Central Florida news outlets picked up 20 nominations in the 2005 Suncoast Regional Emmy Awards. WKMG-Local 6 led the way with nine nominations, followed by WESH-2 with four, WFTV-Channel 9 and Orlando-based Sun Sports with three, Central Florida News 13 with two and one each for WOFL-Fox 35 and WRBW-UPN 65.

Channels 2, 6, 9 and 13 all garnered nominations for coverage of last year's record hurricane season. WFTV and WESH were nominated in the "Team Effort News Event Coverage," CFN 13 in the "News Oriented Specials" slot and WKMG in the "Talent" category for chief meteorologist Tom Sorrells.

The winners will be announced on Dec. 3 in Miami Beach. The Suncoast Region covers TV markets in Florida, Puerto Rico, Georgia, Alabama and Louisiana.

Here are Central Florida's nominees and a link to the full list of nominees

NEWS ORIENTED SPECIALS
>> Heart of the Storm: A Season to Remember. Len Murray, Scott Harris, Max White, Gary Darling, Neil Petagno -- Central Florida News 13

NEWS/PUBLIC AFFAIRS REPORTS/SEGMENTS
>> Ruth's Chris Investigation. Mike Holfeld, Paul Giorgio -- WKMG
>> Ford Fires Investigation. Leslie Walden -- WESH
>> A Bullet's Path. Mike Holfeld, Tim Arnheim -- WKMG

SPOT NEWS
>> Dubsdread Plane Crash. Dan McCarthy, Chris Miller -- WKMG

SERIES REPORTS
>> Dirty Restaurants. Todd Ulrich, Gerry Mendiburt -- WFTV
>> Ford Fires. Travis J. Sherwin, Stephen Stock, Shannon Fitz Partick, Marc Rice, Jason Morrow -- WESH
>> Life Behind the Lines. Donald Forbes, Brent Singleton -- WKMG

INVESTIGATIVE REPORTS
>> Highway Robbery. Wendy Saltzman -- WKMG
>> Doing Time, Stealing Your Money. Stephen Stock, Travis J. Sherwin, Marc Rice -- WESH

SPORTS
>> Inside The Heat: Dwyane Wade. Ed Filomia, Kristen Hewitt, David Kobert, Nelson Martel, Jeanette Farach, Mauricio Estrada, Charlie Lukin -- Sun Sports
>> NJ Nets @ Miami Heat. Ted Ballard, Eric Reid, Tony Florentino, Jason Jackson, AJ Speaks, Bob Hewitt, Lavaughn Wright -- Sun Sports

PROMOTIONAL SPOTS - NEWS
>> Tony Pipitone – Local 6 Problem Solver. David V. Lawrence, Vincenzo Marino -- WKMG
>> Does it Work – 1950's. Melissa Fountain, Robin Adney -- WOFL

PROMOTIONAL SPOT - PROGRAM
>> Watch Joe/Judy. Melissa Fountain, Rick Snyder -- WRBW

TEAM EFFORT NEWS EVENT COVERAGE
>> Hurricane Season 2004. WFTV News Staff -- WFTV
>> After the Storm – Hurricane Charley: Stories from the Eye. WESH News Team -- WESH

GRAPHIC DESIGN
>> Phoenix Suns @ Miami Heat. Gary Hartley, Bob O’Mara, Clay Lipsky, Jason Bognacki, Chris Liberty, Scott Pickens -- Sun Sports

REPORTING
>> Tower of Terror Tycoon. Scott Andrew Fais -- Central Florida News 13
>> Life Behind the Lines. Donald Forbes -- WKMG
>> Too Many Lights. Berndt Petersen -- WFTV
>> Creative Clean-up. Louis Bolden -- WKMG

TALENT
>> Tracking Frances. Tom Sorrells -- WKMG
>> All in One. Joe Manno -- RTC Entertainment, Orlando