KTSF's China Series Wins Five National and NorCal TV Awards

KTSF's China Series Wins Five National and NorCal TV Awards

America's largest Asian-language broadcaster receives industry recognition for 'Under the Same Sky' series

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- KTSF Television, the nation's largest Asian-language broadcaster, announced today that its "Under the Same Sky" series has won five prestigious industry awards and one Emmy nomination this year. The channel received its latest industry award on November 3 from the NorCal RTNDA (Radio and Television News Directors Association). The 2007 wins also include the Telly and the Northern California Chinese Media Association Award. KTSF received an Emmy nomination for Best Historical/Cultural-Feature/Segment for the "40 Years after the Cultural Revolution" special.

"Under the Same Sky" is developed by KTSF's Special Features Unit and spotlights original content shot on-location in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong. Broadcast throughout the San Francisco Bay Area market, the award-winning series offers a comprehensive, in-depth look at important topics that affect the global Chinese community.

2007 industry awards and nomination include:

1) NorCal RTNDA (Radio and Television News Directors Association) Award
Special News Program Category: "China Poverty" (aired 3/24/07)
Mei-ling Sze, Kwokshu Leung, Erik Feagins

2) Northern California Chinese Media Association Award
Best T.V. Program Category: "China Fashion" (aired 4/28/07)
Kwokshu Leung, Ling-Chia Ku, "Under the Same Sky" Production Team

3) Northern California Chinese Media Association Award
Best T.V. Feature Category: "Hong Kong Handover: 10 Years After"
(aired 6/30/07)
Mei-ling Sze

4) Telly Award (Silver)
Best Documentary Category: "China Poverty" (aired 3/24/07)
Mei-ling Sze, Kwokshu Leung

5) Telly Award (Silver)
Best Editing Category: "China Poverty" (aired 3/24/07)
Eric Feagins, Kwokshu Leung

6) National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Nor Cal Chapter, Emmy
Award Nomination
Best Historical/Cultural-Feature/Segment: "40 Years after the Cultural
Revolution" (aired 12/11/06)
Dongmei Li

"On behalf of the entire KTSF staff, I congratulate the Special Features Unit team for their extraordinary work in developing original, thought-provoking programming," said Michael Sherman, General Manager, KTSF. "It's especially meaningful to be recognized by our industry peers for our leadership in Asian-language broadcasting and strong commitment to journalistic excellence. We continue to strive to develop high-quality content and reach new audiences with a growing interest in Asia and China."

In addition to producing award-winning special features, KTSF has firmly established itself as the leader for in-language news and information. KTSF produces and broadcasts "Talk Tonight" -- a live call-in talk show. Each night, host Orlando Shih analyzes the day's top stories that affect Bay Area's Chinese community. KTSF also broadcasts daily same-day news from the following Asian countries: Hong Kong (i-CABLE), Taiwan (Power TV), China (CCTV), Japan (NHK, Fuji TV), Philippines (ABS-CBN) and Korean (KBS).

About KTSF Television

KTSF Television is the largest Asian-language broadcast station in the United States. Established in 1976, KTSF is an independent, full-power television station providing news and entertainment programming to over 2.75 million television households. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area, KTSF broadcasts in 12 languages. KTSF is available over-the-air on channel 26 and on cable channel 8 on Comcast Cable throughout the Northern California market. DirecTV, Dish Network and AT&T U-Verse also carry KTSF. KTSF is the first Asian media outlet in the United States to offer Nielsen Media Research data to its clients. For more information, please visit http://www.ktsf.com/.

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CONTACT: Eelynn Sim of GolinHarris, +1-415-274-7917,
esim@golinharris.com, for KTSF Television

Web site:

http://www.ktsf.com/

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