Best Newscast: WCAU-TV Channel 10 News, Drew Berry, news director.
Spot News: "The Heinz Plane Crash," Channel 29, John Mussoni, executive producer. "Lebanon Warehouse Fire," WGAL, Susan Shapiro, reporter. (Tie.)
Reporter: Herb Denenberg, Channel 10.
Host: Denenberg.
Sports Reporter: Mike Golic, Channel 10.
Weathercaster: Bill Elias, Channel 29, and John Bolaris, Channel 10. (Tie.)
Writer/News: Denenberg.
Writer/Programming: Steve Friedman, Channel 10.
Writer/Commentary: Bill Wine, Channel 29.
Sports/Play-by-Play: Marc Zumoff, Prism.
News/Single Report: "Clash at Hegins," WHTM, Dennis Buterbaugh, reporter.
Feature/Single Report: "Heart of the Matter, Tomato Farmer," Channel 3, Andrea Korff, photographer.
Feature/Series: "Great Pretenders," Channel 29, Gerald Kolpan, reporter.
Health News/Single Report: "TB in Newark," New Jersey Network, Marie De Noia, reporter.
Health News/Series: "Jim Hymes: AIDS Diary," Channel 29, Jill Chernekoff, reporter.
Service News: "The Issue Tonight: Credit Check," Channel 3, Paul Moriarty, reporter.
Investigative Journalism: "Kids, Drugs and Rock and Roll," Channel 3,
Walt Hunter, reporter.
Documentary: "Breast Cancer: My Personal Story," Channel 10, Lu Ann Cahn, reporter.
Heath and Science Program: "Sports Medicine Today: The Quick Road Back," Channel 3, Warren Weidner, producer.
Talk Program/One Time Only: "New Jersey Personalities," NJN, Janice Selinger, executive producer. "The Gay '90s: A Larry Kane Report," Channel 10, Larry Kane, host. (Tie.)
Talk/Series: "Live," WGAL, Rebecca S. Campbell, executive producer.
Entertainment Broadcast: "The New Jersey State Aquarium: A Special Preview," Channel 29, George Cummings, executive producer. "Evening, Coast to Coast," Channel 3, Susan Cohen-Dickler, executive producer. (Tie.)
Magazine Format: "A Kid-Size Vacation," WNEP, Thomas Curra, producer.
Feature/Entertainment: "Help Me! I'm Becoming My Mother," Channel 12, Glenn Holsten, producer.
Live Sports Coverage/One Time Only: "The 1991 CoreStates U.S. Pro Cycling Championship," Channel 10, Mitchell Goldstein, executive producer.
Live Sports/Series: "76ers Basketball," Prism, Randy Seidman, producer.
Sports/One Time Only Special: "A Time to Shine: 1991 Red Barons Preview," WYOU, Martin Cabelly, producer.
Sports Series: "The Randall Cunningham Show," Channel 10, Mitchell Goldstein, executive producer.
Sports Feature: "KD Country: Pens," KDKA, Dave Crawley, reporter.
Children's Programming/One Time Only: "The Adventures of Ritzy the Wolf," Channel 10, Eileen Matthews, producer.
Children's Programming/Series: "Around and About New Jersey," NJN, Warren B. Freas, executive producer.
Cultural Programming: "Maazel! A Profile," WQED, Lynna Squilla, producer.
Live Programming, "Heinz Funeral," KDKA, Sue McInerney, news director.
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