Awards
A list of journalism awards won by the KJZZ station and staff:
2024 Awards
North American Agricultural Journalists 2024 Writing Awards
- Next Generation/Young Writer – Gabriel Pietrorazio, second place
- Photojournalism – Gabriel Pietrorazio, third place
- Ongoing Coverage or Series – Gabriel Pietrorazio, honorable mention
Regional Murrow Awards
- Continuing Coverage: ‘The Zone’: From the Courtroom to the Street, the Last Year in Phoenix’s Largest Homeless Encampment
- Excellence in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Kirsten Dorman, Beth’s Story: She Says Being a ‘Non-Speaker’ Shouldn’t Mean Losing Her Right to Decide for Herself
- Excellence in Sound: Jill Ryan, Soundies: 1940s ‘Music Videos’ Gave Black Performers a Time to Shine in the Jim Crow Era
- Sports Reporting: Phil Latzman, Girls Flag Football is Off to a Flying Start with First Arizona Championship this Year
AZcentral Best of the Desert
- First Place: Local Radio Station, East Valley - KJZZ 91.5 FM
- First Place: Columnist/News Reporter, East Valley & West Valley - Katherine Davis-Young
Public Media Journalists Association
- Continuing Coverage, second place: “The Zone': The last year in Phoenix's largest homeless encampment”
- Newscast, second place: “KJZZ Newscast: Dec. 7, 2023,” by Phil Latzman
- Use of Sound, first place: “Cheap and welcoming, Hermosillo’s Club Obregon is where the city hangs out with itself” by Murphy Woodhouse
Indigenous Journalists Association Awards
Radio/podcast best feature story, honorable mention: An Airbnb stay at this Navajo hogan gives guests a glimpse into life without running water by Gabriel Pietrorazio
2023 Awards
Regional Murrow Awards
- Excellence in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion: Amy Silverman, UNSAFE: Abuse and Neglect of Arizona’s Most Vulnerable Can Happen Anywhere
- Feature Reporting: Murphy Woodhouse, Hundreds of Feet in the Air, Sonoran Highliners Face Fears and Find Balance
Phoenix New Times
- Best Radio Station
Public Media Journalists Association
- Arts Feature, Division AA: “Asylum seekers turn to traditional arts to ease the strain of long waits at the border” by Kendal Blust, second place
- Continuing Coverage, Division AA: “Title 42 leaves asylum seekers in limbo at the U.S.-Mexico border,” second place
- Feature, Division AA: “Hundreds of feet in the air, Sonoran highliners face fears and find balance” by Murphy Woodhouse, second place
- Sports Feature, Division AA: “In a Sonoran mining town, the pins have been falling in historic bowling alley for nearly a century” by Murphy Woodhouse, second place
- Use of Sound, Division AA: “Hundreds of feet in the air, Sonoran highliners face fears and find balance” by Murphy Woodhouse, second place
2022 Awards
Regional Murrow Awards
- Continuing Coverage: Ben Giles, The Arizona Election Audit
- Investigative Reporting: Kendal Blust, “Aguas Negras: In 2 Mexican Beach Towns, Raw Sewage is Running through the Streets” (in partnership with Arizona Daily Star)
- News Series: Scott Bourque, Discharged: Becoming a Veteran
- Sports Reporting: Matthew Casey, “Legal Sports Betting Officially Begins in Arizona”
Public Media Journalists Association
- Newscast, Division AA: KJZZ Newscast: October 15, 2021, first place
Arizona Press Club
