off
august 2003
camera
Website: www.emmysf.tv
back on top at 11 forum set for kgo
NBC-11 reclaimed the lead in the July late-
night news wars as the topsy-turvy Bay Area
television market continued its fluid ways.
The San Jose NBC O&O averaged a 4.5
rating (10 share) for its weekday 11 pm news-
casts, a 21 percent improvement over last
year.
ABC-7 placed with a 4.2 (10). CBS-5, which
won the time slot in June, slipped to third
with a 3.9 (9), still 13 percent better than a
year ago.
KRON-4 continues its “no network lead-in”
struggle in late-night news. It finished fourth
with a 2.7(6), the same numbers it had in
July 2002. The independent station’s 9 pm
news continues to do well, however.
KTVU still holds sway over all nighttime
competitors. Its “Ten O’clock News” earned
a 6.3 rating, 11 share, but those numbers
are off 18 percent from last year.
kgo & kqed up for national emmys
A KGO-TV news story, “Child Abduction
Underground,” has been nominated for a
national Emmy award for investigative re-
porting. The “I-team” report exposed an
underground child abduction network re-
sponsible for hiding two young girls taken
from their mother by her ex-husband. It won
a regional Emmy in May. Producer BETH
RIMBEY, anchor DAN NOYES, photojour-
nalists MICHAEL HORN and MARC
SANCHEZ-COREA and associate pro-
ducer LYNN R FRIEDMAN are named in
the nomination.
“At ABC-7 news, we put a premium on en-
war and peace
At 6 pm, ABC-7 continued its winning ways
with a 4.5 rating (10 share). CBS-5’s 6:30
pm finished second with a 3.5 (7), up 19
percent from a year ago. KTVU’s 6 pm news
was right behind with a 3.3, up 20 percent
from July 2002. KRON was fourth with a
2.8 and NBC-11 was fifth with a 2.6rating,
although that’s a 21 percent increase from
a year ago.
At 5, ABC-7 still dominates. Its Oprah-led
newscast finished July with a 4.2 rating (11
share),
easily outdistancing KRON’s 3.3 (9).
People’s Court on KTVU was third with a
3.1(8), followed by CBS-5 (2.6 7) and NBC-
11 (2.0/6).
KTVU reclaimed the crown among mid-
day newscasts with a 3.4 (13), edging ABC-
7’s 3.2 rating. CBS-5’s noon news contin-
ues to slide. It finished third with a 2.0 (8),
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KGO’s BETH RIMBEY, DAN NOYES
and LYNN R FRIEDMAN
terprise and investigative reporting that
makes a difference in people’s lives,” said
KEVIN KEESHAN, KGO news director. “It’s
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ADAM HOUSLEY, FOX News
Electronic and print journalists will discuss
coverage of the Iraq war and anti-war pro-
tests at a NATAS-sponsored forum next
month at KGO’s studios in San Francisco.
The “War and Peace” forum starts at 7 pm
on Wednesday, September 24th. ADAM
HOUSLEY from Fox News and the San
Francisco Chronicle’s JOHN KOOPMAN
will talk about their experiences as embed-
ded reporters in Iraq. KGO anchor DAN
ASHLEY moderates. continued on page 2
great to see the I-Team’s work get recog-
nized by the Academy on a national level.”
The KGO entry will compete against four
other regional Emmy winners for the honor.
The other nominees are from WTTG
(Washington D.C.), WBZ (Boston), WCPO
(Cincinnatti) and WTVF (Nashville).
Regional winners from all 20 Academy
chapters in investigative reporting and
breaking news are eligible for national
Emmy consideration, as part of the National
Television Academy’s “News and Docu-
mentary Emmy Awards.”
continued on page 3
 war & peace 9/24 continued from page 1
JOHN KOPPMAN DAN ASHLEY
Journalists who covered the peace protests
this spring will also recount their experi-
ences, including the growing hostility of
demonstrators towards “corporate media.”
Taped copies of the forum will be shipped
to outlying areas for viewing by anyone who
can’t attend.
