FOUR ALUMS SAT ON THE EDGE OF THEIR SEATS JUNE 7 IN THE HILTON WASHINGTON HOLDING THEIR BREATH TO SEE IF THEIR NAME WOULD FOLLOW THE FAMOUS WORDS, "… AND THE EMMY GOES TO."

Though they don't all work for the same television station, these Dukes cover one beat -- the nation's capital. Steve Buckhantz ('77), Melanie Alnwick ('89), Tracey Neale ('89) and F. Kevin Schultze ('90) were nominated for 2003 National Television Academy Capital/Chesapeake Bay Chapter Emmy Awards for excellence in broadcast journalism. The Capital Region is one of 19 chapters of the NTA.

Buckhantz, Alnwick and Neale won Capital Region Emmys for their sports coverage, investigative reporting and news anchoring. "This was Kevin's third nomination, and he did a fabulous job this year, too," Alnwick says.

She and Neale report and anchor for WTTG Channel 5. Alnwick won a Capital Region Emmy (her third nomination) in the Hard News Series category and then went on to win a national Emmy for her 2002 Fox 5 News at 10 investigative report, Buried Secrets. (Read more on Page 26.)

WTTG's Tracey Neale won her Capital Region Emmy for a composite news piece in the News Anchor category. She was also nominated for the news special, Charlie Daniels. She has won two previous Emmys for Outstanding News Anchor and for a documentary on the African AIDS epidemic.

Comcast SportsNet sportscaster Steve Buckhantz is a Washington, D.C., native with 25 years of broadcasting experience. He won an Emmy for a composite piece in the Sports Play-by-Play/Color Announcing category. Since 1997, Buckhantz has led Comcast Cablevision hoops fans through the Washington Wizards' season as play-by-play announcer. This season included more than 50 live games.

Kevin Schultze, a six-year veteran general assignment reporter for WJLA, was nominated for Adopting Tony, a news-series feature. He is a previous winner of the Society of Professional Journalism's Dateline Award.

In addition to awarding Emmys, the National Television Academy (formerly the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences) advances the television, cable and satellite industries through educational projects, scholarships and publications. It awards Emmys to television journalists and producers in six categories including sports, news/documentary and technology.

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-- Lisa Freedman ('05)