- Statewide Nina Mason Pulliam Environmental Journalism Award: Kendal Blust, “Aguas negras: In 2 Mexican beach towns, raw sewage is running through the streets,” first place
2021 Awards
Arizona Press Club
- Sledgehammer Award: Jimmy Jenkins, ongoing work to shine a light on the happenings inside of Arizona’s prisons
Regional Murrow Awards
- Hard News: Kendal Blust, “Some Sonoran Students, Families Struggle For Education Amid The Pandemic”
- Excellence In Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion: Rodrigo Cervantes, “Mexicans Of African Descent Fight For Recognition”
- Excellence In Writing: Nicholas Gerbis, COVID-19 Coverage of the disease’s long-term effects, scientific research during the pandemic, and homelessness
Public Media Journalists Association
- Enterprise Reporting, Division AA: Kendal Blust and Murphy Woodhouse, Rising Violence Tests Sonora
Phoenix New Times
- Best Radio Host, Lauren Gilger
2020 Awards
Public Media Journalists Association
- Continuing Coverage: Jimmy Jenkins, “The Impact of Privatized Health Care in Arizona Prisons”
Regional Murrow Awards
- Continuing Coverage: Jimmy Jenkins, “The Impact Of Privatized Health Care In Arizona Prisons”
- Excellence in Sound: Rodrigo Cervantes and Jorge Valencia, “Loud Mexico City: Exploring The Sounds And Noise”
- Excellence in Video: Casey Kuhn and Justin Stabley, “Arizona Bookbinding Shop Produces Rare, Exquisite Bible”
- Excellence in Writing: Nicholas Gerbis, “Sex And Medicine”
- Hard News: Bret Jaspers, “Phoenix Residents Voice Concerns After Viral Police Video”
- Multimedia: Fronteras Desk and KJZZ's digital team, Tracing The Migrant Journey
- News Series: Fronteras Desk, Tracing The Migrant Journey
Kaleidoscope Awards
- Local Radio: Fronteras Desk, Tracing The Migrant Journey
Phoenix New Times
- Best Radio Station, KJZZ
2019 Awards
National Murrow Awards
- Continuing Coverage: Casey Kuhn and Mariana Dale, Arizona Teacher Strike
Public Radio News Directors, Inc.
- Best Multi-Media Presentation: Stina Sieg, Jackie Hai, and assistance from the KJZZ Digital Team led by Sky Schaudt, Below The Rim: Life Inside The Grand Canyon, first place
- Interview: Lauren Gilger, “The Conversation Is Changing Around Miscarriage And Infant Loss As More Women Tell Their Stories Online,” first place
Regional Murrow Awards
- Continuing Coverage: Casey Kuhn and Mariana Dale, Arizona Teacher Strike
- News Series: Laurel Morales, Changing Woman
- Excellence in Sound: Casey Kuhn, Music Teachers Provide Soundtrack To Arizona #RedForEd Movement
- Hard News: Murphy Woodhouse, On Arizona Border, Some Migrants Plan On Arrest — Others Have No Plan At All
Phoenix New Times
- Best Morning Radio Show, The Show
2018 Awards
Regional Murrow Awards
- Excellence in Writing: Stina Sieg, Remembering Bisbee Deportation
- Feature Reporting: Stina Sieg, A Musical Tribute to Arizona Violinist Jane Hilton, A Friend to Many
- Hard News: Matt Casey, Temporary Protected Status Has Man Trapped In Limbo
- Investigative Reporting: Jimmy Jenkins, On The Inside: The Chaos Of Arizona Prison Health Care
- News Series: Sarah Ventre, Short Creek: Beyond FDLS
Arizona Press Club
- Community investigative reporting: Evan Wyloge and Carrie Jung, AZCIR, Builders bankroll school bond campaigns, dominate construction contracts, second place
Public Radio News Directors, Inc.
