PRESS RELEASE

Press Contacts: Mary Dickson
(801) 581-3263
www.kued.org
Wednesday, September 16th, 2009

KUED has received a first-time award nomination from the Rocky Mountain Regional Emmy Awards for Overall Station Excellence. The first-time award recognizes exceptional achievement in the local production efforts of a station, rigorously matched against the highest national professional standards.

"All of the station efforts by so many members of our KUED team make this level of performance possible," says KUED Director of Production Ken Verdoia of the nomination announced last night in Phoenix, Arizona.

KUED productions were also nominated in eight other categories. KUED nominees include:

• ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAM: "Monet to Picasso" The Utah NOW Team (Elizabeth Southwell, Doug Fabrizio, David Castleton, Erik Nielsen, Gary Turnier)
• HISTORY SERIES OR SPECIAL: "We Shall Remain" (Sally Shaum, Carol Dalrymple, Nancy Green, Jeff Elstad, John Howe, Ken Verdoia)
• HUMAN INTEREST PROGRAM: "Body Worlds" The Utah NOW Team
• HISTORY DOCUMENTARY: "Wallace Stegner" John Howe
• TOPICAL DOCUMENTARY: "Outside" Natalie Avery
• INTERVIEW PROGRAM: "What is Love?" The Utah NOW Team
• PUBLIC AFFAIRS PROGRAM: "Crandall Canyon Aftermath" The Utah NOW Team
• ACHIEVEMENT IN LONG FORMAT PHOTOGRAPHY: Doug Monroe, "We Shall Remain"

"I congratulate KUED on this well-deserved recognition," says University of Utah Vice President for Institutional Advancement, Fred Esplin. " It is great to see the station's good work publicly acknowledged in this way. Those of us who enjoy KUED's work on a regular basis know just how good it is, but it is nice to have that validated by the Emmy panels from outside our market."

The final award recipients will be announced October 24th in Phoenix, AZ.

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