in New York, KABC in Los Angeles, KRON in San Francisco, WEWS in Cleveland and WCPO in Cincinnati.

“John was a legend in this community,” WFOR news director Liz Roldan told the Miami Herald. “He set astandard that all of us in the local television industry strive to meet, simply because it makes us all better at what we do. John was larger than life — not surprising because he was a fellow Texan — but also due to his authoritative delivery and his commanding presence.”

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MOONVES SAYS CBS LOCAL STATIONS WORTH MORE AFTER TIME WARNER BATTLE By KEVIN ECK, TV SPY

CBS president and CEO Les Moonves revealed what he sees as the silver lining coming out of his company’s long fight with Time Warner Cable over retransmission fees.

In a conference call during the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2013 Media, Communication& Entertainment Conference in Beverly Hills, Moonves was asked whether CBS would jumpinto the pool of groups buying and selling stations. “There are a few stations in the CBS affiliate group that we don’t think are particularly well run,” he said. “Those are the ones we look for as opportunities [to buy]. We say, if we took them in we could make them substantially better,” taking the GM’s of his owned stations off the hook when he made it clear he was talking about the stations CBS doesn’t own.

“By the same token, I guess, in some of our smaller markets,” said Moonves. “There might be a station or two, if the offer is right, that we would sell. But guess what?” he added. “The value of these stations over the last 12 months has gone up substantially and right now people know why. They’re all saying, ‘Oh my God! Retrans is a serious amount of money.’ Stations, therefore are much more valuable than they ever were.”

Moonves also stopped short of giving the affiliates too much credit for CBS’ recent good fortune. “Look our relationship with our local affiliates is very important to us,” Moonves said. “They deserve a lot of the credit for the promotion and how they how they handle our programming, et cetera. At the end of the day, however, when they go in to get their retrans deals it is primarily because, you know, they have the NFL and “The Big Bang Theory” and they have “NCIS.” And we like to say, ‘Look. The network program contributes a great deal to their ability to get paid.’ And they are getting paid.” Moonves added, “We want our affiliate body to be strong. The good news is they’re making a lot of money and we will share in it. So the future for the affiliates is bright and for the network is bright.”

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Officers

Chip Richards, President and Trustee, Production Manager, WLRN-TV, PBS, Miami

John Mays, 1st Vice President and Trustee, Production Manager, WFOR/CBS4, Miami

Maria Cristina Barros, 2nd Vice President and Alternate Trustee,Director of Marketing and Community Relations, WSCV/Telemundo 51, Miami

Karla MacDonald, Secretary, Suncoast Chapter Administrator

Betsy Behrens, Treasurer, Retired television producer

Board of Governors

Frank Adelson, Editor, NBC6/WTVJ, Miami

Barbara Alfonso, Manager, Programming and CommunityMarketing, WTVJ/NBC6, Miami

Maria Cristina Barros, Chapter 2nd Vice President and Alternate Trustee, Director of Marketing and Community Relations, WSCV/Telemundo 51, Miami

Terry Bloom, Ph.D., Associate Professor, University of Miami

Pam Giganti Bunge, News Anchor, WTVJ/NBC6, Miami

Natalia Crujeiras, Director of Digital Media & Social Strategy for the Office of Cuba Broadcasting

Tammy Darling, Director, WSVN-TV, Miami

Lori Davis, Producer/DP/Director/Avid Editor,LCD Productions, Ft. Lauderdale

Bryan Escudero, Production Manager,WLTV Post Production

Frances Hernandez, Manager, Production Administration,WPBT Channel 2, Miami

Steve Greenberg, Freelance Producer/Reporter/VO/ Media Training, Miami

John Mays, Chapter 1st Vice President and TrusteeProduction Manager, WFOR/CBS4, Miami

Christine Portela, Producer, Fusion, an ABC-Univision joint venture

Angela Ramos, Programming & Public Affairs Director,WLTV/Univision23, Miami

Liz Roldan, News Director, WFOR/CBS4, Miami

Mel Taylor, Assignment Desk, WPLG, Miami

Max Wyler, Owner, Accord Productions, Coconut Grove

Committee Chairs

Art & DesignStacey Panson, Designer, Ft. Lauderdale

Emmy AwardsJohn Mays, Production Manager, WFOR/CBS4, Miami

ScholarshipAngela Ramos, Programming & Public Affairs Director,WLTV/Univision23, Miami

Karla MacDonald, Suncoast Chapter Administrator

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