- Best Writing, Division AA: Stina Sieg, Christmas Stuffing: Arizona Class Introduces Beginners To Taxidermy, first place
- Best Writing, Division AA: Laurel Morales, Earth+Bone, Part 4: Havasupai Stand Up To Mining Company, second place
- Enterprise & Investigative Reporting, Division AA: Jimmy Jenkins, On The Inside: The Chaos Of Arizona Prison Health Care, second place
Rocky Mountain Southwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) Student Production Awards
- College Public Affairs/Community Service: Claire Caulfield, Troubled Water
Phoenix New Times
- Best Morning Radio Show, The Show on KJZZ
2017 Awards
Regional Murrow Awards
- News Series: Michel Marizco, Lorne Matalon, Laurel Morales, and Jude Joffe-Block, The Costs Behind A Migrant Crisis
- Hard News: Michel Marizco, Documenting The Dead On The Arizona Border: Lonely Remains Are Matched To Lost Loved Ones
- Excellence in Sound: Annika Cline, ‘Buy A Robot, Get Into Heaven:’ Artist Cooks For Homeless, Uses Cans To Make Art
Public Radio News Directors, Inc.
- Series, Division AA: Michel Marizco, Lorne Matalon, Laurel Morales, and Jude Joffe-Block, The Costs Behind A Migrant Crisis, first place
Phoenix New Times
- Best Storyteller: Stina Sieg
- Best Mashup: Soundbite
2016 Awards
Public Radio News Directors, Inc.
- Enterprise/Investigative Reporting, Division AA: Arizona Corporation Commission coverage, first place
Arizona Press Club
- Community Investigative Reporting: Kristena Hansen, Will Stone, and Al Macias, Arizona Corporation Commission coverage, third place
Radio Television Digital News Association Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards, Region 3
- Radio Feature Reporting: Stina Sieg, Navigating Social Media Complicated When Your Child Has Cancer
- Hard News Reporting: Alexandra Olgin, Valley Man Leads Underground Operation To Save Opiate Addicts
- Sports Reporting: Laurel Morales, Hopi Run To Pray And Run To Win
Phoenix New Times
- Best News Radio Station, KJZZ
- Best Border Reporting, KJZZ's Fronteras Desk
2015 Awards
National Headliner Awards
- Radio Stations Feature and Human Interest Story, All Markets: Stina Sieg, Don't Abandon That Knitting Project, Call A 'Finisher', third place
Radio Television Digital News Association Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards, Region 3
- Investigative Reporting: Kristena Hansen, Scottsdale Police Organization Gives Telemarketer Two-Thirds Of Donations Made For Needy Kids
- Reporting: Hard News: Jude Joffe-Block, Facing Risk Of Rape, Migrant Women Prepare With Birth Control
Phoenix New Times
- Best News Radio Station, KJZZ
- Best Jazz Radio Show, Classic Jazz with Blaise Lantana on KJZZ
- Best Local Music Showcase On The Radio, KJZZ's Tiny Desert Concert
2014 Awards
Radio Television Digital News Association Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards, Region 3
- Continuing Coverage: Laurel Morales, Granite Mountain Hotshots coverage
Radio Television Digital News Association National Edward R. Murrow Awards, Small Market
- Continuing Coverage: Laurel Morales, Granite Mountain Hotshots coverage
Phoenix New Times
- Best News Radio Station, KJZZ
- Best Blues/Jazz Radio Station, KJZZ
2013 Awards
Phoenix New Times
- Best News Radio Station, KJZZ
- Best Blues/Jazz Radio Station, KJZZ
2012 Awards
National Headliner Awards
- Broadcast Radio Networks and Syndicates - Feature and Human Interest Story, Michel Marizco and Alisa Barba, The Drug War and Cartels Lead to an Exodus in Northern Mexico, second place
Phoenix New Times
- Best News Radio Station, KJZZ
- Best Blues/Jazz Radio Station, KJZZ
2011 Awards
Society of Professional Journalists, Phoenix Chapter
- Order of the Silver Key, Terry Ward for 25 years of broadcast excellence
Associated Press Television Radio Association
- News Writing Award - Large Market: Peter O'Dowd, Death Train
- News Writing Award - Large Market: Peter O'Dowd, Fight to Save Home Ends in Heartache
Radio Television Digital News Association Edward R. Murrow Region 3 Award
- Continuing coverage, SB 1070
- Writing, Paul Atkinson, Phoenix neighborhood crime drop
- Writing, Paul Atkinson, bark beetles
Public Radio News Directors Inc.
