Publicly Honoring Angel Hernandez for his more than 35 Years of Dedication & Excellence in Broadcasting and Video Production Fields

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„.t.-__g04TH r ^, y_•r • RESOLUTION NO. H S®S-I-Cy A RESOLUTION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SOUTH BEND,INDIANA PUBLICLY HONORING, COMMENDING AND THANKING ANGEL HERNANDEZ FOR HIS MORE THAN 35 YEARS OF DEDICATION AND EXCELLENCE IN THE BROADCASTING AND VIDEO PRODUCTION FIELDS Off0142741 the Common Council of the City of South Bend, Indiana, recognizes that Cuban-born Angel Hernandez was raised in Westchester County, New York, and began working with WNIT in 2005; and v//feeme, Mr. Hernandez was well known for his work as a station manager at WLRN-FM in Miami, Florida, where he worked with a production staff of fifty (50) persons, and as a Vice-President of production at WITF-TV in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania where some of their best-known productions included a 2004 production showcasing Pennsylvania's Historic Firehouses and a 2005 production on "Our Town, Annville” a small town located in Lebanon County; and Olifeares, when Mr. Hernandez brought his production skills to WNIT as its Vice-President of Production, he quickly began working on documentaries such as "Our Town: Goshen" in 2010, where Mr. Hernandez noted that "I made it more like storytelling segments where people would actually have the opportunity to talk about why they taped what they taped and why they love living in that area, so it became more of a story about the town from the point of view of the videographers". In 2010, WNIT's documentary "Kicking the Notes the Toradze Way"which focused on Alexander Toradze and his Piano Studio at Indiana University South Bend, was selected as a finalist at the prestigious International Television Festival Golden Prague Awards in the Czech Republic, and won a regional Emmy award in two categories that year,which were presented in Chicago; and y Mr. Hernandez was selected by Indiana University South Bend as a "Sustainability Fellow" which recognized him as an award-winning producer who has placed programs on PBS, The Learning Channel, The Travel Channel, the Telemundo Network, the American Public Television System, and Japan's N.H.K; and has led his production teams to be nominated for over twenty(20)regional Emmys and nine(9) Associated Press Awards, during his career. agmas r4 leatal4 *de �`amman ?YOaneilleMe iGioasE end Siam, cafe/k rst Section I. On behalf of all of the residents of the City of South Bend, Indiana, the Common Council is especially honored and proud to recognize Angel Hernandez for his many gifted talents in directing & producing in the commercial, cable, web and public broadcasting platforms in the past 35 years; and wishes him a long and happy retirement. Congratulations!Felicitaciones! 5: tion II. This ' - olution shall be in full force and effect from a.%�-ii• :.. .tion by the Common Council an• . . 'royal bythe u or. • Tim cott Amor 0 er J i. 'A:, at it Vnry avis, Jr Dere D. Piet-r, arge �i' Valerie Schey, 3'h District Gavin erlic, At Large Dr. Fred Ferlic, 4 Distri / '�ct aren L. White, At Large Sr. David Varner, 5th District Kathleen Cekanski Farrand, Council Attorney ariweOce -IA. 34ilvociltia ft ettaboan ROM: ‘A.A—Uprea,Lasej John Voorde, City Clerk Pete_Butff • , ayor of South Bend