MIAMI, FL — South Florida PBS (WPBT & WXEL) is honored to announce ten 2025 Suncoast EMMY® Awards for programs produced by South Florida PBS staff and partners. Winners were announced at the 49th Annual Suncoast Regional EMMY® Awards Gala on Saturday, December 6, 2025, at The Diplomat Beach Resort in Hollywood, FL.
"These EMMY® Awards reinforce the power of public media and the impact that thoughtful, innovative storytelling can have on our communities,” stated South Florida PBS President & CEO Dolores Fernandez Alonso. “We proudly celebrate this achievement and look forward to continuing to create work that enriches and inspires the communities we serve.”
The Suncoast Chapter of The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is the standard-bearer for excellence in the television industry and the gatekeeper of the prestigious regional EMMY® Awards in the Suncoast Region. The Suncoast Chapter represents the best and brightest television and media professionals from all disciplines of the industry and from all the Suncoast region’s television markets.
Below is a list of the winning entries:
South Florida PBS Original Productions:
ENVIRONMENT/SCIENCE – LONG FORM CONTENT
Changing Seas “Mystery of the Spinning Fish”
Alexa Elliott, Javier Castro, Luis Marrou, Sean Hickey, Jacquelyn Hurtado
Changing Seas “Elephant Seals of Año Nuevo”
Liz Smith, Javier Castro, Sean Hickey
Changing Seas “Costa Rica’s Surfing Paradise”
Liz Smith, Javier Castro, Hope Smith, Norman Silva, Sean Hickey
Changing Seas “Whales in a Plastic Ocean”
Alexa Elliott, Javier Castro, Sean Hickey
Changing Seas “California Sea Otters: Ecosystem Engineers”
Alexa Elliott, Norman Silva, Luis Marrou, Sean Hickey
HISTORICAL/CULTURAL – LONG FORM CONTENT
Your South Florida “Meet the Miccosukee”
Nicole Borrero, Pam Giganti Bunge, Nicole Malanga, Jacquelyn Hurtado, Christopher Albert, Sergio Figuera
South Florida PBS Partner Productions:
ARTS/ENTERTAINMENT – LONG FORM CONTENT
George V
Dennis Scholl, Ed Talavera, Dia Kontaxis
HEALTH/MEDICAL – LONG FORM CONTENT
Labors of Love “Tricks of the Trade”
Beber Silverstein Group
Joe Perz, David A. Vargas
AUDIO – LIVE OR POST PRODUCTION
The Carnival of MORE Animals
Palm Beach Symphony
Carlos Lopez
MUSICAL COMPOSITION/ARRANGEMENT
Descent
WPBT
Renee Sunbird, Christophe Chagnard
ABOUT SUNCOAST CHAPTER OF NATAS:
The Suncoast Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a nonprofit Florida corporation dedicated to excellence in television. We offer annual Regional EMMY® Awards called The Suncoast Regional EMMY® Awards to television markets in the entire State of Florida, Alexandria, Baton Rouge, Lafayette, Lake Charles and New Orleans, Louisiana, Mobile, Alabama, Thomasville, Georgia and Puerto Rico.
ABOUT SOUTH FLORIDA PBS:
South Florida PBS is Florida’s largest public media company, including Public Broadcasting stations WXEL-TV, serving the Palm Beaches and the Treasure Coast and WPBT2, serving Miami-Dade and Broward counties, and the Health Channel, the only 24/7 channel dedicated to health in the nation. South Florida PBS connects organizations and institutions across our region and preserves South Florida's history. Leading the way in this global society, South Florida PBS is committed to creating and presenting award-winning programs focused on kids, education, arts and culture, health, environment, science, and civic engagement.
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