- Continuing Coverage Award, SB 1070
- Public Affairs Award, Here and Now, Arizona's Fiscal Nightmare
- News Feature Award, Peter O'Dowd, Death Train, first place
- News Feature Award, Peter O'Dowd, Fight to Save Home Ends in Heartache, second place
- Breaking News Award, Marcos Najera, arrests of SB 1070 protestors, second place
Phoenix New Times
- Best News Radio Station, KJZZ
- Best Blues/Jazz Radio Station, KJZZ
2010 Awards
Society of Professional Journalists, Phoenix Chapter
- Order of the Silver Key, Dennis Lambert for 25 years of broadcast excellence
Phoenix Magazine "Best of the Valley"
- Best Radio Station, KJZZ
- Best Radio DJ/PM Team, Blaise Lantana
2009 Awards
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
- Community Impact Award, KJZZ/KBAQ My Source campaign
Phoenix New Times
- Best News Radio Station, KJZZ
- Best Radio Talk Show Host, Steve Goldstein
Radio Television Digital News Association Edward R. Murrow Region 3 Award
- Sports reporting: A 60-something college tennis champ
- Writing: Foreclosures and Disclosures
2008 Awards
Radio Television Digital News Association Edward R. Murrow Region 3 Award
- Hard News Feature, Man isolated with deadly TB strain
Arizona Capitol Times Best of the Capitol News Coverage Award
- Mark Brodie, Dennis Lambert, et. al.
Ranking Arizona, the Best of Arizona Business
- Chose KJZZ as one of Arizona's top three radio stations
2007 Awards
Radio Television Digital News Association Edward R. Murrow Region 3 Award
- Feature Reporting, Biosphere 2 - 15 years later
- Use of Sound, Oh Say, Can You Sing?
Ranking Arizona, the Best of Arizona Business
- Chose KJZZ as one of Arizona's top three radio stations
2006 Awards
Radio Television Digital News Association Edward R. Murrow Region 3 Award
- Feature Reporting, Mark Moran, The Hyzdu Diaries: the life and times of a career minor leaguer
- Sports Reporting, Mark Moran, The Hyzdu Diaries: the life and times of a career minor leaguer
2005 Awards
Radio Television Digital News Association Edward R. Murrow Region 3 Award
- Feature Reporting, Rocking in the key of Nintendo
- Sports Reporting, Chinese National Baseball Team
Arizona Associated Press
- Sports Reporting, first place, Mark Moran, The Hyzdu Diaries: the life and times of a career minor leaguer
- Public Service, first place, Steve Goldstein, rubbernecking
- Use of Sound, first place, Dennis Lambert and Abigail Beshkin, Wings over Willcox
- Enterprise, first place, Mark Brodie, Flipping Out
- Enterprise, second place, Steve Goldstein, The CSI Effect
- Light Feature, second place, Rene Gutel, The thing, mystery of the desert, solved!
- Serious Feature, third place, Rene Gutel, Heatwave Hits Homeless Hard
2004 Awards
Radio Television Digital News Association Edward R. Murrow Region 3 Award
- Sports Reporting, Diamondbacks Autograph Policy a Sign of the Times?
- Use of Sound, Eating against time: goats clear deadly fire fuel
2003 Awards
Radio Television Digital News Association Edward R. Murrow Region 3 Award
- Sports reporting, Steve Goldstein and Mark Brodie, Who's Selling?
