St. Louis Public TV Station Wins Emmy for 2005 FRC Story

[Richard Wallace]

Originally Posted by KETC web site

St. Louis — November 1, 2006 — KETC/Channel 9, St. Louis’ public television station, earned six Emmy Awards from the Mid-America Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), it was announced at ceremonies in St. Louis on Saturday, October 28.

The magazine series Living St. Louis won a total of five awards, including outstanding achievement in magazine programs for the production team of producers Anne-Marie Berger, Ruth Ezell, Jim Kirchherr and Patrick Murphy, videographer Scot Page and editor Greg Reinhart. Other Living St. Louis wins came from individual stories:

... and

“Robot Tournament,” about a high-school robot-making competition and produced by Jim Kirchherr, won in the Public/Current/Community Affairs-Program/Special category.

The story on FIRST is available for streaming at mms://streaming.ketc.org/KETC/216robots2005.wmv

[Pat McCarthy]

Wow, I can see why it was awarded!
This is the best FIRST documentary I've seen in a few years!