WEDU PBS Honored with 10 Suncoast Regional EMMY® Nominations

Tampa Bay, FL – The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has honored WEDU PBS, West Central Florida’s PBS station, with 10 Suncoast Regional EMMY® Award nominations.

The Suncoast Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences is a nonprofit Florida corporation dedicated to excellence in television and offers the annual Regional EMMY® Awards to television markets in the entire State of Florida; Alexandria, Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Lake Charles, and New Orleans, Louisiana; Mobile, Alabama; Thomasville, Georgia; and Puerto Rico.

2023 Suncoast Regional EMMY® Award Nominations:

Sports Story - Short Form Content

Greater Ybor City - First at Bat | Ashley Stokes, James Borchuck, Freddy Marschall

Documentary - Cultural

Rise of the Rays| Eric Davis, James Borchuck, Cori Ward, Paul Grove

Arts/Entertainment - Short Form Content

Arts Plus - Irene Rodriguez |Farah Vickery, Ashley Stokes, Wes Eldridge

Arts/Entertainment - Short Form Content 

Arts Plus - Miriam Zimms|Dalia Colon, Danny Bruno

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion - Short Form Content

Arts Plus - Sphinx Virtuosi  | Danny Bruno

Environment/Science - Long Form Content

Public Square - Climate Change| Laura Landry, Ashley Stokes, Freddy Marschall

Health/Medical - Long Form Content

Last to Ask  | Laura Landry, Wes Eldridge

Lifestyle - Short Form Content

Greater Ybor City - Home of the Cuban Sandwich| Laura Landry, Ashley Stokes, James Borchuck

Musical/Composition/Arrangement

Rise of the Rays | Fred Story - Storyline Music + Mix

Craft - Director - Short Form Content

Ashley Stokes | Greater Sarasota - Rising to the Occasion