1989 HEARTLAND WINNERS
1A Outstanding News Program - Metro Denver Stations
KCNC "News 4 Late Edition"
1B Outstanding News Program - Non-Metro Denver Stations
KKTV "Newscenter 11 at Ten"
2 Outstanding Spot News
KUSA "Tornadoes"
Butch Montoya
3 Outstanding Live News
KCNC "Tornado Sighted"
Luan Akin
Larry Green
Mike Silva
David Gregg
4 Outstanding Feature News
KCNC "Christoper's Christmas"
John Nickel
5 Outstanding Hard News/24 Hours
KCNC "Thomson Crime Spree"
Marv Rockford
6 Outstanding Hard News/No limit
KMGH "Anatomy of a Plane Crash"
Coby Howell
Dave Minshall
Jan McCoy
Carl Filoreto
7 Investigative Reporting
KCNC "Destitute in Denver"
Wendy Bergen
Vicki Hildner
Doug Whitehead
Dale Atchinson
8 Sports Reporting
KCNC "Snowboarding"
John Cummings
9 Sports Program
KUSA "Race to the Clouds"
Steve Alvarez
Tom Green
Bill Cressler
Dan Perez
10 Sports/Live Coverage
KCNC "Broncos Pre-Season Football"
Tom Edwards
Tom Richards
Terry Trovato
Ron Zappolo
11 Outstanding Current Issues Documentary
KMGH "Yellowstone: Battle for
a National Treasure"
Jim Redmond
John Betancourt
Ray Volkema
12 Outstanding Artistic/Historic/Cultural Documentary
KUSA "Promises in the Mist"
Pattie Logan
Chris Wheeler
Linda Benzel
Dan Perez
13 Outstanding Target Audience Program
KUSA "Season of Hope"
Tom Green
Barry Sublett
Dan Dvorak
Mike Watson
14 Outstanding Public Affairs Program
KUSA "9 Who Care"
Carolyn Holbert
Dan Perez
Mike Watson
Jean Galloway
15 Outstanding Informational/Instructional Program
KCNC "Yamagata"
Vicki Hildner
Madeline McFadden
John Cummings
16 Interview/Discussion Program
KRMA "Tessler Live: Coping With
Credit"
Mark Herlinger
Gary Tessler
Linda Rea
17 Entertainment Program
KUSA "Spring Fling"
Pattie Logan
Dan Perez
Mike Watson
18 Outstanding Youth/Children's Program
KUSA "Christmas in the City"
Virgil Teeter
Duke Hartman
Robert Lee Fairchild
Jim Berger
19 Outstanding Special Events Coverage
KMGH "Ted Bundy: Case Closed"
Jan McCoy
Ernie Bjorkman
Andy Dudley
20 Outstanding Editorial/Commentary
KUSA "Crash of Sky 9"
Maria Rodrigues
Sonny Jackson
Dan Dvorak
John Kuhrt
21 Outstanding Public Service Campaign
KWGN "Twobits: Responsibility
for Pet Ownership"
Jean Wolf
22 Outstanding Public Service Announcement, :60 or less
Phelan Productions "Cystic Fibrosis
Sports Challenge"
Jim Phelan
23 Promotion: Overall Station Image Campaign
KUSA "Dancing in the Street"
Esty Russell
Tim Sherno
Mike Watson
Bill Peterson
24 Promotion: News Campaign
KCNC "Critic At Large"
Carol Lehr
Kathy Lyle
Tom Mares
Mike Jackson
25 Promotion: Spot Announcement for News
KCNC "Inside the Soaps"
Priscilla Kirkley
Clyde Becker
Kandy Brown
26 Promotion: Non-news Campaign
No Nominations
27 Promotion: Spot Announcement for Other Than News
KWGN "February Movies on Denver's
2"
Tom Burton
28 On-air Talent: News and Public Affairs
KCNC "Destitute in Denver
Wendy Bergen
29 On-air Talent: Other than News and Public Affairs
KCNC "Vietnam: Face of the Future"
Madeline McFadden
30 Outstanding Journalistic Enterprise
KCNC Wendy Bergen
31 Director "Live"
KUSA "9 Who Care"
Dan Perez
32 Director "Non-Live"
DCPA "Legends"
Dirk Olsen
33 Writer "News"
KUSA "Promises in the Mist"
Linda Benzel
34 Writer "Non-news Programming"
KCNC "Artists of America"
Mary Brenneman
35 Writer "Promotion"
KMGH "Do or Diet"
BB Schmid
36 Writer "Public Service"
HVE Productions "Bull Rider"
Rex Hauck
37 News Producer "Live"
KCNC "Colorado Evening News"
Joe Delmonico
38 Videographer "News/24 Hours"
KUSA "Cadet Haircuts"
Chris Wheeler
39 Videographer "News/No Time Limit"
KMGH "Aspen"
Bill Hitchcock
40 Videographer "Non-news"
KCNC "The Critic at Large"
Kathy Lyle
41 Editor: Effects Editing
KUSA "Denver Dusk to Dawn"
Jeff Wilkins
42 Editor: Machine-to-Machine Editing
KUSA "Thunderboats"
Jeff Wilkins
43 Lighting
KCNC "The Critic at Large"
Robert Smith
44 Audio
DCPA "Legends"
Richard Jenkins
45 Special Engineering Achievement
KUSA "Race to the Clouds"
Dan Perez
46 Production Engineering
KUSA "Race to the Clouds"
Dan Perez
47 Art Direction
KCNC "Critic at Large"
Tom Mares
48 Graphic Arts
KUSA Jim Peters
49 Original Local Music: Composer/Lyricist/Producer
DCPA "Legends"
Richard Jenkins
Scott Alan Smith