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
  
  • Why a new Indigenous cookbook on Southwest plant-based cuisine brought one Diné chef to tears
  • The Grand Canyon is struggling to control its buffalo population. Tribes are stepping up to help
  • These Native chefs see a future for tribal agritourism in Arizona, brimming with untapped potential
• Photojournalism – Gabriel Pietrorazio, third place
  
  • Learning spiritual lessons from one Hopi dry farmer on his last day in the cornfield
• Ongoing Coverage or Series – Gabriel Pietrorazio, honorable mention
  
  • From killer to caretaker: How and why Charles Jesse Jones brought buffalo to the Kaibab Plateau
  • The Grand Canyon is struggling to control its buffalo population. Tribes are stepping up to help
  • Back from the brink of extinction: A conversation with Ken Burns on ‘The American Buffalo’

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)