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Seattle Channel staff recognized with 10 Northwest Emmy nominations

Seattle Channel is honored to receive ten Northwest Regional Emmy Award nominations from the Northwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS). Nominated programs were in a broad range of categories including business/consumer, arts/entertainment, historical/cultural, sports, public affairs, and interview/discussion. The team was also recognized in the Editor craft category. Seattle Channel received a nomination for Overall Excellence, where the station will compete for this top accolade with some of the region’s best commercial and pub

Seattle Channel honored with 30 Government Programming Awards

Seattle Channel won 30 Government Programming Awards, including seven awards of excellence and 13 awards of distinction, at the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA) annual conference and virtual awards ceremony this week.

Seattle Channel honored at Northwest Emmy Awards

Seattle Channel is the recipient of a Northwest Regional Emmy Award for a program that aired in May 2020 zeroing in on healthcare in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Honoring George Bakan: Seattle LGBTQ+ activist & mischief-maker

BY TYLER SIPE / SEATTLE CHANNEL STAFF George Bakan passed away at his desk last June, surrounded by a symbol of his life’s work: towering piles of the newspaper Seattle Gay News (SGN). Before the internet and smartphone apps delivered news and connected people, SGN shared stories of Seattle’s LGBTQ+ population who were marginalized, harassed, faced frequent discrimination, and… [ Keep reading ]

Seattle Channel receives 9 Northwest Emmy nominations

Seattle Channel is honored to receive nine Northwest Regional Emmy Award nominations from the Northwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS). Announced virtually on Friday, the nominations highlight the quality and breadth of programming produced by Seattle Channel in 2020. The municipal TV station received… [ Keep reading ]

Eel, Oprah, & cocktails. It’s Thanksgiving in Seattle.

Gobble it up Seattle with Thanksgiving features from our archives.

Attention procrastinators! Use our handy election resource roundup to help with your ballot!

🗳️ Ready! Set! Vote! If your ballot is collecting dust, and you’re looking for election resources, you’ve come to the right place! We’ve rounded up our latest election coverage on local and statewide candidates and issues. We’ve also outlined helpful voting resources. So get a black or blue pen, watch,… [ Keep reading ]

Seattle Channel honored with 10th National Excellence in Government Programming Award

Seattle Channel was named among the best municipal television stations in the nation yesterday when it received the prestigious Overall Excellence award for government programming at the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA) annual conference and virtual awards ceremony. Since 2007, Seattle Channel has been recognized 10 times… [ Keep reading ]

Celebrating 30 years of Americans with Disabilities Act

It’s been 30 years since the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) was enacted. Signed into law on July 26, 1990, the ADA is our nation’s most comprehensive disability rights law, prohibiting discrimination against people with disabilities in areas including employment, transportation, communication, and access to government programs and services. Join… [ Keep reading ]

That’s a wrap! Award-winning videographer Ralph Bevins retires after 20+ years at Seattle Channel

BY SHANNON GEE / SEATTLE CHANNEL GENERAL MANAGER Ralph Bevins, a Seattle Channel Video Specialist II (a fancy way of describing our Producer/Photographer/Editors), is retiring Wednesday after 20 years with the Seattle Channel. Ralph began his broadcasting career as a news photographer and editor in Orlando, Florida…further back than he… [ Keep reading ]