WTCI wins regional Emmy for ‘Fallen Five’ feature

WTCI-TV 45 won the Midsouth Regional Emmy Award in the “Documentary/ Cultural” category for the Greater Chattanooga episode it produced focused on the five soldiers killed July 16, 2015, called “For the Fallen.”

The Nashville/Midsouth Chapter of The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced the winners.

Bo Wheeler (producer), Shaun Townley (executive producer), John Cotton (aerial photography), Emily Compton (associate producer), and Tyler Pugh (photography/ audio), as well as interns Jameka Lewis, Matt Vogler and Doug Whitehead, produced

the episode.

Local artist Kevin Bate worked 10 months to memorialize

the five men in a mural on McCallie Avenue, and the WTCI team followed Bate through his process. They also produced segments introducing the five fallen men — Gunnery Sgt. Thomas Sullivan, Sgt. Carson Holmquist, Lance Cpl. Squire “Skip” Wells, Staff Sgt. David Wyatt, and Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Randall Smith.

WTCI President and CEO Paul Grove said, “WTCI’s dedicated production staff serves our community every day, telling the stories that make our region unique, educating, engaging and inspiring our neighbors. We are deeply honored to have been able to share this compelling Chattanooga story.”

You can watch the segment online now at www.greater chattanooga.org/home-1/for - the-fallen.

STAFF FILE PHOTO BY ROBIN RUDD People gather on McCallie Avenue prior to the lighting of the mural, “For the Fallen.” WTCI-TV 45 won a Regional Emmy Award for its documentary by the same name.