NOTE FROM HAL: Golden Mikes night was REALLY GOLDEN for our own Lance Orozco! Lance won EIGHT GOLDEN MIKES Saturday night at the annual Los Angeles awards ceremony -- 8!!!! Kudos Lance -- we're proud of you! There were lots of LA Radio and TV personalities out for the night. Among the presenters were KNBC's Colleen Williams, KCBS' Linda Alvarez, KCAL's Sylvia Lopez and KMEX's Nancy Augusto. KNX's Dave Zorn and KFWB's Erin Kotecki were there. KSWB Weather Anchor Renee Kohn made it to the Universal Hilton festivities from San Diego. Again, way to go Lance!

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Golden Mikes and lots of them!

RTNA board members Larry Wong, Tony Catenacci and Lance Orozco (L to R)

Kitty Felde, KPCC, Pasadena, and Mark Howell, KUZZ, Bakersfield

Rachel Ambrose, AP, Los Angeles, and actress June Lockhart

Tad and Kitty Felde

RTNA's Carolyn Fox at the registration desk

KTLA Executive Producer Gerry Rubin and Lance Orozco are all smiles!

RTNA associate board member Larry Cox with RTNA President and KFWB Radio News Director Crys Quimby

KNBC WINS BEST ONE-HOUR EVENING NEWSCAST; KTLA AND KCBS TAKE OTHER HONORS; SAN DIEGO’S COX CH.4 GRABS 10 AWARDS; KNX NABS TOP RADIO AWARD; KCLU’S OROZCO EARNS 8 AWARDS IN RTNA’S 52ND ANNUAL ‘GOLDEN MIKES’
(UNIVERSAL CITY) - KNBC earned bragging rights for the best 60-minute evening newscast, edging out KTLA and KCAL, while KTLA captured best daytime newscast of any length and KCBS won the best 30 minutes or less TV newscast, in Div. A competition of the Radio & TV News Association of Southern California’s 52nd annual Golden Mike Awards, at the Universal Hilton Hotel.
KNX-AM radio (seven awards) defeated rival KFWB-AM (three awards) in the best radio newscast competition, topping Div. A with seven awards, followed by KPCC of Pasadena with six Golden Mike Awards. KFI-AM won Div. A’s Best Newscast Under 15 Minutes, while KUZZ-FM of Bakersfield won top honors in Div. B of that competition.

Thousand Oaks’ KCLU-FM news director and reporter Lance Orozco stunned Radio’s Div. B competition, capturing a remarkable eight Golden Mikes, followed by KPFK-FM with five.

Channel 4 San Diego-Cox powerhouse led all winners with 10 Golden Mikes in Div. B. Meanwhile, in Div. A TV competition, KCAL led with six Golden Mikes, followed by KMEX with five, KNBC with four awards and KCOP and San Diego stations XETV and KGTV with three Golden Mikes each. KCBS earned two awards.

Other Golden Mike winners were:

Golden Mike TV Winners:
Div. A - Best Sports Segment - KVEA-TV, "Deportes En Telemundo 52"
Div. B - KSWB-TV, "WB News at Ten Sports"

Div. A - Best Weather Segment - KTLA-TV, "Weather with Mark Kriski"
Div. B - KSWB-TV, "WB News at Ten Weather"

Div. A - Best Traffic Report - KMEX-TV, "Primera Edicison at GAM"
Div. B - No award given.

Div. A - Best Newscast Writing - KTLA-TV, "KTLA News at 10"
Div. B - No winner

Div. A - Best Individual Writing - KFWB-TV, "TJ Teens"
Div. B - No winner

Div. A - Best Sports News Reporting - KNBC-TV, "Wakeboarding"
Div. B - KEYT-TV, "Pitch to Beat Cancer"

Div. A - Best Sports Feature Reporting - XETV-TV, "Demolition Derby"
Div. B - Ch. 4, San Diego-Cox, "One on One with Jane Mitchell, Featuring Dave Winfield/Hall of Fame

Div. A - Best Spot News Reporting - KTLA-TV, "Hotel Explosion and Fire"
Div. B - KSWB-TV, "Santana Shooting"

Div. A - Best Live Coverage of a News Story - KGTV-TV, "Santana School
Shooting"
Div. B - No winner

Div. A - Best Original News Commentary, News Analysis, Station
Editorial/Series/Eds.
KGTV-TV
Div. B - KOCE-TV, "Real Orange ‘Consider This’"

Div. A - Best Documentary - KNBC-TV, "News Conference - T"
Div. B - KPBS-TV, "Full Force: Tijuana…El Boom?"

Div. A - Best News Reporting - KCOP-TV, "Buses Busted"
Div. B - KSWB-TV, "The Pinnfund Scandal"

Div. A &B - Best News Reporting by a Cable or Broadcast Network - No winners.

