Windows to the Wild & Counting On Birds Win Five
(DURHAM, October 20, 2014) — COUNTING ON BIRDS won first in News Documentary at the recent 2014 New Hampshire Association of Broadcasters’ Granite Mike Awards, and WINDOWS TO THE WILD won four awards. New Hampshire Public Television also received a first for Best Station Promotion and the merit award for Station of the Year. COUNTING ON BIRDS is the fourth in a series of award-winning specials (BIRD TALES, SAVING SONGBIRDS, JOURNEY OF THE BROAD-WINGED HAWK) produced by NHPTV that explore and celebrate New England’s migratory birds. The program originally aired last October and is available online. The series has received Telly and Boston/New England Emmy awards, and has been seen across the country. [Host Will Lange, producer/writer Phil Vaughn, videographer Steve Giordani] Four episodes from the 9th season of WINDOWS TO THE WILD won NHAB awards. WINDOWS TO THE WILD is in its 10th season and airs Wednesdays at 7:30 PM on NHPTV PRIME. [Host Will Lange, executive producer Phil Vaughn, producer/videographer Steve Giordani, graphics Schuyler Scribner]• First: Feature Story Quiet Waters - Will Lange and author Alex Wilson find both tranquility and excitement in quiet water while canoeing in Massachusetts• First: Public Affairs – Talk Show Walking Off the War - Warrior Hikers trekking NH's section of the Appalachian Trail meet Will Lange and explain why they’re hiking from Georgia to Maine as a way of transitioning from military to civilian life.• Merit: News Documentary A Hike Back to WWII - In 1942 an American B-18A bomber crashed on Mt. Waternomee in Woodstock, NH. Will Lange hikes to the WWII site with an archeologist.• Merit: Feature Story Eye on the Outdoors - Will Lange hikes Cardigan Mountain with Scott Ellis to learn how Scott uses technology to relive his experiences in nature.And, NHPTV won Best Station Promotion for HOME – KATIE LESSARD, which features a nine-year-old NH girl who asked for donations to NHPTV in lieu of birthday presents. [Producer Carla Russell] Established in 1954, the New Hampshire Association of Broadcasters (NHAB) is the only voluntary, statewide trade organization serving the Granite State's over-the-air radio and television stations.
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