Small Stations Reap Harvest of Emmys Awards: Channel 39 took the most Emmys at the local awards but the show belonged to the small stations that seldom share the limelight.: [San Diego County Edition]

KNSD-TV (Channel 39) swept the awards in the major news categories at the annual local Emmy Awards ceremony Saturday, but the night belonged to the underdogs.

In category after category, representatives of small stations earned awards over nominees from the local network affiliated stations or KPBS, the local public broadcasting station.

For example, in the Outstanding News Performer category, only Rita Cosby, from KERO-TV in Bakersfield, earned a statuette. J. Daniel Jones from little-watched KTTY-TV (Channel 69) and Joan Haaland Paddock of Southwestern Cable won Emmys in the performer (non-news) category.

Among entertainment programs, Beatriz Acevedo, Yuri Brena and Rene Castillo of Tijuana's XEWT-TV (Channel 12) won two Emmys each for "En Exlusiva." There were nine nominees in the promotional announcement category, but only Beth Accomando from XETV (Channel 6) joined Channel 39's Deborah Shaw as a winner.

And the documentary category, which once was dominated by the big news operations of the network affiliates, featured nominees from KPBS and KGTV (Channel 10), but it was...