This is the third in a series of forums spon-
sored by NATAS on issues important to the
television industry. Last fall’s topic was news
judgment. In the spring, a panel discussed
overnight ratings.
legends salute
creature features
JOHN STANLEY BOB WILKINS
The September 23rd Broadcast Legends
luncheon will salute “Creature Features.”
Former hosts of the KTVU “Creature Fea-
ture” program BOB WILKINS and JOHN
STANLEY will be on hand to show clips
and tell stories.
The luncheon will be held at the Bay Bridge
Holiday Inn, Emeryville, 11:30 a.m. recep-
tion, 12 noon, lunch followed by the pro-
gram. www.broadcastlegends.com
catchings joins itn
JOHN CATCHINGS
has been named di-
rector of operations
for ITN|MediaOne
Services. John is a
broadcast veteran
with more than 30
years of experience.
He was Director of Station Operations at
KPIX-TV San Francisco, where for ten years
he supervised all aspects of program de-
velopment and production at the CBS
owned and operated station. For more than
a decade, Catchings served as Executive
Producer at ABC’s KGO-TV, where he was
responsible for daily news and sports cov-
erage and production. He launched the sta-
tions first morning news show and its first
sports magazine show. John began his
broadcasting career behind the micro-
phone at San Francisco radio stations
KMPX, KFRC and KSFX, where he was also
Programming and Operations Manager.
Catchings has received numerous broad-
cast awards including three Emmys. In
2001, he founded Catchings and Associ-
ates, a television production and consult-
ing company. John serves on the NTA
board of governors and is co-chair of the
archive and museum committee. He was
inducted into the NTA Silver Circle in 1992
avery named to
natas board A North Bay TV ex-
ecutive has been
appointed to the
Te l e v i s i o n
Academy’s North-
ern California board
BRIAN AVERY was
picked by the board
when a position opened up after the May
elections.
Avery is the station manager at KTLN Chan-
nel 68, based in Corte Madera and part of
the Total Living Network presenting Chris-
tian programming. Avery previously spent
17 years as a video producer at KPIX-TV,
San Francisco. He will chair the chapter’s
management relations committee.
Off Camera, august 2003, page 2
kgo promotions
THERESE GAMBA
has been promoted
to vice president of
programming and
station marketing at
KGO-TV (ABC-7),
San Francisco.
Gamba joined the
station in last December as director of cre-
ative and strategic marketing.
In her new job, Gamba will be responsible
for the overall image of the station as well
as for the purchasing and development of
local programming. She will continue to
oversee the ABC-7 News web site, public
relations, and station events.
Ms. Gamba, a native of the Bay Area, has a
BA from St. Mary’s College in Moraga and a
Masters Degree in Radio and Television
from San Francisco State. She was previ-
ously the Vice President of Marketing for
TNN in New York.
ERIC DAUSTER was named technical
operations manager for the San Francisco-
based ABC affiliate. Dauster was most re-
cently the systems manager for TeleSuite
Corporation and manager of worldwide
video operations at Oracle Corp. He also
has extensive PBS experience, having
worked at KTEH in San Jose, KVIE in Sac-
ramento and KQED in San Francisco.
JACK FRASER is the station’s new assis-
tant director of engineering. Fraser began
his career at KGO in 1980. He’s worked as
a maintenance engineer, an ENG techni-
cian and a production technician.
In graphics, LISA WELDON PHELAN is
KGO-TV’s new art director. Most recently,
Phelan was lead artist for Video Design
Group, a subsidiary of 10 ABC-owned sta-
tions and Buena Vista Syndication. Phelan
has also worked at CNN and KHOU-TV in
Houston.