Div. A - Best Hard News Series Reporting - KFMB-TV, "TJ Teens"
Div. B - KWHY-TV, "The Other Side of the Coin"

Div. A - Best Light News Series Reporting - KNBC-TV, "Beating the Odds"
Div. B - Ch.4 San Diego-Cox, "The Business of Dying"

Div. A - Best News Special - KGTV-TV, "Preventing the Pain"
Div. B - KEYT-TV, "Terrorist Attack"

Div. A - Best Investigative Reporting - KCBS-TV, "Poison Paint"
Div. B - KSWB-TV, "Beat the Photo Cop"

Div. A - Best Serious Feature Reporting - XETV-TV, "Ted & Irene: a Second
Chance"
Div. B - Ch. 4 San Diego-Cox, "Rescue of a Russian Orphan"

Div. A - Best Light Feature Reporting - KCAL-TV, ""Found Fish"
Div. B - Ch. 4 San Diego-Cox, "Thank You Man"

Div. A - Best Economic Reporting - tie, KMEX-TV, "Tax Preps"
KCAL-TV, "Ready for Recession"

Div. B - KSWB-TV, "Investing Young"

Div. A - Best News Videography of a Single Hard News Story -
KTLA-TV, "Homes in Danger"
Div. B KSWB-TV, "Hole in the Border"

Div. A - Best News Videography of a Single Feature Story, KMEX-TV, "Eyes of a
Child"
Div. B - Ch. 4 San Diego-Cox, "La Mesa Car Show"

Div. A - Best News Videography of a Feature, Series or Special, KMEX-TV
"Our Lady of Guadalupe"
Div. B - KWHY-TV, "The Voice of Mexico: Fox"

Div. A - Best Videotape Editing of a Single Hard News Story, KCOP-TV, "Sex
Too Soon"
Div. B - KEYT-TV, "War on Weed"

Div. A - Best Videotape Editing of a Hard News Series or Special - KCOP-TV,
"Ronald Reagan: From Actor to Icon"
Div. B - Ch. 4 San Diego-Cox, "The Gift of Life"

Div. A - Best Videotape Editing of a Single Feature Story - KCAL-TV, "Extreme
L.A."
Div. B - Ch. 4 San Diego-Cox, "Thank You Man"

Div. A - Best Videotape Editing of a Feature, Series or Special, KMEX-TV,
"Boot Camp"
Div. B - Ch. 4 San Diego-Cox, "One on One with Jane Mitchell: Featuring
Dave Winfield/Hall of Fame"

Div. A & B - Best News Broadcast by One-Person News Department - No winner.

Div. A - Best Newscast Over 15 Minutes - KNX-AM, "KNX News at 10:30 p.m."
Div. B - KCSN-FM, "The Evening Update"

Div. A & B - Best Newscast Writing Under 15 Minutes - No entries or winners.

Div. A - Best Sports Segment - KNX-AM, "Steve Grad Sports"
Div. B - No entry or winner

Div. A -Best Traffic Report - KNX-AM, "Jim Thornton Traffic"
Div. B - No entry or winner

Div. A - Best Individual Writing - KFWB-AM, "Letter from N.Y.: Dig We Must"
Div. B - No award

Div. A - Best Sports News Reporting - KPCC-FM, "Debut of American Basketball
Assn."
Div. B - KCLU-FM, "Dos Pueblos Little League"

Div. A - Best Sports Feature Reporting, KPCC-FM, "Debut of American
Basketball Assn." Div. B - KLON-FM, "Baseball Maniacs"

Div. A - Best Original News Commentary, Analysis, Station Editorial or Series
of Editorials - KPCC-FM, "Tamadhur’s Christmas"
Div. B - KCLU-Fm, "Fear of Flying"

Div. A - Best Spot News Story - KFWB-AM, "Attack on America"
Div. B - KUZZ-FM, "Prisoners Hit"

Div. A - Best Live Coverage of a News Story - KOGO-AM, "Santana Shooting"
Div. B - KCLU-FM, "101 Accident"

Div. A - Best Documentary - One Division - KNX-AM, "The Stanford 9: This is a
Test"

Div. A - Best News Reporting - KPBS-FMM, "Tracking Violence"
Div. B - KCLU-FM, "Citizen Daly Runs for Congress"

Div. A - Best Feature News Series Reporting - KPCC-FM, "Protecting Endangered
Species of Southern California"
Div. B - KCLU-FM, "Eye on Education"

Div. A - Best Investigative Reporting - KFWB-AM, "Protecting Our Water Supply"
Div. B - KWKW-AM, "In Defense of the Consumer"

Div. A - Best Serious Feature Reporting - KFI-AM, "New York State of Mind"
Div. B - KCLU-Am, "Bataan Death March"

Div. A - Best Light Feature Reporting - KFI-AM, "Liar, Liar"
Div. B - KPFK-FM, "Varla Jean Merman"

Div. A - Best News Special - KPCC-FM, "Statewide Energy Crisis"
Div. B - KPFK-FM, "Citizen Daly Runs for Congress"

Div. A - Best Entertainment Reporting - KNX-AM, "Sunday with Oscar"
Div. B - KPFK-FM, "Keep the River on Your Right"

Div. A - Best Use of Spot Sound - No winner.
Div. B - KCLU-FM, "Ventura County Workers Strike"

Div. A - Best Use of Feature Sound - KPCC-FM, "Bald Eagles"
Div. B - KPFK-FM, "Varla Jean Merman"