WBZ-TV Wins Emmy Award For Outstanding Regional Spot News

BOSTON (CBS) – WBZ-TV won a National Emmy Award on Tuesday night.

The station won the award for Outstanding Regional Spot News for their coverage of the Newtown tragedy in Connecticut last December.

WBZ-TV beat out WMAQ-TV in Chicago for their coverage of the NATO protest and WNBC-TV in New York for their coverage of the shooting near the Empire State Building.

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences presented the award in a ceremony at the Lincoln Center in New York City.