- Use of Sound, Lambert/Beshkin
Arizona Associated Press
- Newswriting, Ramsey, first place
- Enterprise, Ramsey, first place
- Public Service, Beshkin, first place
- Serious Feature, Moran, first place
- Use of Sound, Ramsey, first place
- Public Service, Lambert, second place
- Serious Feature, Moran, second place
- Sports Reporting, Brodie/Goldstein, second place
- Series, Beshkin, third place
2002 Awards
Radio Television Digital News Association Edward R. Murrow Region 3 Award
- Feature Reporting, Mark Moran
Arizona Associated Press
- Reporter of the Year, Ramsey
- Light Feature, Goldstein, first place
- Newswriting, Ramsey, first place
- Public Service, Parets, first place
- Use of Sound, Chesrown, first place
- Serious Feature, Moran, first place
- Light Feature, Parets, second place
- Sports Reporting, Ramsey, second place
- Use of Sound, Ramsey, second place
- Enterprise, Parets, second place
- Series, Ward, second place
- Serious Feature, Ramsey, second place
- Light Feature, Chesrown, third place
- Serious Feature, Goldstein, third place
2001 Awards
Radio Television Digital News Association Edward R. Murrow Region 3 Award
- Feature Reporting, Mark Moran
Arizona Associated Press
- Reporter of the Year Runner-Up, Chesrown
- Sports Reporting, Moran, first place
- Enterprise, Ramsey, first place
- Light Feature, Parets, first place
- Public Service, Chesrown, first place
- Serious Feature, Ward, first place
- Use of Sound, Moran, fisrt place
- Newswriting, Ramsey, first place
- Sports Reporting, Goldstein, second place
- Enterprise, Ward, second place
- Light Feature, Chesrown, second place
- Serious Feature, Parets, second place
- Use of Sound, Chesrown, second place
- Enterprise, Ward, third place
- Light Feature, Ward, third place
- Serious Feature, Goldstein, third place
- Use of Sound, Chesworn, third place
2000 Awards
Arizona Associated Press
- Best Newscast, newsroom, first place
- Public Service, Ward, first place
- Serious Feature, Moran, first place
- Sports Reporting, Parets, first place
- Public Serivce, Ward, second place
- Serious Feature, Chesrown, second place
- Enterprise, Candella/Cherown/Lambert/Ward/Ramsey/Kinkel, second place
- Series, Moran/Chesrown/Lambert/Ward/Ramsey, second place
- Series, Lambert, third place
1999 Awards
Arizona Associated Press
- Use of Sound, Chesrown, first place
- Serious Feature, Moran, first place
- Serious Feature, Carlson, second place
- Enterprise, Chesrown, second place
- Sports Reporting, Ramsey, second place
- Light Feature, Carlson, second place
- Light Feature, Chesrown, second place
- Use of Sound, Carlson, third place
- Use of Sound, Ward, third place
- Serious Feature, Ward, third place
- Enterprise, Ramsey, third place
1998 Awards
Arizona Associated Press
- Light Feature, Barr, first place
- Sports Reporting, Lambert, first place
- Serious Feature, Ward, first place
- Serious Feature, Ward, second place
- Use of Sound, Ward, second place
- Sports Reporting, Ramsey, second place
- Public Service, Ramsey, second place
- Light Feature, Lambert, third place
- Team Coverage, Lambert/Ramsey/Carlson/Ward/Parets, third place
- Public Service, Candella, third palce
- Use of Sound, Atkinson, third place
1997 Awards
Arizona Associated Press
- Public Service, Ramsey, first place
- Use of Sound, Candella, first place
- Enterprise, Carlson, first place
- Light Feature, Candella, first place
- Serious Feature, Ward, first place
- General News, Candella, first place
- Public Service, Ward, second place
- Newswriting, Candella, second place
- Use of Sound, Candella, second place
- Serious Feature, Carlson, second place
- Sports Reporting, Ramsey, third place
- Enterprise, Candella, third place
- General News, Ramsey, third place
1996 Awards
Arizona Associated Press
- Public Service, Urias, first place
- Sports Reporting, Ward, first place
- Use of Sound, Ramsey, first place
- Light Feature, Carlson, first place