KGO executives also hired JACK LIVOLSI
as promotion manager. LiVolsi most re-
cently was executive producer of special
projects for WBZ/WSBK in Boston. He also
served as creative services director at
WSBK.
 broadcasting virtual museum
July’s edition of Off Camera announced the
exciting plans for the development of the
Broadcast Archives and Museum of North-
ern California. An important component of
the plans include a virtual museum that
will allow visitors to view, via the Internet,
material from many regional archives
throughout our Chapter. The process that
will enable this unique collection to be ac-
cessible to museum visitors will be a feat of
epic proportions! It will involve the cleaning
and transfer of thousands of hours of origi-
nal broadcast footage on film and video,
which will then be digitized into specialized
workstations enabling the material’s resto-
ration and storage.
As a first step into these
uncharted waters, the
Bay Area Video Coali-
tion and Silicon
Graphics, both mem-
bers of the museum planning committee
community leadership benefit
BELVA DAVIS JACKIE WRIGHT
The American Women in Radio and Tele-
vision (AWRT) Golden Gate Chapter’s Belva
Davis Diversity Scholarship will be a fea-
tured beneficiary at the Community Lead-
ership Reception and Fundraiser August
15, 6-8:30pm at San Francisco’s Lavash
Restaurant, 4 Embarcadero Center.
JANICE EDWARDS of KNTV, NBC 11 will
be emcee.
“We want to build the funds for this very im-
portant scholarship, so we are pleased that
it is one of the beneficiaries of the event,”
said LISA SCIMENS, President Golden
SGI’s Octane workstation installed at BAVC
and consortium, have set up workstations
at BAVC’s facility. Ten high powered “Oc-
tane” workstations were generously do-
nated by SGI. The workstations are specifi-
cally configured to run specialized film and
video restoration software, donated by con-
sortium partner Mathematical Technolo-
gies Company. MTI is the market leader
in resolution-independent digital mastering,
restoration and formatting software.
The BAVC learning lab will eventually serve
as a test site for the virtual museum, per-
fecting the process that will allow thousands
of visitors to explore the rich media history
of northern California
Gate Chapter AWRT. “We invite our mem-
bers and other media industry friends to
choose to send a gift for the Belva Davis
Diversity Scholarship.”
The Belva Davis Diversity Scholarship was
created in honor of the award winning and
highly regarded television reporter and an-
chor, BELVA DAVIS. Davis is a member of
AWRT and holds the distinction of having
been the first African-American, female tele-
vision reporter on the West Coast (1966).
JACKIE WRIGHT was AWRT President for
the Golden Gate Chapter in 1999. She cur-
rently serves as Executive Director of the
Office of Public Engagement and Informa-
tion for the SF Unified School District. She
spent most of the 1990’s as Public Affairs
Associate for the Bay Area Chapter of the
American Red Cross.
RSVP by August 10, please call 415-705-
0557 or www.celebratejackiewright.com.
Off Camera, august 2003, page 3
national emmys continued from page 1
SF Opera production “Dead Man Walkiing”
A KQED program that focused on a San
Francisco Opera production has received
a national Emmy nomination. “Then One
Night: The Making of Dead Man Walking”
has been nominated for a national News
and Documentary Emmy Award.
The program detailed the San Francisco
Opera’s December 2000 production of the
opera, “Dead Man Walking.” The docu-
mentary aired on KQED in 2001. It pre-
miered nationally in January 2002. KQED
producer/director LINDA SCHALLER
worked on the project for almost a year
The Emmys will be presented on Septem-
ber 3rd at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New
York.
new nd at khnl
From Ohio to Oahu. SUE LEVINE, former
assistant news director at WOIO/WUAB in
Cleveland, has been named news director
at Hawaii NBC affiliate KHNL News 8.
Levine switches stations but stays in the
same company. Raycom Media owns both
WOIO and KHNL.
Before joining Raycom, Levine was execu-
tive producer at WJBK, the Fox station in
Detroit. She’s also worked in Miami, New
York and Los Angeles.
“We are very excited to have someone of
Sue’s caliber coming to lead our news de-
partment, said JOHN FINK, vice president
and general manager, said in a statement.
Levine replaces SETH FELDMAN, who
resigned in June. The hire leaves KGMB-
TV as the only Honolulu TV station without
a news director.
 kpix cancels emmy-winning newscast
Less than three months after winning the
Emmy for Best Daytime Newscast, the 4:30
p.m. news on KPIX has been cancelled.
