{"id":370506,"date":"2026-10-11T18:50:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T18:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/370506\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T18:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T18:50:10","slug":"cbs6-albany-wins-five-new-york-emmy-awards-including-overall-news-excellence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/370506\/","title":{"rendered":"CBS6 Albany wins five New York Emmy Awards, including Overall News Excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK STATE (WRGB) \u2014 CBS6 Albany took home five New York Emmy Awards Saturday, earning recognition in categories spanning crime and justice, newscast, continuing coverage, news excellence and anchoring.<\/p>\n<p>MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs6albany.com\/news\/local\/cbs6-albany-leads-capital-region-with-14-new-york-emmy-nominations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CBS6 Albany leads Capital Region with 14 New York Emmy nominations<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The wins included:<\/p>\n<p>Crime\/Justice-NewsEvening NewscastContinuing CoverageNews ExcellenceAnchor-News, awarded to Greg Floyd<\/p>\n<p>The Overall News Excellence award was a standout win. CBS6 competed against stations from across the state, including New York City\u2019s WABC-TV and WCBS-TV. The award recognizes the station\u2019s news composite, a showcase of its journalism and storytelling.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing at the Emmys and sharing that excitement with our team was incredibly meaningful,\u201d said Stone Grissom, CBS6\u2019s news director. \u201cI\u2019m proudest of the journalism behind these awards. Our newsroom digs deeper, asks questions that matter and tells stories in a distinctive way. To be recognized alongside some of the best storytellers in the country\u2014and to bring home five Emmys\u2014shows that our work stands among the best in the business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CBS6 won more New York Emmys than any other station in the Capital Region and more than doubled the total of its direct local competitors. The honors recognize CBS6\u2019s reporting, newscast and continuing coverage. <\/p>\n<p>MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs6albany.com\/news\/local\/cbs6-wins-four-regional-edward-r-murrow-awards-for-2026-journalism-excellence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">CBS6 wins four Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards for 2026 journalism excellence<\/a><\/p>\n<p>News Director Stone Grissom was also selected to present an award during the ceremony, putting CBS6 on stage with journalists and storytellers from across the state. The recognition reflects the work of the entire newsroom: reporters, anchors, producers, photographers, editors and the many people behind each story.<\/p>\n<p>The awards mark a proud moment for CBS6 and the Capital Region. The station is honored to serve its local community and to have its journalism recognized across New York.<\/p>\n<p>CBS6 news director Stone Grissom will be appearing in New York City on Monday, October 12 on behalf of the station to receive the <a href=\"https:\/\/cbs6albany.com\/news\/local\/cbs6-wins-national-edward-r-murrow-award-for-breaking-news\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">national Edward R Murrow award<\/a> for the category of breaking news. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"NEW YORK STATE (WRGB) \u2014 CBS6 Albany took home five New York Emmy Awards Saturday, earning recognition in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":370507,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10],"class_list":["post-370506","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370506","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=370506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/370506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/370507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=370506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=370506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=370506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}