Contacts: Mark Oggel, Communications Office 760-744-1150 ext. 2152 Pat Hahn, Associate Professor, Radio and TV 760-744-1150 ext. 2964 Lisa Cecere, Associate Professor, Cinema 760-744-1150 ext. 2675

Primetime Palomar TV News Program Receives Emmy Nominations from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences SAN MARCOS (June 6, 2005) -- The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, Pacific Southwest region, recently nominated 10 Palomar College radio/TV and cinema students for Outstanding Student Achievement. Two students connected with the college’’s own student-produced TV newscast, Primetime Palomar, were nominated for Emmy awards by the academy, Pacific Southwest Chapter, for Outstanding Student Achievement –– News. These were the newscast’’s first Emmy nominations since its inception in fall 2003. Nominated were Christin Fisher as director and Roger Renkas as producer. Renkas also was nominated for his outstanding spot news coverage of the Palomar College War Memorial dedication. Fisher was the photojournalist on that story. Along with maintaining full-time scholastic schedules, the two worked 20-30 hours a week to produce Primetime Palomar. In addition to the Emmy nominations, Primetime Palomar students this year placed first, second and fourth in the state in a Journalism Association of Community Colleges competition. These awards were for Outstanding TV News Journalism. The winners were Peter Stoll, Brad Gardner and Renkas. Primetime Palomar is a weekly half-hour newscast cablecast to more than 275,000 North County homes on Cox Channel 16 and Adelphia Channel 67. The program helps to inform Palomar College students, faculty, staff and area residents of news of the college. It airs Saturdays at 5 p.m. on the two cable systems and is produced by the RTV 240 class. Wayne Short was nominated for Outstanding Student Achievement –– News for his half-hour sports program The Comet Report. This program gave viewers a behind-the-scenes look at Palomar’’s sports programs and athletes. In the category of Outstanding Student Achievement –– Other Than News, Palomar students received four Emmy nominations: •• The Storm, film, Ben Steeples, Fukasawa Yoshiaki, James Ingersol. •• Big Foot Resident in Foxwood, film, Michael Varga. •• Wax and Wind, film, Regi Ray. •• Walking on Water, surfing documentary, Kevin Funaki. Palomar radio/TV graduate Chris Maue, now with Fox 6, was nominated in the professional category of Photography/News Same Day. Radio/TV Adjunct Professor Jacquie Bazinet-Tolson, Fox 6, was nominated in three categories: Magazine Program-- Regularly Scheduled, Magazine Program -- Special, and Visual and Performing Arts Program. Emmy 2005, the 31st annual, will be held June 18 at the Omni San Diego Hotel. Presentation of the awards is intended to be an incentive for continued pursuit of excellence for those working in television and to focus public attention on outstanding cultural, educational, technological, entertainment, news and informational achievement in television. The Pacific Southwest region includes San Diego County and the television markets of Bakersfield, Oxnard, Palm Springs, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Santa Maria and Las Vegas.