Golden Mike Award
The Golden Mike Award is a broadcast journalism award presented by the Radio and Television News Association (RTNA) of Southern California. Awards are given in the categories of television news and radio news. Eligibility is limited to a select group of Southern California counties. Golden Mike (e.g. "microphone") Awards are presented at a gala dinner in Hollywood every January. History The RTNA started out as the Southern California Newscasters Association. Golden Mike Awards were first given out in 1950. Award details Eligibility for a Golden Mike Award is limited to a select group of Southern California counties, namely Los Angeles, Orange, San Diego, Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Fresno, Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Kings, and Tulare. The awards are divided into two categories: ''TV'' and ''Radio''. Depending on the size of the station in question, each award is divided into two categories, ''A'' and ''B''. In the television category, ' ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Television News
News broadcasting is the medium of broadcasting various news events and other information via television, radio, or the internet in the field of broadcast journalism. The content is usually either produced locally in a radio studio or television studio newsroom, or by a broadcast network. It may include material such as sports coverage, weather forecasts, traffic reports, political commentary, expert opinions, editorial content, and other material that the broadcaster feels is relevant to their audience. An individual news program is typically reported in a series of individual stories that are presented by one or more anchors. A frequent inclusion is live or recorded interviews by field reporters. Structure, content, and style Television Television news programs inform and discuss current events via the medium of television. A "news bulletin" or a "newscast" are television programs lasting from seconds to hours that provide updates on events. Programs can vary their foc ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Kern County, California
Kern County is a county (United States), county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 909,235. Its county seat is Bakersfield, California, Bakersfield. Kern County comprises the Bakersfield, California, Metropolitan statistical area. The county spans the southern end of the Central Valley (California), Central Valley. Covering , it ranges west to the southern slope of the California Coast Ranges, Coast Ranges, and east beyond the southern slope of the eastern Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Sierra Nevada into the Mojave Desert, at the city of Ridgecrest, California, Ridgecrest. Its northernmost city is Delano, California, Delano, and its southern reach extends to just beyond Frazier Park, California, Frazier Park, and the northern extremity of the parallel Antelope Valley. The county's economy is heavily linked to agriculture and to petroleum extraction. There is also a strong aviation, space, and military presence, s ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Laurie Fernandez
Laurie Fernandez is an American television news videographer and editor based in Los Angeles, California. She is a news videographer, editor and live truck engineer for television stations, KCBS 2 and KCAL 9 in Los Angeles. Early life and education Laurie Fernandez was born in New York City, New York and grew up in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Fernandez holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Mass Communications and Photography from the University of Wisconsin - La Crosse. Career Fernandez began her television career at station WKBT in La Crosse, Wisconsin, where she was also the first female master control engineer. Shortly after, Fernandez moved to Los Angeles, California, to work at Telemundo's Spanish station KVEA 52, where her bilingual skills were put to good use. She was then hired at KCAL 9 in Los Angeles and later at CBS 2 when both stations merged, after CBS acquired KCAL 9 in 2002. Fernandez started her career as a news videographer when it was traditionally a male-only field. ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Leila Feinstein
Leila Feinstein (born February 4, 1972) is a Thai-American television news anchor based in Los Angeles, most recently working for Tribune-owned KTLA. Biography Feinstein joined KTLA full-time in March 2003 after working at the station on and off as a freelance reporter and anchor for two years. She is the co-anchor of the KTLA prime news and has also worked as the weekend sports anchor and weekday news reporter for KTLA prime news. She has received a Los Angeles Press Club Award and a Golden Mike Award for a report on a local quadriplegic surfer and another Golden Mike for the KTLA News special "Access Asia."Leila Feinstein , News Staff , KTLA The CW , Where Los Angeles Lives [Baidu]   |
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Sam Chu Lin
Samuel Chu-Lin (; c. 1939 – March 5, 2006) was an American journalist. Career and contributions Born in Greenville, Mississippi, Sam Chu-Lin began his career in broadcasting began when he hosted a 1956 radio show in his hometown. He used the name "Sammy Lin," which helped him as many people did not identify this name with an Asian. He later became known for his deep baritone voice. He had wanted to speak without his Southern twang and practiced by listening late at night to CBS Radio's Edward R. Murrow. Chu-Lin's hard work and dedication brought him to Phoenix, New York City, San Francisco, and finally Los Angeles. In the 1960s, Chu-Lin led the way for Chinese Americans in broadcast journalism, being one of only three Asian Americans. He was one of the first Asian Americans to appear on both radio and (in 1968) television, eventually working for all four major broadcast networks. He first reached a national audience with CBS News in New York. Chu-Lin believed that journali ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Bill Bertka
