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Veteran news anchor Paul Moyer may be done with KNBC-TV Channel 4, but he may not be finished with local news. "I'm officially retired from Channel 4, but that doesn't mean I'm officially retired from the news business forever," Moyer told The Times on Friday. "I can't predict what will happen in the future. I'm not closing the door, but there's nothing out there at the moment."

KNBC-TV Channel 4 was the big winner at the Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards again this year, picking up eight statuettes, including two of the three given for best newscasts. KNBC also captured eight last year to lead the pack. But while the Emmys for best local news programs were split last year among KTLA-TV Channel 5, KCBS-TV Channel 2 and KCAL-TV Channel 9, this year KNBC won both in the category of newscasts 35 minutes or less (for "Channel 4 News at 11 p.m.") and newscasts longer than 35 minutes (for "Channel 4 News at 5 p.m."

KNBC-TV Channel 4 led the field in nominations announced today for the 60th Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards, collecting 24 nods in 41 categories that honor local programming on broadcast and cable television during 2007. KTTV-TV Channel 11 was second with 17, followed by KTLA-TV Channel 5 with 11. Jointly owned KCBS-TV Channel 2 and KCAL-TV Channel 9 combined for eight nominations; KCAL got eight more on its own and KCBS had four. In unveiling the nominations, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences also said it would bestow its annual governors award to the Los Angeles Dodgers in recognition of the team's "rich 50-year history of broadcasting in Los Angeles and their charitable endeavors throughout the Southern California community."

The 60th annual Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards were distributed Saturday evening and KNBC-TV Channel 4 won eight to lead the pack. Noncommercial KCET-TV Channel 28 won six awards. KCBS-TV Channel 2 and KCAL-TV Channel 9, which share news-gathering operations, won five together. Separately from its news station sibling, KCAL won the Emmy for best daily newscast over 35 minutes for its nightly 10 p.m. broadcast. KTLA-TV's Channel 5 morning show won for best daytime newscast.

NBC Universal on Tuesday named Craig Robinson general manager of KNBC-TV Channel 4 in Los Angeles. It is a homecoming of sorts for Robinson. He grew up in Echo Park, graduated from John Marshall High School in Los Feliz and went to UCLA, where he earned a degree in political science before entering the broadcasting business with a job in sales at KCBS-TV Channel 2. He joined NBC 12 years ago and went to Washington, D.C., and then to Columbus, Ohio, where he managed the local NBC station.

Noncommercial KCET-TV Channel 28 and commercial KNBC-TV Channel 4 each grabbed six statuettes to lead the pack of winners at the 59th annual Los Angeles Area Emmy Awards this weekend. KCBS-TV Channel 2 won three on its own and four more in partnership with KCAL-TV Channel 9, with which it shares news-gathering operations.

KNBC-TV Channel 4 and KABC-TV Channel 7 continued to fight for dominance in local ratings in the just-concluded May sweeps, with KNBC retaining its long-standing dominance of the 11 p.m. news, KABC-TV remaining first in the evening newscasts, and both stations in a virtual tie in the early morning. Fueled by NBC's strong network performance, KNBC rebounded in the morning, inching out KABC by .01 of a ratings point to reclaim its top position at 5 a.m. The stations deadlocked at 5:30 and 6 a.m.

There have been specials on local TV about Fiesta Broadway, the Indian Pow Wow in Orange County and the Kingdom Day Parade. But before Universal joined NBC in the General Electric Co. family, KNBC-TV and KWHY would not have had the opportunity -- nor the inclination -- to create a special about a new roller-coaster ride based on behind-the-scenes footage of the construction process.

In a lawsuit filed against NBC, KNBC-TV Channel 4 and its general manager, former weatherman Christopher Nance alleges he was the victim of discrimination at the station because he is black and read the Bible at work. According to the L.A. Superior Court action filed this week, Nance claims he was fired on Dec. 27, 2002, because of race and his religious beliefs. He is asking for compensatory damages and wants the station ordered to rehire him.

Frantic interactions and off-the-cuff strategy meetings are everyday occurrences in the news department at KNBC-TV Channel 4 as staffers go about the business of preparing several daily newscasts. But the kinetic atmosphere of the operation is about to go bilingual. Starting Sunday, KNBC is joining together, physically and synergistically, with Spanish-language network Telemundo and its stations KVEA-TV Channel 52 and KWHY-TV Channel 22.