CTN Earns Top Honors from NATOA
On September 20, 2008 CTN received nine awards from the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors.
- First Place: Magazine Format Series – Down to Earth
- First Place: Public Education – How to Manage Manure
- First Place: Ethnic Experience – Sam the Cooking Guy, New Zealand South Island
- Second Place: Library – Kamishibai
- Second Place: Community Awareness – Milroy Harrison - Art Restorer (watch it!)
- Third Place: Special Audience – Seniors Fall Prevention Video (Spanish)
- Third Place: Profile of a City/County Dept: Probation Centennial (watch it!)
- Honorable Mention: General Management System (watch it!)
- Honorable Mention: Java Jams – Stacy Clark
2008 Emmy Awards
On June 14, 2008 CTN won the following Emmy Awards from the Pacific Southwest Region of the National Association of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS).
- Public/Current/Community Affairs - Program or Special. County Chronicles - November 2007: Michael Russo.(watch it!)
- Visual and Performing Arts. Java Jams - The Wrong Trousers: Andy Tolley
- Program Feature Segment. The Muralist: Joe Solazzo
- Advanced Media - Informational/Instructional. General Management System: Michael Russo, Suzanne Bartole Owen (watch it!)
- Advanced Media - Public/Current/Community Affairs. How to Manage Manure: Suzanne Bartole Owen, Sam Zien, Summer Waters
CTN Earns Overall Excellence from SCAN-NATOA
On May 22, 2008 CTN won twelve awards from the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors' California-Nevada chapter, including the conference’s top prize: Overall Excellence among the largest government channels.
CTN earned more program awards than any other large channel. In addition to the station's Overall Excellence, the individual program winners are:
• First Place Magazine: Sam the Cooking Guy
• First Place Performing Arts: Java Jams with Isaac Cheong
• First Place Public Safety: Juvenile Justice Day
• First Place Training: General Management System (watch it!)
• Second Place Documentary: Milroy Harrison/Art Restorer (watch it!)
• Second Place Magazine: Down to Earth
• Second Place Non-English: Usted Puede Prevenir Caidas
• Second Place Public Safety: Boxing Is a Knockout
• Third Place Public Safety: Damage Assessment Team (watch it!)
• Third Place Documentary: Biography San Diego
CTN Brings Home Two Emmy Awards!
On June 16, 2007, County Television Network received two Emmy Awards for one program from the Pacific Southwest Region of the National Association of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS). Congratulations to the following CTN employees recognized in the category of Magazine Program-Single:
Suzanne Bartole Owen, Jose Villanueva & Sam Zien - Sam the Cooking Guy
The purpose of the Emmy Awards is to recognize outstanding achievements in television by conferring annual awards of merit in the Pacific Southwest region. The Pacific Southwest region includes San Diego County and the television markets of Bakersfield, Oxnard, Palm Springs, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Santa Maria, California, and Las Vegas, Nevada. The annual presentation of these awards is intended to focus public attention on outstanding cultural, educational, technological, entertainment, news and informational achievements in television.
NATOA Government Programming Awards
Awarded August 25, 2006 in Orlando, FL
First Place: Sam the Cooking Guy - Soup Show - Suzanne Bartole Owen , Sam Zien
First Place: Sam the Cooking Guy - Jewish Show - Suzanne Bartole Owen, Sam Zien
First Place: Down to Earth - Dominic Fulgoni, James Kecskes
First Place: County Parks: Going for the Gold - CTN Staff
Third Place: Sam the Cooking Guy - Tuna Show - Suzanne Bartole Owen, Sam Zien
Honorable Mention: Java Jams - Andy Tolley
Honorable Mention: Gladiator Boxing School - Joe Solazzo
CTN'S Award-Winning Programming
CTN Ranked Second Best in California/Nevada (2006)
CTN was awarded second place for overall excellence in California/Nevada this May by the California and Nevada region of the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (SCAN-NATOA).