The final day for the newscast, anchored
by BARBARA RODGERS and KATE
KELLY, will be Aug. 29.
In its place will be the syndicated show,
“People’s Court.” KPIX purchased the rights
to the hour-long show, wresting it away from
KTVU. “People’s Court” will run from 4 p.m.
to 5 p.m. Another syndicated
show, “Living It Up with Ali and Jack” will run
from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. That show, starring
Today correspondent JACK FORD and co-
medienne ALI WENTWORTH, replaces
“Good Day Live.” The Los Angeles-based
talk show will move to the Viacom-owned
UPN affiliate, KBHK.
Station Manager RON LONGINOTTI told
a stunned KPIX newsroom about the
changes in late July. He said the decisions
had nothing to do with the quality of the 4:30
p.m. newscast. Longinotti said a stronger
“audience flow” into KPIX’s 5 p.m. news-
cast was the reason for the switch.
“People’s Court” has been airing on KTVU
new kntc program in memory bob mccarthy
Azteca America, KNTC-TV 42, is now air-
ing a locally produced Latino-oriented pro-
gram featuring entertainment news, artist
interviews and community events.
“Ojos Latinos, Tu Musica” premiered July
28th on the San Francisco-based, Spanish
language channel. It airs from 4 to 5 pm
weekdays. “Ojos Latinos” is an “entertain-
ment magazine targeted at young adults
who are looking for programming alterna-
tives,” said KNTC General Manger
ROBERTO PINEDA.
The show’s producer is ANDRES PRUNA,
a Cuban-American
documentary film-
maker who also
produces the En-
glish language
“Latin Eyes” for
KRON-TV. (That
program airs at 10 Sunday mornings.)
BARBARA RODGERS KATE KELLY
at 5 p.m. In July, it garnered a 3.0 rating (8
share) and was number one in that time
slot for female viewers ages 25 to 54.
KPIX’s 4:30 p.m. newscast began two years
ago. In July, it received a 1.7 rating (5 share).
That was up 23 percent from July 2002, but
apparently not good enough to stay on the
air. In May, the 4:30 p.m. news scored a
major upset at the Northern California
Emmy show when it defeated KTVU’s
“Mornings on 2” to win the Best Daytime
Newscast Emmy.
Longinotti also announced KPIX will expand
its weekend morning newscasts. On Satur-
day, an extra 90 minutes of news will run on
KBHK after the KPIX newscast ends at 8
a.m. On Sunday, an extra hour of news will
run on KBHK after KPIX’s newscast ends at
8:30 a.m.
Former “TeleCopter 4” traffic reporter BOB
McCARTHY died on July 5th fighting a battle
with lymphoma. Bob was hired by KRON in
the early 1980’s as the helicopter coordi-
nator. News Director MIKE FERRING de-
cided to put Bob in the helicopter as the
TeleCopter 4 traffic reporter. Bob gave
morning and afternoon traffic reports on
“NewsCenter 4” for several years.
His daughters request donations to be
made to the Sutter Cancer Foundation,
2800 L Street/ Sixth Floor, Sacramento, CA
95816-5600.
Off Camera, august 2003, page 4
july ratings
continued from page 1
down 20 percent from last year. KRON’s
11:30 am news was fourth with a 1.3 (5).
It’s a tight battle in early mornings. KTVU
holds on to its lead with a 2.2 rating (13
share) at 6 am. Right behind were NBC-11
and ABC-7, both with a 2.0 (12). KRON was
fourth with a 1.6 (9). CBS-5 was fifth with a
1.2 (7), although its numbers were 35 per-
cent better than a year ago
gay pride draws
big ratings
This year’s Gay Pride Parade in San Fran-
cisco not only drew big crowds, it had a
large television audience, as well. The
June 29th event, aired live on KRON-TV,
scored a 6.5 rating (22 share). This is
the first year the San Francisco indy has
aired the pride celebration.