Bill Bertka (born August 8, 1927) is a current basketball consultant/special assistant and a former National Basketball Association (NBA) assistant coach, scout and executive with the Los Angeles Lakers and New Orleans Jazz. A pioneering proponent of film study, advance scouting, player development and basketball analytics, Bertka has spent more than 50 years in the NBA and has been a part of 10 NBA championships with the Lakers, including seven as an assistant coach. Early life Bertka was born in Akron, Ohio, in August 1927 and later credited the local Akron YMCA as the place where he developed a passion for the game of basketball. He played at nearby Buchtel High and won a city championship in 1945. He went into the U.S. Army out of high school, serving in communications rebuilding efforts for two years in Salzburg, Austria, following the conclusion of World War II. Using the GI Bill to fund his education upon his return from Europe, Bertka attended Kent State University and p ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Richard Beebe
Richard Paul Beebe (December 5, 1929 – August 29, 1998) was an American radio personality who was on the air for five decades in Los Angeles and won two Golden Mike Awards. A journalist at KRLA 1110, he became a founding member of The Credibility Gap. His experience and wit were key to most versions of the group. He became the link between the original and more famous later lineups when we was joined by Harry Shearer, David L. Lander, and Michael McKean, all much younger than he. He left the Gap in 1975. Some of their early work can be heard at The Paley Center for Media in Los Angeles and New York City. Beebe performed the voice of Dewey Phillips on the ''Pop Chronicles'' documentary. He returned to KRLA 1110 in 1991.https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC/BC-1991/BC-1991-11-04.pdf An Air Force veteran, he died of lung cancer in 1998. Discography *''An Album Of Political Pornography'', with Lew Irwin and the Credibility Gap (Blue Thumb, 1968) * ''Woodshtick and ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Greg Barron
Greg Rowe Barron (born June 14, 1946) is an American radio and television journalist, producer and communications executive. His early radio feature work influenced public radio storytelling in the United States and how sound is used in documentary production. Described by Variety (magazine) in 1981 as "one of the most renowned creators of radio documentaries in the nation", his work as a producer for Minnesota Public Radio between 1972 and 1980 was recognized by numerous regional and national journalism awards and he was an early advocate of the use of high fidelity stereophonic sound as an integral element of radio journalism. Personal life and early career Barron is a graduate of Los Angeles' Benjamin Franklin High School. He studied broadcast production, journalism, and speech arts at Los Angeles City College and California State University, Los Angeles. He started his broadcasting career at KVWM-AM, a small radio station in Show Low, Arizona. Following his return to Los ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Joan Van Ark
Joan Van Ark (born June 16, 1943) is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Valene Ewing on the primetime soap opera ''Knots Landing.'' A life member of The Actors Studio, she made her Broadway debut in 1966 in ''Barefoot in the Park''. In 1971, she received a Theatre World Award and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for the revival of ''The School for Wives''.Joan Van Ark profile at ''Yahoo! Movies'' In 1978, Van Ark landed her most famous role of Valene Ewing, who first appeared on the series '' [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Carlos Amezcua
Carlos Amezcua is a journalist best known for his sixteen years as the original co-anchor for the ''KTLA Morning News'', with Barbara Beck as his co-anchor, Mark Kriski handling weather and Sam Rubin reporting on the entertainment industry. Airing at 5:00 am, the crew became comfortable and humor crept into the newscasts. Managing executive Steve Bell described the show as, "the first one with the crazy anchors". In September 2007, Amezcua left KTLA for KTTV, where he replaced John Beard as anchor of the ''Fox 11 News'' at 10:00 pm; he left KTTV in 2013 to establish his own media company, Carlos Media Corporation. From 2015 to 2019, he served as a co-anchor at KUSI-TV San Diego. He is currently (2020) the co-host of the ''Carlos & Lisa'' show (Lisa Remillard) on BEONDTV, and KDOC-TV Los Angeles. Born in San Diego, Amezcua is the son of Don Oscar Amezcua, a member of the Mariachi Vargas de Tecalitlán and founder of Mariachi Guadalajara. Amezcua has lent his voice to the Latin Gram ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Frank Mottek
Frank Mottek is an American broadcast journalist known as “The Voice of Business News in Los Angeles” for his business reports on radio and television stations in Los Angeles, and hosting business news shows including "Mottek On Money." His broadcasts and podcasts have provided business, consumer and financial news to millions in the Greater Los Angeles area. Mottek also serves as moderator and master of ceremonies at business events and conferences. He is also known for his reporting and anchoring on TV stations KCAL-TV, KCBS-TV and KTLA in Los Angeles as well as the '' Nightly Business Report'' on PBS. Early life and education Mottek received his Associate of Arts degree from Broward Community College in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and a Bachelor of Liberal Studies from Barry University in Miami. Career Radio and television * 1978-80 - Mottek was the “Voice of the Chargers” at North Miami Beach Senior High School. * 1981–92 – Mottek was news anchor and reporte ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Keith Olbermann
Keith Theodore Olbermann (; born January 27, 1959) is an American sports and political commentator and writer. Olbermann spent the first 20 years of his career in sports journalism. He was a sports correspondent for CNN and for local TV and radio stations in the 1980s, winning the ''Best Sportscaster'' award from the California Associated Press three times. He co-hosted ESPN's ''SportsCenter'' from 1992 to 1997. From 1998 to 2001 he was a producer and anchor for Fox Sports Net and a host for Fox Sports' coverage of Major League Baseball. From March 2003 to January 2011 Olbermann hosted the weeknight political commentary program ''Countdown with Keith Olbermann'' on MSNBC. He received attention for his pointed criticism of right-wing and conservative politicians and public figures. Although he has frequently been described as a "liberal," he has tried to resist being labelled politically, stating, "I'm not a liberal. I'm an American." From 2011 to March 30, 2012, he was the c ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |