PBS Fort Wayne has earned two Regional Emmy® awards at the 56th Annual Central Great Lakes Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Awards ceremony.
News release from PBS 39:
PBS Fort Wayne receives 2 Regional Emmy awards
Fort Wayne, Indiana (June 24, 2025) — PBS Fort Wayne has earned two Regional Emmy® awards at the 56th Annual Central Great Lakes Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Awards ceremony held June 21st at the Indiana Roof Ballroom in Downtown Indianapolis. Winning entries from PBS Fort Wayne were:
PrimeTime – The Ghost Army & Bill Blass
Category 508-Interview Discussion:
This episode of PBS Fort Wayne’s weekly public affairs show featured studio interviews and archival materials to explore the Army life of fashion designer and Fort Wayne native Bill Blass.
Host: Bruce Haines
Director: Todd Grimes
Producer: Jeff Blossom
Technical Director: Jonathon Nuthals
Audio: Logan Nickloy
Videographer: Owen Bagwell
This episode of PrimeTime premiered on PBS Fort Wayne on Friday, May 24 2024 at 7:30pm.The Ghost Army & Bill Blass is available through PBS.org and the PBS app:
https://www.pbs.org/video/bill-blass-the-ghost-army-rzfrbu/ And on PBS Fort Wayne’s YouTubeWriters Contest Winner – Series 23
Category 511-Children, Youth, Teen:
This series, produced by PBS Fort Wayne’s Jeff Blossom, featured the winners of the 2023 PBS KIDS Writers Contest reading their own stories to animated versions of their illustrations. PBS Fort Wayne’s broadcast these stories in 2024.
Producer/Director: Jeff BlossomThe Writers Contest videos can be seen in their entirety on Fort Wayne’s YouTube
The Great Lakes Emmy® Awards are presented by the Central Great Lakes Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), NATAS serves all the television markets in the United States through its 20 chapters. The Central Great Lakes Chapter represents markets in northern Ohio, central and northeastern Indiana, and Erie Pennsylvania.
About PBS Fort Wayne
PBS Fort Wayne is the northeast Indiana region’s only locally owned and operated full power television service and only public television resource. PBS Fort Wayne broadcasts six channels, 24 hours a day: Our main channel on 39.1; PBS Kids on channel 39.2; Create TV on channel 39.3; Explore on channel 39.4 (local and Indiana-centric programs, international news, public affairs, and documentaries), PBSFWx on channel 39.5, providing National Weather Service Doppler radar, weather warnings and National Weather Service audio, and channel 39.6 providing the live broadcast of the Allen County Public Library’s Audio Reading Service.. PBS Fort Wayne live streams its main channel (39.1) in the northeast Indiana region on its website: pbsfortwayne.org; on www.pbs.org and through the PBS App, as well as YouTube TV and Amazon Prime.
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