{"id":94606,"date":"2019-08-13T19:59:07","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T23:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=94606"},"modified":"2019-08-13T19:59:07","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T23:59:07","slug":"pbs39-nominated-for-6-mid-atlantic-regional-emmy-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=94606","title":{"rendered":"PBS39 Nominated for 6 Mid-Atlantic Regional Emmy\u00ae Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The regional nominations were announced at a celebration hosted and streamed by PBS39 in Bethlehem, PA.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Bethlehem, PA. &#8211; August 13, 2019 &#8211; <\/strong><span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: 'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\">On Monday, August 12, 2019, the Mid-Atlantic Regional Emmy\u00ae Award nominees were announced at the PPL Public Media Center at PBS39 in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. PBS39 was nominated in the categories of investigative report, feature news report, politics\/government special, news single story, interview\/discussion series and community affairs special.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: 'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\">\u201cI am extremely proud of our team at PBS39.\u201d Tim Fallon, Chief Executive Officer of PBS39 said. \u201cWhile we do not do this work for the recognition, it is an honor to be recognized by our peers. This is only the beginning, I am excited to see what the future brings as our team continues to grow.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: 'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\">In the category of investigative report &#8211; single story or series, PBS39 was nominated for <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlvt.org\/blogs\/lehigh\/youth-gang-violence-in-the-lehigh-valley\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Stop the Violence<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: 'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\">, a special report examining youth and gang violence in the Lehigh Valley. Nominees include PBS39\u2019s Megan Frank, Daniel Ray, Jim Deegan and Yoni Greenbaum. In the category of feature news report &#8211; serious feature, Chloe Nouvelle, along with Jim Deegan earned a nomination for the report titled <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlvt.org\/blogs\/lehigh\/allentown-school-official-fights-to-keep-students-housed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rooster<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: 'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\">, profiling Allentown School District\u2019s Homelessness Liaison Russell \u201cRooster\u201d Valentini. In the category of societal concerns &#8211; news single story, PBS39 earned a nomination for the report <\/span><strong>Election Night: Joe\u2019s Barber Shop<\/strong><span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: 'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\">. Daniel Ray, Jacob Boyer, Javier Diaz, Jim Deegan and Yoni Greenbaum are among the nominated team members.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: 'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\">PBS39\u2019s live coverage of the <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/video.wlvt.org\/video\/news-tonight-for-january-3-2019-z5vvsz\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">116th Congress<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: 'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"> swearing-in garnered a nomination in the category of politics\/government &#8211; program\/special. The PBS39 team who worked on this newscast includes Yoni Greenbaum, Andrea Cummis, Javier Diaz, Anastasia Weckerly, Jessica Lee, Monica Evans-Trout, Brittany Sweeney, Megan Frank, Chloe Nouvelle and Harri Leigh.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: 'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\">The new PBS39 original program <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlvt.org\/television\/counter-culture\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Counter Culture<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: 'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\">, hosted by Grover Silcox, was nominated in the category of interview\/discussion series. This weekly talk show, set at the counter of Daddypops Diner in Hatboro, Pennsylvania, welcomes artists, authors, comics, singers, historians and others to talk about their passions. Team members nominated along with Silcox, include Jeffrey Frederick, Zach Wisneskie, Anastasia Weckerly, Jessica Lee, Daniel Ray, Andrea Cummis, Javier Diaz and Yoni Greenbaum.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: 'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\">\u201cThe works recognized with a nomination reflect our shared commitment to solutions and accountability journalism and to high-quality, original local programming.\u201d Yoni Greenbaum, Chief Content Officer at PBS39 said. \u201cI am proud of all of those who have worked to turn our goals into reality.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: 'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\">Also nominated in the category of community affairs special was the final installment of PBS39\u2019s five-part <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlvt.org\/television\/close-to-home\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Close to Home<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: 'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"> series. <\/span><strong>Close to Home: Human Trafficking<\/strong><span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: 'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"> was made in conjunction with PBS39\u2019s production partner eMediaWorks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: 'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\">The 2019 Mid-Atlantic Regional Emmy\u00ae Awards will be presented on September 28, 2019 in Pittsburgh. At this ceremony, PBS39\u2019s Grover Silcox will be inducted into the prestigious <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlvt.org\/blogs\/press-releases\/pbs39s-grover-silcox-to-be-inducted-into-the-silver-circle-society\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Silver Circle Society<\/a><span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: 'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\">. This honor society is for members who have spent 25 years or more in the television industry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>About PBS39<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: 'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\">PBS39 acts as the catalyst to promote civic engagement, and to fulfill the regional needs of the Greater Lehigh Valley through its dynamic communication platforms and resources. PBS39 Reporter Corps TM journalists are embedded in the ten counties that make up the Greater Lehigh Valley. The PBS39 Reporter Corps TM creates community-focused content for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlvt.org\/reportercorps\/pbs39-news-tonight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PBS39 News Tonight<\/a><span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: 'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"> and for the PBS39 digital platform. PBS39 and the United Way of the Greater Lehigh Valley are partnering to fund and fulfill the regional literacy initiative <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/lehighvalleyreads.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Lehigh Valley Reads<\/a><span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: 'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\">. This campaign is working to ensure all Lehigh Valley students read on grade level by the end of third grade by 2025. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/battlingopioids.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Battling Opioids: A Project of Pennsylvania Public Media<\/a><span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: 'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\"> is a collaborative, multi-media, effort undertaken by all seven PA Public Media stations. This initiative uses public media&#8217;s combined resources of TV, radio, online, social, digital, and community outreach events for one common good &#8211; to save lives. PBS39, part of Greater Lehigh Valley Public Media, is a community-owned public media station serving eastern Pennsylvania and New Jersey. PBS39 is licensed in Allentown to the Lehigh Valley Public Telecommunications Corporation. For more information, visit <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlvt.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PBS39.org<\/a><span style=\"display: inline !important; float: none; background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: 'Open Sans','Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nNicole Harrell<br \/>\nPublic Relations\/Promotions Manager, PBS39<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><code class=\"code\">-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYWORDS-START-<\/code><br \/>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner3023'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/' target=\"_blank\" data-id='3023' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class='adkingprobanner sidebar banner7036'><a href='http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com' target=\"_blank\" data-id='7036' data-ga='{\"campaign\":\"\",\"banner\":\"\",\"implemented\":\"universal\",\"imp_action\":\"Impression\",\"click_action\":\"Click\"}'><img src='https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/inpostblank.jpg' alt='' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<code class=\"code\">-AMAZONPOLLY-ONLYWORDS-END-<\/code><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?post_type=adverts_posts&p=7036\" class=\"read-more\">Click here to read more... <\/a>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":94607,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/pbs39-Emmy.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94606"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=94606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/94606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/94607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=94606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=94606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=94606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}