That 6.5, which translates to more than
150,000 households tuned in, beat by a
wide margin the 2.6 rating the live cover-
age earned when it was carried by KBWB/
KOFY in 2002, and was the highest the pa-
rade had garnered since 1998.
DINO DINOVITZ, KRON 4 President and
General Manager said, “KRON 4 is com-
mitted to providing the best news and local
programming for the diverse communities
of the Bay Area, and we believe that this
event is one more way we can reach out to
the people we serve.”
save the date
Wednesday, Octo-
ber 15, 2003 at the
Sony Metreon Ac-
tion Theatre, SF. New
Media Committee
Premiere Event:
Broadband and
Video On Demand
Panel.
 sacramento natas cinema club cinema club
members “reload” sacramento 8/23 san francisco 8/11
at movie night

Photo © Robert Mohr 2003 (415-647-6647)

Two dozen Sacramento NATAS members
got a chance to “reload” at the movie the-
ater last month. The members and guests
were treated to a free showing of “Matrix:
Reloaded” at the IMAX theater in downtown
Sacramento. NATAS members mingled in
the lobby before entering the wide-screen
theater for the two-hour sequel. “WHALE RIDER” Drama - 1 hr. 45 min. A
Sacramento Cinema Club moves to a new theatre, date
Maori tribe must contend with a female as
and time…
their leader after her twin brother dies at
The next free Sacramento movie will be Saturday, Aug. childbirth, and she must struggle to prove
23, at the Regal Theaters in the Natomas Mall. Meet herself. MPAA Rating: PG-13 for brief lan-
in the theatre lobby for networking at noon, movie guage and a momentary drug reference.
starts at 12:30 p.m. NATAS members and a guest will Distributor: Newmarket Films
get in FREE to a showing of “Seabiscuit.”
Starring: KEISHA CASTLE-HUGHES, RAWIRI
This is the true story of a former bicycle repairman, PARATENE, VICKY HAUGHTON, CLIFF
Charles Howard (Jeff Bridges), who made his fortune CURTIS, GRANT ROA Directed by: NIKI CARO
introducing the automobile to the American West, and Produced by: TIM SANDERS, JOHN BARNETT,
who owned a small, knobbly-kneed horse called FRANK HUBNER
Seabiscuit.
The CINEMA CLUB is a FREE first run

kron adds $$$ show

A new program on business, money and
investment has hit the air at KRON-4.
The San Francisco Indy premiered
“Rob Black & Your Money” last month.
The half-hour program airs weekdays at
noon.
Hosts ROB BLACK and CHERYL
CASONE field phone and e-mail questions
from viewers, offer market updates and
analysis, and provide investment tips.
Black is best known for his CNET nation-
ally syndicated radio show, “Stock Talk.”
monthly screening (second Monday) for
NATAS, DGA and AWRT members who
may bring a guest. The private viewing is
at the Delancey Street Screening Room,
600 The Embarcadero, San Francisco.
Refreshments & Networking 7 p.m., movie
7:30 p.m. Seating limited to first 146 to
arrive.
CHERYL CASONE, ROB BLACK
Casone has been reporting on business for
KRON and previously worked for business
news network Bloomberg Television in New
York.
www.emmysf.tv
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the board of governors
officers:
DAVID MILLS, KPIX, President
LYNN R FRIEDMAN,KGO, VP,San Francisco
KEITH SANDERS, KICU, VP, San Jose
GEORGE FRANCO,KOVR, VP Sacramento
JEFF CARDINALE, KFSN, VP, Fresno
DAVID RATTO, KTVN/ImageSync, VP, Reno
PAMELA YOUNG, KITV, VP, Hawaii
MICHELE BALL, KBWB WB20, Secretary
JIM SPALDING, Spalding & Co., Treasurer(Finance)
national trustees:
JAMES LAUTZ, Tudor Communications
CYNTHIA ZEIDEN, Zeiden Media (Activities)
governors:
DAN ADAMS, KXTV 10
DAN ASHLEY, KGO ABC 7
JOHN CATCHINGS, ITN/Media One (Museum)
ALBERT GARCIA, KUVS Univision 19
ALISON GIBSON, Media Cool (Education)
STEWART HELLER, York Productions
ADAM HOUSLEY, FOX News
ASHLEY JAMES, KTOP Cable 10(Publicity)
RON LOUIE, KTVU FOX 2
TERRY LOWRY,LaCosse Productions
JAVAID MALIK, KGO ABC 7, JAM Prod.
