Maryland Public Television earns eight Emmys® in annual competition

OWINGS MILLS, MD – The National Capital Chesapeake Bay Chapter of the National Television Academy of Arts and Sciences (NATAS) presented eight Emmy® Awards to Maryland Public Television at its 55th Emmy® gala on June 15.

The eight awards included the chapter’s annual Emmy® titled National Capital Chesapeake Bay Community Service Award.  It was presented to MPT to recognize the station’s 2012 “Concert for the Chesapeake Bay” volunteer-a-thon.

MPT had earned nominations in 14 categories of the annual competition

The Emmy® Awards recognized 2012 work in some 90 categories of production and television crafts.  The competition was open to television stations, companies, production houses, and independent producers in Washington, DC, Maryland and Virginia.  There were 774 entries in the competition. 

The chapter’s Emmy® Awards gala took place on Saturday, June 15 at the Baltimore Marriott Waterfront hotel.  A two-hour telecast of the ceremony will air on Maryland Public Television on Monday, June 17 at 8 p.m. on MPT2, the station’s secondary channel. The awards will be re-broadcast on MPT-HD, the station’s main channel, on Wednesday, June 19 at midnight.

MPT’s Emmy® Awards were earned in the following categories:

• Reporter - Political

Maryland Political Packages 2012

Yolanda Vazquez

• Audio

“America's Veterans: A Musical Tribute”

James Bigwood, Gordon Masters, David Wainwright, MSgt. Jim DeVaughn

• Magazine Program - Feature/Segment

“Outdoors Maryland: Urban Oasis”

Patrick Ridgely, Segment Producer

• Interview/Discussion - Program/Special

“Impressions Of Dr. Ben Carson”

Susanne Stahley, Producer/Editor

• Documentary - Historical

“Heart Of The Civil War”

Robert Ferrier, Producer/Director; Shaun Gildea, Editor; Gary Parker, Writer;

Seraphina Lin, Associate Producer; Chris Haugh, Producer; Michael English, Executive Producer

• Arts/Entertainment – Program Feature/Segment

“David Knopp” artist profile segment

Patrick Ridgely, Segment Producer

• Chesapeake Heritage – Program/Special

“The War Of 1812 On The Chesapeake: Home Of The Brave”

Drew Perkins, Director; Midge Flinn Yost, Producer; Michael English, Executive Producer

• National Capital Chesapeake Bay Community Service Award

“Concert for the Chesapeake Bay”

In the past decade, MPT productions or personnel have earned 64 regional Emmys®.  Since its launch in 1969, Maryland Public Television has also been recipient of four national Emmy® Awards.

About MPT

Launched in 1969 and headquartered in Owings Mills, MD, Maryland Public Television is a nonprofit, state-licensed public television network and member of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS).  MPT’s six transmitters cover Maryland plus portions of contiguous states and the District of Columbia.  Frequent winner of regional Emmy® awards, MPT creates local, regional, and national television shows.  Beyond broadcast, MPT’s commitment to professional educators, parents, caregivers, and learners of all ages is manifest in its year-round instructional events and super-website Thinkport which garners in excess of 1.4 million visits annually.