Former Oregon News Director Wins Emmy & Telly Awards

Those awards will join Grandlund's three Telly's, an Aurora, and a NATPE Iris Award for previous work in television.

Ken Grandlund's two recent broadcast awards.

(SAN DIEGO, Calif.) - A former Oregon broadcaster living and working in San Diego, California, Ken Grandlund, received two prestigious awards for his work on television production at The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' Pacific Southwest Chapter 2009 Emmy Nominations.

Ken Grandlund

Grandlund, the 1989 class President of Taft High School in Lincoln City, Oregon, has experience as a Radio DJ, News Broadcaster, Singer, Actor, Television Producer, and Writer.

He was nominated for two categories this year.

Those categories were Promotional/Program and Commercial.

In the Commercial – Single Spot, Series, or Campaign category, Ken Grandlund won a Silver Telly Award.

He says the news of his Promotional video earning an Emmy Award, "came as a pleasant surprise."

In the Promotion - Program - Single Spot/Campaign category, Ken Grandlund from XETV earned an Emmy Award for Simpsons Election Night.

Those awards will join Grandlund's three Telly's, an Aurora, and a NATPE Iris Award for previous work in television.

He works for San Diego's XETV which is the city's FOX affiliate.