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[[caption]] Gil Noble [[/caption]]

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GIL TELLS IT "LIKE IT IS"

Emmy Award-winner Gil Noble, producer and host of WABC-TV's weekly black public affairs series, LIKE IT IS, is recognized both locally and throughout the U.S. as a dedicated journalist whose work has been instrumental in advancing the cause of black people.

Noble, who also serves as co-anchor of the 11 P.M., weekend editions of EYEWITNESS NEWS, spends endless hours traveling and researching to bring consistently high quality programming to LIKE IT IS. The recipient of over 60 community awards and numerous industry accolades, including three Emmys, Noble remarks that "although it is satisfying to be recognized by one's peers, I feel the awards from the community are even more important. To me, community service is the bottom line." 

Among his community awards are the 1978 Africa Historical Society Award; the 1977 Community Service Award of the National Association of Black Social Workers; the 1976 Black Achievers in Industry Award from the Harlem Branch of the YMCA of Greater New York; the 1976 Distinguished Service Award from Fairleigh Dickinson University; the 1973 Harlem Preparatory School Award and the 1969 John B. Russwurm Award from the New York Urban League.

In addition to interviews with leading black figures, including Michael Manley, Prime Minister of Jamaica, Joshua Nkomo, Patriotic Front, Zimbabwe, and actor Sidney Poiter, LIKE IT IS has gained wide recognition for its original and sensitive documentaries. 

"Our documentaries are extremely important to us," observes Noble, "because most of the documentaries regarding the black experience have been done by people who are not black. We are pleased to be able to balance this and air programs which arise from our own experience."

LIKE IT IS documentaries and specials have been honored with countless awards, including several Emmys. Noble, who won his first Emmy in 1970 for hosting LIKE IT IS, was honored in 1978 by the New York Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, which awarded him the coveted Special Governor's Citation of Merit for "his series of visual biographies of black leaders." He also received another Emmy that year for producing the LIKE IT IS presentation of "Adam Clayton Powell Jr.: An Autobiographical Documentary." 

"El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz," a LIKE IT IS documentary produced, written and reported by Noble, won a 1976 Emmy Award. The filmed tribute to Malcolm X also won Noble the 1975 El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz Award for Service and Dedication for his efforts to "change the concrete conditions of black people in America through his work and activities." 

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