National Capital / Chesapeake Bay Emmy Awards

The National Capitol Chesapeake Bay Emmy Awards are a division of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences or NATAS was created in 1955 to advance the arts and sciences of television. Headquartered in New York, NATAS's membership is national and the organization has local chapters around the country....

. The division was founded in 1977 and in addition to granting the National Capitol Chesapeake Bay Emmy Awards, it recognizes awards scholarships, honors industry veterans at the Silver Circle Celebration, conducts National Student Television Awards of Excellence, has a free research and a nationwide job bank. The chapter also participates in judging Emmy entries at the regional and national levels.

Boundaries

The academy is divided into the following boundaries and encompasses Maryland

Maryland

Maryland is a U.S. state located in the Mid Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east...

, Virginia

Virginia

The Commonwealth of Virginia , is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" after the eight U.S. presidents born there...

, and Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....

. These boundaries are responsible for the submission of television broadcast materials presented for awards considerations.

Boundary

Maryland

Virginia

Washington, D.C.

Board of governors

Each year the membership of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences National Capitol Chesapeake Bay Chapter elects new professionals on rotating Board of Governors to represent the chapter. While best known for The EMMY® Awards and Silver Circle, which recognize outstanding achievements in the industry, NATAS, NCCB also represents an array of other events available to their membership.

Bremante Bryant

David Burns Salisbury University

Salisbury University

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Kathleen Cairns WBFF-TV

Ken Day Maryland Public Television

Maryland Public Television

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 (MPT)

Leslie Estes WJLA-TV

WJLA-TV

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Robin Fader

Robin D. Fader

Rebecca Jewsbury

Jeffrey Kramer Kramer Communications

Denise Li Georgetown University

Georgetown University

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Marilyn McClellan Mid-Atlantic Sports Network

Mid-Atlantic Sports Network

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Jim McNulty Discovery Communications

Discovery Communications

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Rob Melick Fox News Channel

Fox News Channel

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Janet Riksen

Melinda Roeder WBFF-TV

Matthew Sobocinski /Politico

Rebecca Tulkoff WETA-TV

WETA-TV

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