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KOCE’S ‘REAL ORANGE’ WINS EMMY AWARD
KOCE’s REAL ORANGE, television’s only weeknight news show for and about Orange County, was a winner at the LA area Emmy Awards Saturday night for its retrospective about the devastating Laguna Beach fire.
“Laguna Beach: Ten Years After the Fire,” produced by Allison Everman, was the Arts & Culture/History winner according to the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. REAL ORANGE co-anchor and co-managing editor, Ann Pulice, accepted the Award on behalf of the station. KOCE’s LA Area Emmy Award wins now total 25.
The program first aired in October 2003 as a half-hour REAL ORANGE News Special, revisiting the people and places ravaged by the 1993 Laguna Beach Fires. KOCE’s news team talked with people who lost their homes, but not their spirit and determination to go on and rebuild their lives. The program also looked at art that rose from the ashes of the fire, the political fortunes that turned in the aftermath, and the people who lived and continue to live in this fire-prone area.
REAL ORANGE, broadcast Monday-Friday on KOCE, is produced in association withThe Orange County Register. Reporters and photographers from The Orange County Register, plus video from the Register’s Orange County News Channel, provided information and footage for the winning story.
“We’re very excited to receive the Emmy Award and that our REAL ORANGE partner, The Orange County Register, is part of the victory. This Emmy win acknowledges and validates the importance of KOCE’s coverage of local news here in Orange County,” said KOCE President, Mel Rogers, “and we’re grateful that The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences recognizes REAL ORANGE as an important source of information for our community.”
REAL ORANGE airs weeknights at 6:30 and 11:00 p.m., and encores at 8:00 the next morning.