SCOTT McGREW, KNTV NBC 11
DEANNE MOENSTER, KTVU FOX 2
JOHN MURRAY, JM Communications
SHARON NAVRATIL, KTVU FOX 2
JOHN ODELL, City College of San Francisco
ROSS PALOMBO, KRON 4
PAT PATTON, KRON 4 (Membership)
TERRI RUSSELL, KOLO 8
HEATHER SEARLES, ITVS
DAMIAN TRUJILLO, KNTV, NBC 11
JAVIER VALENCIA, KRON 4 (Awards)
KIRA VILANOVA, KDTV 14(Publicity)
STUART YAMANE, Independent
RICK ZANARDI, Notre Dame de Namur University
committee chairs
DARRYL COHEN, Cohen & Cooper ( Legal Counsel)
LINDA GIANNECCHINI, KQED9 (Museum)
exective director
DARRYL COMPTON, NATAS, SF/NorCal
Oct/ 15th “New Media Event, Sony Metreon
Sep. 24th “War and Peace Forum,” KGO-TV
Aug. 23rd Cinema Club, “Seabiscuit,” Sacramento
Aug. 11th Cinema Club, “Whale Rider,” San Francisco
coming events
website: www.emmysf.tv
e-mail: info@emmysf.tv
fax: (650) 372-0279
(650) 341-7786 4317 Camden Avenue, San Mateo, CA 94403-5007
(415) 777-0212
zamacona working with grateful dead
On July 15th, FRANK
ZAMACONA began shooting in-
terview footage with members of
The Dead (formerly The Grate-
ful Dead) in Northern California.
Dead band members MICKEY
HART and BOB WEIR, along with
long-time roadie Steve Parish
were among those interviewed.
The footage will appear on both a
25 th Anniversary DVD/CD set
and a 90-minute PBS special DANNY MANEJA, ANNIE ROTHCHILD, BOB WEIR,
celebrating the Grateful Dead’s FRED TETZNER, FRANK ZAMACONA
performance at Winterland, one of San Zamacona Productions have a strong and
Francisco’s most renowned entertainment creative partnership—Frank has been direct-
venues. The Dead’s performance that ing spots for the station since 1993.
night was the last ever at the venue before
it was closed down, and lasted from 12 In June, Zamacona directed a promotional
midnight until 6 am the next day. In August, spot for KGO-ABC/7’s “Experience” cam-
Zamacona will begin editing footage of the paign. He had the good fortune of working
performance for both the DVD and the PBS with station-veterans Pete Wilson, Jessica
special. Post-production will continue Aguirre, Dan Ashley, Mike Finney, and pro-
throughout the remainder of the year, with ducer Missy Crawford. The spots are sched-
the set slated for release in November and uled to air July through October 2003.
the PBS special scheduled to air in De- On the corporate front, Zamacona teamed
cember of 2003
up again this summer with Medical Pro-
Zamacona recently directed a promo- grams/HMP, directing two programs for live
satellite broadcast, webcast and audio con-
tional spot for KGO-ABC/7, publicizing the
opening of the upcoming Marc Chagall ference. The first program, “Current Ad-
exhibit at San Francisco’s Museum of vances In The Treatment of Lymphatic
Modern Art (SFMOMA). The exhibit in- Malignancies”, was shot and broadcast in
cludes pieces spanning in time from 1907 June from Denver’s Comcast Production
Center. The second, shot in July in New York
to 1970, and is open from July 26th through
November 4 th . KGO-ABC/7 and City is entitled “Behavioral Management.:
Treatment Team Strategies.”
Off Camera, august 2003, page 6