- Serious Feature, Ramsey, first place
- General News, Carlson, first place
- Newswriting, Ramsey, Division I first place
- Enterprise, Carlson, Division I first place
- Best Newscast, Ward, second place
- Public Service, Urias, second place
- Sports Reporting, Carlson, second place
- Light Feature, Ward, second place
- General News, Ramsey, second place
- Public Service, Urias, third place
- Sports Reporting, Ramsey, third place
- Use of Sound, Carlson, third place
- Enterprise, Carlson, third place
- General News, Calrson, third place
- Light Feature, Ward, Division I third place
1995 Awards
Arizona Associated Press
- Public Service, Urias, first place
- Light Feature, Urias, first place
- Serious Feature, Ward, first place
- Sports Reporting, Carlson, first place
- General News, Carlson, first place
- Serious Feature, Division I, Ward, first place
- Public Service, Urias, second place
- Enterprise Reporting, Carlson, second place
- Light Feature, Ward, second place
- Sports Reporting, Ramsey, second place
- General News, Shadley, second place
- Use of Sound, Ward, third place
- Enterprise Reporting, Ramsey, third place
- Sports Reporting, Ramsey, third place
1994 Awards
Arizona Associated Press
- Best Newscast, Ward, first place
- General News, Carlson, first place
- Serious Feature, Carlson, first place
- Light Feature, Shadley, first place
- Enterprise, Carlson, first place
- Use of Sound, Ramsey, first place
- Sports Reporting, Carlson, first place
- Public Service, Urias, first place
- General News, Ramsey, second place
- Serious Feature, Ward, second place
- Light Feature, Carlson, second place
- Enterprise, Ramsey, second place
- Use of Sound, Shadley, second place
- Sports Reporting, Ward, second place
- Public Service, Ramsey, second place
- General News, Ramsey, third place
- Serious Feature, Carlson, third place
- Light Feature, Ramsey, third place
- Enterprise, Urias, third place
- Sports Reporting, Ramsey, third place
- Public Service, Urias, third place
1993 Awards
Arizona Press Club
- Investigative Reporting, Carlson, first place
- Feature, Ward, first place
- Sports Reporting, Shadley, first place
- General News, Ramsey/Carlson/Shadley, second place
- Sports Reporting, Ward, second place
- Best Local Newscast, third place
- General News, Carlson, third place
- Feature, Shadley, third place
- Sports Reporting, Shadley, third place
Arizona Associated Press
(KJZZ won 18 of the 23 awards presented in our division)
- Best Newscast, Ramsey/Shadley, first place
- General News, Carlson, first place
- Spot News, Ward, first place
- Serious Feature, Ward, first place
- Light Feature, Carlson, first place
- Enterprise, Ward, first place
- Public Service, Urias, first place
- Spot News, Carlson, second place
- Serious Feature, Ward, second place
- Light Feature, Urias, second place
- Sports Reporting, Shadley, second place
- Public Service, Ward, second place
- General News, Ramsey/Carlson/Shadley, third place
- Spot News, Shadley, third place
- Serious Feature, Carlson, third place
- Enterprise, Carlson, third place
- Sports Reporting, Ward, third place
- Public Service, Urias, third place
1992 Awards
Arizona Press Club
- Feature Coverage, Shadley, first place
- Best Local Newscast Short, Ward, second place
- Best Local Newscast Long, Ramsey/Carlson, second place
- General News Coverage, Carlson, second place
- Investigative or Documentary, Carlson, second place
- General News Coverage, Carlson, third place
- Feature Coverage, Carlson, third place
- Sports Coverage, Ward, third place
- Investigative or Documentary, Carlson, third place
Arizona Associated Press
- General News, Carlson, first place
- Serious Feature, Carlson, first place
- Use of Sound, Ramsey, first place
- Public Service, Ward, first place
- General News, Carlson, second place
- Enterprise, Ramsey, second place
- Best Newscast, Ramsey/Powers/Force, third place
