IN 39TH ANNUAL L.A. CEREMONIES : KCBS, KNBC GARNER 12 EMMY AWARDS

KCBS-TV Channel 2 and KNBC-TV Channel 4 each went home with a dozen Emmys apiece Saturday night as the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences bestowed the 39th annual Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards.

Among Channel 2’s collection was the prized Emmy for best regularly scheduled daily news program.

The station also was named best in the fields of information series (“2 on the Town”), news special (“AIDS: The Human Story”), public affairs special (“Breast Cancer: My Body, My Life”), news reporting (coverage of the Cerritos air disaster), performer (Howard Stevens of “Friday at Sunset”) and sports special (“Rams-Raiders: Gunning for the Top”).

In addition, Channel 2 picked up Emmys for feature reporting, feature segments, information segments, non-news writing and film-tape editing.

Channel 4’s “Fight Back! With David Horowitz” was named best public affairs series (network station) and Horowitz also got the Emmy in the host/moderator, series, category. “ ‘86: You Had to Be There” was named top entertainment special on a network station. Weatherman Fritz Coleman, who anchored that program last December, was honored as best host/moderator of a special, and the year-end show also was cited for achievement in graphics.

The Emmy for investigative reporting went to Channel 4’s “Beryllium: Deadly Wonder,” and other awards were given to the station for achievement in film-tape editing, children/youth special, mini-documentary, sports and camera crew on a breaking news story.

Jess Marlow, who recently returned to Channel 4 after a long stint as a Channel 2 news anchorman, shared the Emmy for news commentary with KABC-TV’s Bill Press.

Veteran news anchor Hal Fishman of KTLA Channel 5, who in a quarter of a century of news reporting has worked at all of the local independent stations, was chosen to receive the academy’s governors award “for his special and unique contribution to Los Angeles area television.” KTLA received four other Emmys.

In public television, KCET Channel 28 won six Emmys and KOCE Channel 50 received two. KHJ-TV Channel 9 also received six. KABC-TV Channel 7 got five awards. KTTV Channel 11 had four. KCOP Channel 13 and KVEA Channel 52 won two each, and one went to Group W for public access.

The award ceremonies, followed by dinner, took place before an often unattentive and generally talkative crowd of 1,025 at the Beverly Wilshire. Presenters included many familiar faces from local news programs. Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop hosted.

Here are the Los Angeles Emmy winners for the 1986 calendar year.

Information Special, Independent Station: “To Kill in California,” KHJ-TV.

Host, Series: David Horowitz, “Fight Back! With David Horowitz,” KNBC-TV.

Entertainment Series, Network Station: “Hollywood Closeup,” KABC-TV.

Spot News, Breaking Story: Cerritos air crash special report, KTTV.

Feature Reporting: Craig Wirth, “Turkeys,” KCBS-TV.

Children/Youth Series, Independent Station: “Have You Ever Wondered?,” KTTV.

News Writer: Harry Abraham Castillo, “La Liga Internacional: Los Doctores Del Aire,” KVEA.

Film/Tape Editor, Hard News: Scott Pfeiffer, “Trail of Greed, Trail of Death,” KTTV.

Creative Technical Crafts: “Vea L.A.,” KVEA.

Information Special, Network Station: “Free at Last,” KABC-TV.

Sports Special: “Rams/Raiders--Gunning for the Top,” KCBS-TV.

Film/Tape Editor, News Features: Margaret Willey, “Street Musician,” KNBC-TV.

Special Events: 1986 Tournament of Roses Parade, KTLA.

Children/Youth Special, Network Station: “Class Acts,” KNBC-TV.

Feature Segments: “High Rollers of Lakeshore/2 on the Town,” KCBS-TV.

Sound: “Eleanor: In Her Own Words,” KCET.

Mini-Docs: “Western Avenue/Channel 4 News,” KNBC-TV.

Sports Series: Lakers Pre-Game, KHJ-TV; “Sunday Night Sports,” KNBC-TV. (tie).

Live Coverage, Unscheduled News Event: Ontario Plane Rescue, KTLA News at 10.

Film/Tape Editor, Non-News: Stosh Jarecki, “Sin City/2 On the Town,” KCBS-TV.

Information Series, Independent Station: “Off Hand,” KHJ-TV.

Public Affairs Special, Independent Station: “Impact ‘86: Dying With Dignity,” KTLA.

Graphics: “Ron Headroom/’86: You Had to Be There,” KNBC-TV.

News Reporting: Cerritos air disaster, Channel 2 news, KCBS-TV.

Camera Crew, Breaking News: Anti-apartheid demonstration, KNBC-TV.

Information Segments: “Best Pool Halls/Friday at Sunset,” KCBS-TV.

Director, Unedited Non-News Program: John Vogt, 1986 Los Angeles Marathon, KCOP.

Public Affairs, Network Station: “Breast Cancer: My Body, My Life,” KCBS-TV.

Camera Crew, Non-News: “River in Disguise,” KABC-TV.

Entertainment Special, Independent Station: “Eleanor: In Her Own Words,” KCET.

News Commentary: Jess Marlow, KNBC-TV; Bill Press, KABC-TV. (tie).

Public Access: “Suicide: Teen-Age Dilemma,” Group W.

Performer: Howard Stevens, “Friday at Sunset,” KCBS-TV.

Non-News Writer: Cynthia Crompton, “High School/2 on the Town,” KCBS-TV.

Director, Unedited News Program: John Vogt, KCOP.

Instructional Special: “Survival Guide,” KCET; “Information Power,” KOCE. (tie).

Public Affairs Series, Independent Stations: “Propositions ‘86/KCET Journal,” KCET; “School Beat,” KHJ-TV; “Jim Cooper’s Orange County,” KOCE. (tie).

Investigative Reporting: “Beryllium: Deadly Wonder,” KNBC-TV.

Sports Reporting: “Larry Bird/Lakers Pre-Game Show,” KHJ-TV.

Children/Youth Special, Independent Station: “Dropouts/KCET Journal,” KCET.

Public Affairs Series/Network Station: “Fight Back! With David Horowitz,” KNBC-TV.

Director, Edited Program: Roy Sharkey, “To Kill in California,” KHJ-TV.

Music: Stephen Cohn, “Impact ‘86: Dying With Dignity,” KTLA.

Camera Crew, News Features: “Killer Cones,” KTTV.

Special Class: “The Wall,” KABC-TV.

News Special: “AIDS: The Human Story,” KCBS-TV.

Entertainment Special, Network Special: “ ‘86: You Had to Be There,” KNBC-TV.

Instructional Series: “A Special Class at UCLA With . . . ,” KCET.

Information Series, Network Station: “2 on the Town,” KCBS-TV.

Host/Moderator, Special: Fritz Coleman, “ ‘86: You Had to Be There,” KNBC-TV.

Regularly Scheduled Daily News Program: Channel 2 News (5 p.m.), KCBS-TV.

Governors Award: Hal Fishman, KTLA.