Montana PBS receives 12 regional Emmy® Award nominations

BOZEMAN - A  Montana PBS  series inviting viewers into the lives and traditions of Montana towns and a broadcast featuring Montana State University's annual Noël! concert are among the nominees for the 63rd annual  Northwest EMMYS®. The winners will be announced during an awards ceremony May 30 in Seattle.

Montana PBS received 12 nominations in eight categories. Awards are given for media produced or aired throughout 2025 in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon and Washington.

The Montana PBS nominations include:

Audio

• Jeremiah Slovarp, Luke Scheeler, "11th and Grant with Eric Funk" featuring Big Sky City Lights
• Jeremiah Slovarp, "Handel's Messiah: Montana Baroque"
• Luke Scheeler, Sean Hartford, "The Noël! Concert"

Content shorts

• "'Backroads of Montana' Year in Rearview: 2025," Breanna McCabe, editor

Entertainment

• "11th and Grant with Eric Funk" featuring Big Sky City Lights, Scott Sterling, producer; Aaron Pruitt, executive producer; Erik Funk, host; Paul "Gomez" Routhier, producer; Jeremiah Slovarp, producer
• "Handel's Messiah: Montana Baroque," Scott Sterling, producer; Aaron Pruitt, executive producer; Jeremiah Slovarp, producer
• "The Noël! Concert," Scott Sterling, producer; Paul Heitt-Rennie, producer; Aaron Pruitt, executive producer

Historical/cultural, short-form content

• "Forever Home in the Hills," Breanna McCabe, producer

Human interest, short-form content

• "Barbecue Without the Pressure," Breanna McCabe, producer

Photographer, short-form or long-form content

• John Twiggs, "Lone Feather Hats: Backroads of Montana"

Politics/government, short-form or long-form content

• "Montana's Legislative Families," Breanna McCabe, multimedia journalist

Writer, short-form content

• Breanna McCabe, "Barbecue Without the Pressure"

This year's nominees hail from KUSM-TV at MSU and KUFM-TV at the University of Montana, which partner to serve the state as Montana PBS.

A full list of nominees can be found on the awards website.