- General News, Carlson, third place
- Use of Sound, Carlson, third place
1990 Awards
Arizona Press Club
- General News Coverage, Carlson, first place
- Feature Coverage, Carlson, first place
- Sports Coverage, Carlson, first place
- General News Coverage, Carlson, second place
- Best Radio Local Newscast, Ramsey/Carlson, thrid place
- Feature Coverage, Ramsey, third place
Arizona Associated Press
- General News, Helm/Carlson/Ramsey/Shadley, first place
- Light Feature, Carlson, first place
- Enterprise Reporting, Ramsey, first place
- Use of Sound, Carlson, first place
- Sports, Carlson, first place
- General News, Carlson, second place (2)
- Serious Feature, Ramsey, second place
- Serious Feature, Ward, third place
- Use of Sound, Ramsey, third place
- Sports, Carlson, third place
1989 Awards
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
- Silver Award, Henning, Local News
Arizona Press Club
- Best Newscast, Ramsey, first place
- General News Coverage, Helm, first place
- Investigative or Documentary Coverage, Carlson, second place
- Feature, Carlson, second place
- Best Newscast, Ward, third place
Arizona Associated Press
- Sports Reporting, Carlson, first place
- Enterprise Reporting, Carlson, second place
- General News, Carlson, second place
- Serious Feature, Carlson, second place
- Sports Reporting, Carlson, third place
- General News, Ramsey, third place
- Serious Feature, Ramsey, third place
- Best Use of Sound, Ramsey, third place
1988 Awards
- Corporation for Public Broadcasting, First Place, Local News, Spot News Coverage
- National Mental Health Association, Local Radio Programming, first place
- Planned Parenthood Association, Maggie Award for radio broadcast programs, first place (2)
- United Blood Services Community Services Awards
Arizona Press Club
- Feature Coverage, Rackham, first place
- Investigative or Documentary Coverage, Carlson, second place
- Sports Coverage, Carlson, second place
Arizona Associated Press
- Documentary, Rackham, first place
- General News, Carlson, first place
- Investigative Reporting, Carlson, first place
- Sports Reporting, Ramsey, first place
- Long Feature, Ramsey, first place
- Sports Reporting, Henning, second place
- Investigative Reporting, Carlson, second place
- General News, Carlson, second place
- General News, newsroom, third place
- Long Feature, Carlson, third place
- Long Feature, Ramsey, third place
1987 Awards
- Arizona Education Association School Bell Awards
- United Blood Services Community Services Awards
Arizona Press Club
- Feature Coverage Short Form, first place
- Sports Coverage, first place
- Spot News, third place
1986 Awards
Arizona Press Club
- Investigative Reporting, third place
- General News Coverage, third place
- Sports Coverage, third place
1985 Awards
United Press International
- National, Outstanding Documentary, first place
- Pacific Region, Outstanding Documentary, first place
Arizona Press Club
- General News Coverage, first place
- Newswriting, first place
- Short Feature, second place
- Sports Coverage, third place
1984 Awards
- Western Educational Society of Telecommunicators awards
Arizona Press Club
- Newswriting, first place
- Short Feature, first place
- Short Feature, second place
- Sports Coverage, third place
1983 Awards
- Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Honorable Mention, Radio Program
Arizona Press Club
- General News Coverage, first place
- Feature Coverage Short Form, first place
- Feature Coverage Long Form, first place
- General News Coverage, second place
- Investigative Reporting, second place
- General News Coverage, third place
- Feature Coverage Long Form, third place
1980 Awards
- Arizona Education Association School Bell Awards
1977 Awards
- Arizona Education Association School Bell Awards
- Western Educational Society of Telecommunicators awards
1976 Awards
- Western Educational Society of Telecommunicators awards (regional)